<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I am thinking of becoming an Accounting Professor.
What is the pay like? What kind of research would i do? Which universities are on the top of the accounting field?</p>
<p>And,,, what kind of educational route would i follow? Do i go for an accounting undergraduate degree, a masters in accounting, and then a Phd in accounting?
Wouldn't it be kind of repetitive to study accounting for like 10years? </p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>I don’t know much about the academic end of accounting (or the real-world one, for that matter), but at UC Santa Barbara, I remember a few professors either having a B.A./B.S. and a CPA certification, or a J.D. and a CPA certification. </p>
<p>I imagine that just having a bachelors’ degree and the CPA certification won’t be sufficient in the future, but I don’t know if those professors were just outliers in the first place. I haven’t come across Accounting PhDs before, so I’m only telling you what I know from my limited experience with accounting professors at UCSB.</p>
<p>To teach at the postgraduate level, you’ll need a master’s degree (or significant graduate coursework). This is the minimum requirement to be an instructor/lecturer. If your goal is to be a professor, you’ll need a PhD. If your goal is to be a professor at a top school, you’ll need a PhD from a highly ranked program with excellent research. </p>
<p>Instructors make about $70,000 per year, cannot earn tenure, and only teach. Professors at teaching colleges earn about $100,000 per year, can earn tenure, and pretty much only teach (but can have some minor research requirements attached to tenure). A professor at a top school starts about $135,000 without tenure and will make $200,000+ after tenure. These professors are required to primarily research with a smaller teaching component (60% research, 30% teaching, 10% service is typical).</p>
<p>when you say “top school”, which do you mean?</p>
<p>Flagship research university</p>