<p>Hello:)
Which school do u guys recommend for a major in accounting in California?
Also..among UCLA, USC, and UCI....which school is best for accounting---> accountant?
UCLA - Major in Business Econ/ Minor in Accounting
USC - Major in accounting
UCI - Major in Business Econ/ Minor in Accounting or Major in Business Administration/ Minor in Accounting (Which one would u guys prefer for major in UCI?)</p>
<p>Oh yeaaa and for USC...is it still possible to get in (for accounting) if i complete pre reqs but couldn't complete all the General Education? </p>
<p>USC has the best accounting program in California by a bit. If you aren’t worried about money and are dead set on being in California, that should be your first choice for sure.</p>
<p>moss notes,"I’d advise you to find another major unless you like working 110+ hours 7 days a week for 1/2 the year.</p>
<p>Response: Again wrong information. NO accounting firm that I know of works their kids that hard. For example, at the accounting firm that my son works at in Maryland, Bond Bebee, my son works about 50-55 hours a week for about 10-11 weeks. For most other weeks, he puts in a pretty consistent 40 hour work week with three weeks off for vacation and several major holidays off plus a floating holiday. Employees of the Big 4 do work a bit harder,but not much more to my understanding. </p>
<p>Yes, once in a while he might get a job that requires some overtime after tax season;however, these occur fairly rarely.</p>
<p>Now other types of jobs do work their employees much more. Consulting is renown to working their people very hard. Top law firms require their lawyers to put in the hours that accountants put in during tax season except lawyers do this all year!</p>
<p>Moreover, don’t be fooled into thinking that corporations only require 40 hour workweeks too. Those that don’t stand out work wise will eventually be the first to be laid off when lay offs occur. People work hard in this country. There are very few non-governmental firms that I know who want their employees to only work 40 hours a week.</p>
<p>SDSU is on the list for sure, but whether or not it is better in not the question. LA based schools will offer more local opportunities upon graduation. My wife is in SDSU accounting right now and all of the jobs/internships are up in LA save for a few local openings, but San Diego is tiny compared to them LA. We are both in school so we can’t move right now.</p>
<p>In California, there are only 5 colleges AACSB Accounting Accredited, which include USC, SCU, SDSU as I listed in the earlier post, the other two are U of San Diego and CSU Fullerton if I remember correctly. </p>
<p>If you check into the curriculum of these program, you can see they offer larger selection of accounting courses. In addition to all the lower/upper that required by the CPA exam, they have some additional like Forensic Accounting, Tax Planing, Accounting for Non-Profit, etc, for an interested student to explore the different fields of accounting.</p>
<p>LSkaiWalk, The AACSB website itself says that these are the only accredited schools in CA.
California State University, Fullerton (California)<br>
San Diego State University (California)<br>
Santa Clara University (California)<br>
University of San Diego (California)<br>
University of Southern California (California)<br>
University of Colorado Denver (Colorado) </p>
<p>This alone places SDSU way above Cal Poly, despite the great education you claim they offer.</p>
<p>I would like to add that SDSU may not be a highly spoken of as UCLA and USC overall, but SDSU Accounting is above what you would imagine.</p>
<p>“Accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. In 1982, The Charles W. Lamden School of Accountancy was the first accredited accounting program in the state of California.” - SDSU was the first Accredited Accounting program in California, that HAS to mean something.</p>
<p>That’s what I was saying. It is irrelevant which school has the best actual program since both LA schools are widely known and located near one of the largest cities for accountants.</p>
<p>It says their accreditation there… Where is the list that Cal Poly isn’t on?</p>
<p>“This alone places SDSU way above Cal Poly, despite the great education you claim they offer.”</p>
<p>Business Week states that Cal Poly is in the top 100 business schools in the nation. SDSU isn’t even on that list. Cal Poly is second to Berkeley out of public schools in business in California.</p>
<p>“Who cares about “great program” it’s all about placement.”</p>
<p>Cal Poly kids get great jobs. Forbes ranked Cal Poly 3rd overall in highest alumni salary after ten years out of ALL public schools in the nation. Berkeley was first, then U Virginia, and then Cal Poly. Cal Poly was tied with UCLA.</p>
<p>The only way I can maybe be mistaken is that this is all just for business, while you are accounting specific, but I’m pretty sure accounting at Cal Poly is just as good as their business program.</p>
<p>Ok LSkaiWalk, just a little digging and I found some more information. Cal Poly is Accredited by the AACSB, however they are only accredited as a school of business. Their accounting program is not. They may be in the top 100 for business administration, but their accounting program is not accredited and thus, not as comparable to the 5 CA schools that are.</p>
<p>That’s interesting. I didn’t know that. Good information. SDSU is prolly better than Cal Poly at accounting, but other business majors I’d deff go SLO.</p>