<p>“You said schools ‘often’ require 150 semester hours for a BS. Please show me one example because I have never seen it.”</p>
<p>6 results on first page of google search. Feel free to do it yourself.</p>
<p>University of Washington gives you the option of (1) earning 225 credits or (2) paying significantly more for that 5th year and earning a Masters.</p>
<p>Since you ignored the important question, I will rephrase:</p>
<p>What benefit is there to having a MAc, as opposed to just having a BA with the CPA?</p>