<p>like the title says, i want to do accounting in california.
which are the best schools to do so?
does UC Berkeley even has an accounting program?</p>
<p>Right now I am going to SDSU for fall 2006 for pre-bus/accounting major.
i was thinking if i needed to transfer to USC after 2 years or not since USC has an even better accounting program and has more networking?</p>
<p>which school would be the best? and which schools get recruited more heavily?</p>
<p>Honestly, it doesn't really matter where you go for accounting. Accounting is one of those majors where you could go to a normal state school and land the same job as a guy who went to a prestigious university.</p>
<p>As for you I would just go with Haas (Berkeley) because its Berkeley. :)</p>
<p>sdsu and cal state fullerton will provide you with plenty of ops to get into a big 4 accounting firm along with Grant Thornton, Moss Adams etc etc. If you want something with even more options, i would try usc or asu, but for accounting, you are fine.</p>
<p>Go to SDSU, it would be worth it.</p>
<p>You'll be fine if you stay in San Diego State for accounting. If you want to go to a better school, get an MBA later on.</p>
<p>^True dat.</p>
<p>but wouldn't a graduate from USC come out and get a higher starting salary?
what i want is opportunity and high starting sal.</p>
<p>does UCB let you do accounting? would u be able to sit at a CPA test after UCB?</p>
<p>Haas does have an accounting conentration...take 32 units and you can sit at a CPA test...</p>
<p>Yeah, I am sure berkeley definitely has an accountign concentration, but there is really 4 big firms that you will probably end up working at and that really isn't as hard as getting into IB's and such so no matter what school you go to, well as long as it is a decent one, you should be able to recieve that job.</p>
<p>usc has one of the best accounting program for undergrad i think</p>
<p>The top ranked accounting business programs this year (2006) per US News and World Report were:
1. U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign<br>
2. University of TexasAustin (McCombs)<br>
3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)<br>
4. University of MichiganAnn Arbor
5. Univ. of Southern California (Marshall)<br>
6. New York University (Stern)<br>
7. University of CaliforniaBerkeley (Haas)<br>
8. Brigham Young Univ.Provo (Marriott) (UT)
9. Indiana UniversityBloomington (Kelley)
U. of North CarolinaChapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
11. University of Florida (Warrington)
University of Notre Dame (IN)
13. Ohio State UniversityColumbus (Fisher)<br>
14. Wake Forest University (Calloway) (NC)
15. University of Washington<br>
16. Arizona State University (Carey)<br>
17. University of Arizona (Eller)<br>
University of Georgia (Terry)<br>
19. Michigan State University (Broad)<br>
20. Bentley College (MA)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan)<br>
University of Iowa (Tippie)<br>
Univ. of WisconsinMadison<br>
24. Texas A&M Univ.College Station (Mays)<br>
25. Northern Illinois University<br>
University of Alabama (Culverhouse)
Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities (Carlson)<br>
28. Miami UniversityOxford (Farmer) (OH)
University of IllinoisChicago<br>
Univ. of MissouriColumbia<br>
University of Virginia (McIntire) </p>
<p>So yes, USC ranks well (5th), as does UC Berkeley (7th) and Arizona State (16th)--but as someone else on here pointed out, it's not like applying for an IB (investment banking position). Where you graduated from is not as important that you did graduate and have the necessary courses--and can pass the CPA exam.</p>
<p>SDSU has the 5th best pass rate on the CPA exam in the nation. I think you're fine at SDSU. Tell your parents to save that 40k and throw it into the stock market. Imagine if you put that 40k into ticker symbol NTRI a few years ago, 1100 percent return. $440,000 would be rather nice, as opposed to risking 40k to maybe make a few more thousand a year starting pay. Look out for <a href="http://www.hbdc.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.hbdc.com/</a>. I'm hoping it will make me a similiar return.</p>
<p>savedbythebell7, we appreciate your info on SDSU's pass rates on the CPA exam. And since we appreciate your insights, it would be a shame to see your posts get deleted by the admins--which is likely to happen if you keep posting stock tips on here. So, while the decision is yours, I would suggest that you may wish to keep your next post strictly college-info related.</p>
<p>well here is my plan
stick with SDSU for the first two years, and try to get as high GPA as i can.
then after 2 years i will try to apply transfer to USC and UCB. though UCB is nearly impossible, but if i have high GPA's i have a good chance at USC.
if i get into USC then thats even better for my career.
if not, i'll stick with SDSU all the way and try to get the CPA liscense. because if i have decent GPA i will be able into big 4 as well.
sounds good?</p>
<p>thats a pretty good plan, one of the main reasons I didn't want to go to Berkeley was the fact I heard it was cut throat competitive and you need atleast 3.5 to get in HAAS and they have an interview process (also i got in for the winter term and probably would have had to live at home and miss out on the dorm experience). Also I must warn you i'm not sure if CSU credits will transfer over to UCB, because of the difference in UC/CSU. But USC would definitely be a great school to attend.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that if UCB accepts community college credits (which they do providing you are taking the specified ones), they would take most, if not all, CSU courses for college credit as well. This may not be true for specific business course requirements, but I'm pretty sure it's the case for all your general ed and business prerequisites, which is what you would be taking the first two years at SDSU..</p>
<p>If you wanna get a job immidiately after graduate, I believe csuf and sdsu are good choice. However, if you also think about professional education in the future, you may choose a top national university in california. You know, as long as you get cpa, employers could not care about the name of your undergarduate major.</p>