Concentration in accounting?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am trying to choose which college to attend. My goal is to major in accounting, but when I look at the top colleges like the University of Pennsylvania they do not have undergraduate majors in accounting but instead offer accounting concentrations.</p>

<p>My questions are: should I go to the top schools and choose accounting as a concentration? Or is it better to go to a school that's a little less prestigious and actually major in accounting? Are there any specific pros and cons to each choice if I am only interested in becoming an accountant?</p>

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<p>It doesn’t really matter if it is a concentration or major as long as the courses qualify you to sit for the CPA/CMA/CIA exam. Each school will be able to answer that question.</p>

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<p>Ok thank you</p>

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<p>Notre Dame and Holy Cross offer degrees in accounting.</p>

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<p>UT Austin and Lehigh are both reallllyyyyyy good in accounting. I suggest checking those out. It doesn’t really matter the school as much as who recruits. For Lehigh, the Big 4 heavily recruit there. So I don’t think it matters where you once you land a job at say…Deloitte or Ernest and Young.</p>

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<p>On the west cost:</p>

<p>Seattle U- very good accounting school
Santa Clara- Leavey school of business is fabulous: accounting</p>

<p>South:</p>

<p>Furman- accounting; also smaller liberal arts school
Elon- pretty good school for business</p>

<p>North East:</p>

<p>Lehigh- great accounting</p>

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<p>Keep in mind many states require 150 credits to sit for the CPA exam, so you’ll either have to do a 5 year bachelor’s program or a bachelor’s and a one year accounting master’s. I’d major in business in undergrad and do the MS in accounting.</p>

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<p>^^^</p>

<p>Can some of those credits be AP credits? </p>

<p>If so, that wouldn’t be so hard to do if you come in with a good number of AP credits and go to a school that accepts them.</p>

<p>BigD…what is your budget? What state are you in? What are your stats?</p>

<p>Are there any specific pros and cons to each choice if I am only interested in becoming an accountant?</p>

<p>Heck, I’ve known very successful CPAs that just went to CSUs (LB and Fullerton)…so going to some elite school is not necessary.</p>