CPA
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ELLER COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTING PROGRAMS
Learn With The Best. Lead With The Brightest.
Expand your career with a top-ranked, AACSB-accredited accounting program from the Dhaliwal-Reidy School of Accountancy. With on-campus and online program options, Eller College offers a format that works for you.
For accounting graduates, the MAcc program prepares you for the CPA exam in as few as nine months while enhancing your technical skills.
Our STEM-designated MSA program bundles prerequisites into the curriculum and preps you for the CPA exam as we go. Finish in as few as 18 months.
Choose among six program starts per year—and in as little as 12 months, you can earn your Master of Science in Accounting in an AACSB-accredited program.
In this program, you’ll take the coursework you need to sit for the CPA exam or to complete prerequisites for one of our accounting master’s programs.
Pursue the following careers:
- Accountant
- Auditor
- Budget Analyst
- Credit Analyst
- Financial Examiner
- Financial Manager
- Tax Preparers
Employers hiring our grads:
- The Big Four (Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG)
- BDO, Moss Adams, CLA, Protiviti
- BeachFleischman, Frank Rimerman, Heinfeld Meech, R & A CPA's
- Honeywell
Explore top career destinations:
- Phoenix Metro
- Tucson
- San Francisco
- Denver
- Los Angeles
- Dallas
- New York City
- Chicago
Build in-demand skills, including:
- Auditing
- Financial Statements
- Budgeting
- Financial Analysis
- Quickbooks (Accounting Software)
FAQs
Master of Accounting (MAcc)
Yes, the program will give you the opportunity to earn additional accounting units and related business course units that will help you to meet CPA educational requirements. The educational requirements vary by state, so you must determine the requirements for the state in which you wish to be licensed.
Resident: $36,600
Non-resident: $67,400
Scholarships Available
No, the GMAT/GRE are not required.
Applicants complete an online application form, submit an initial set of unofficial transcripts and secure a letter of recommendation. Following admission, the UA Graduate College will request official transcripts. International applicants are required to submit an acceptable English proficiency test score. Additionally, all applicants are expected to pay an application fee. The Admissions Committee will thoroughly review completed application packets to identify qualified candidates.
- March 1 (Fall, Initial Deadline and GTA Deadline)
- March 27: (Summer, for those needing to complete prerequisites)
- May 15: (Fall, International Students)
- August 1: (Fall, Final Deadline)
- September 27: (Spring, International)
- October 1: (Spring, Initial Deadline and GTA Deadline)
- December 15: (Spring, Final Deadline)
*Dates are subject to change
Master of Science in Accounting
Yes, the program will give you the opportunity to earn additional accounting units and related business course units that will help you to meet CPA educational requirements. The educational requirements vary by state, so you must determine the requirements for the state in which you wish to be licensed.
Resident: $36,600
Non-resident: $67,400
Scholarships Available
No, the GMAT/GRE are not required.
Applicants complete an online application form, submit an initial set of unofficial transcripts and secure a letter of recommendation. Following admission, the UA Graduate College will request official transcripts. International applicants are required to submit an acceptable English proficiency test score. Additionally, all applicants are expected to pay an application fee. The Admissions Committee will thoroughly review completed application packets to identify qualified candidates.
- March 1 (Fall, Initial Deadline and GTA Deadline)
- March 27: (Summer, for those needing to complete prerequisites)
- May 15: (Fall, International Students)
- August 1: (Fall, Final Deadline)
- September 27: (Spring, International)
- October 1: (Spring, Initial Deadline and GTA Deadline)
- December 15: (Spring, Final Deadline)
*Dates are subject to change
Online Master of Science in Accounting
Yes, the program will give you the opportunity to earn additional accounting units and related business course units that will help you to meet CPA educational requirements. The educational requirements vary by state, so you must determine the requirements for the state in which you wish to be licensed.
$30,000
($1,000 per unit)
Scholarships Available
No, the GMAT/GRE are not required.
Applicants complete an online application form, submit an initial set of unofficial transcripts and secure a letter of recommendation. Following admission, the UA Graduate College will request official transcripts. International applicants are required to submit an acceptable English proficiency test score. Additionally, all applicants are expected to pay an application fee. The Admissions Committee will thoroughly review completed application packets to identify qualified candidates.
- August 1: Fall 1
- October 1: Fall 2
- December 5: Spring 1
- February 15: Spring 2
- April 15: Summer 1
- June 15: Summer 2
Online Graduate Accounting Certificate
Yes, the program will give you the opportunity to earn additional accounting units and related business course units that will help you to meet CPA educational requirements. The educational requirements vary by state, so you must determine the requirements for the state in which you wish to be licensed.
$3,000
No, the GMAT/GRE are not required.
Applicants complete an online application form, submit an initial set of unofficial transcripts, secure a letter of recommendation, and provide a professional resume.. Following admission, the UA Graduate College will request official transcripts. International applicants are required to submit an acceptable English proficiency test score. Additionally, all applicants are expected to pay an application fee. The Admissions Committee will thoroughly review completed application packets to identify qualified candidates.
- August 1: Fall 1
- October 1: Fall 2
- December 5: Spring 1
- February 15: Spring 2
- April 15: Summer 1
- June 15: Summer 2