Expensive Masters of Accounting Programs vs Binghamton

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<p>I am a rising senior accounting major. I am planning on attending college for a 5th year to get my masters in accounting. </p>

<p>Looking at the top masters of accounting programs on U.S. News, most of the top 10 have tuitions ranging from 30k-50k.</p>

<p>I currently attend Binghamton and if I did the masters of accounting there, the cost would only be about 9k.</p>

<p>My goal is to be hired by big4 firms in the long run. Binghamton's website claims that 95% their ms grads are offered a job by big 4 firms. Now im not sure if that statistic is valid or not, but nevertheless, Do the top schools really give u that much of a leg up to justify the high costs?</p>

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<p>yea, Just go for Bing’s accounting program. The end result will be the same, so why spend the extra ~30K. You might as well use that money on a decent car and still be a big 4 accountant,lol. I, myself will be going to Baruch this fall for undergrad freshmen year, but plan on transferring to Bing. GL to both of us! But seriously, go to Bing!</p>

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<p>I feel pretty confident that employers care mostly about the CPA label after your name, not the Macc program you went to. After all, the sole purpose of a Macc is to get enough credits for the exam.</p>

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<p>Cool, thats what I figured, thanks guys</p>