<prompt> Human: Is there a difference in career options and salaries that tend to comes after each of these options? Also, an extra question if youre up for it: Are there creative andor environmentally conscious accountants out there, applying their values and interests into their accounting practice? I ask because I am an artist, healer, and community organizer, considering becoming an accountant also.  <response>: Is there a difference in career options and salaries that tend to comes after each of these options?Yes. A associates will mostly open up bookkeeping roles. A bachelors degree will enable you to get some entry level roles. Some want you to be eligible to become a CPA, which in most states you cannot do with only 120 credits. You can progress without a masters, but it is helpful especially as you will need the extra credits generally to become a CPA. A masters will open up any entry level roles, as far as educational requirements, and help with future career advancement.Most entry level accounting roles do not involve a ton of creativity in the artistic sense or environmental consciousness. To be blunt, accounting is also a very truthaccuracy focused profession. You will not be able to take the same sort of approach you do as an artist or healer to accounting, especially if healer means promoter of unproven healing methods based on wishful thinking and not data.I dont mean that to be harsh, or that someone cannot be both a healer and an accountant. There is just normally going to be a right answer and a wrong answer, and neither will relate to feelings. 