<p>I am looking for schools of accounting right now
Do you know any good schools that offer good accounting program?
Also can any of you post the link to the ranking for accounting schools?
Thanks</p>
<p>I am really really confused looking for the right school >.<</p>
<p>Maybe you're confused because you're focusing first on accounting, instead of defining what type of school overall would fit you best. Would you prefer large, small, medium? Do have a preference for any particular parts of the country? Will you need financial aid? What are your grades and test scores like?</p>
<p>Once you've defined what you're looking for in broad terms, I'd recommend focusing on accedited accounting programs if your career plans include going on for your CPA. The type of accounting you hope to do can also influence which schools might be a good fit for you. I'd suggest you read up on accounting training and careers at the link below. </p>
<p>At the bottom of this link, you will find a link to the accrediting organizations for accounting programs where you can get a full list of accredited programs and then pick and choose among them based on your answers to the questions above:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos001.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos001.htm</a></p>
<p>Here is some infor gotten from a post in the "business major" forum. Hope it helps:</p>
<p>There are many good ones. University of Texes,UNC NorthCarolina, University of Illinios, Baruch College, which is part of CUNY. University of Chicago is very good but only for grad school.</p>
<p>To be honest most schools that have accounting programs will be very similar because the curriculum is very structured and pretty well mandated by the State Boards of Accountancy. Thus, other than a few electives, the curriculum will be the same from school to school</p>
<p>...You are probably thinking," if most accounting school are pretty much very similar, what then makes the best ones stand out, say other than prestige?"</p>
<p>Response: I am not sure that any one of them stands out. I attended the City of University of NY (Baruch) college and majored in accounting. I had all the job offers ( back then) that I could handle. Admittedly, I had very good grades.</p>
<p>I think if you attend any accounting program and get top grades, you can get almost any position that you want including some investment banking jobs. If you want prestigious schools, I have already noted the better ranked ones.However, as I said, it won't make a difference if you get good grades. You local state university would be just as good and probably 1/3rd the price.</p>
<p>Most top business schools might be more prestigious. However, you really need to check out the curriculum of the business school because not all of them have accounting as a major. For example, Carnegie Mellon has a very strong business program, but it doesn't have a program in accounting.</p>
<p>Other very strong, programs would be University of Maryland, Syracuse University, and Wash U St. Louis..Also check out Claremont McKinna, which is part of the Claremont schools, which has a strong accounting/economics program.</p>
<p>Hope this all helps</p>
<p>Hmmmm
I dont care about the size of the school
I am just confused cause I dont think most UC's have accounting program
and I live in California
Most CSU's have them and I heard CSUN (Northridge) has one of the best accounting program. Is this true?</p>
<p>Oooh thanx for the help btw, Carolyn and Taxguy</p>
<p>Go to Penn(Wharton); Second best is University of Chicago.</p>
<p>Adam, What are your grades and test scores like? If you don't want to share them in public, PM me. I might have some suggestions of schools for you in California.</p>
<p>University of Chicago, to my knowledge, has only a graduate program in accounting and not undergraduate. You need to check this out.</p>
<p>I have 3.3 Gpa (unweighted)
Several AP's (Calc AB, Computer Science, Physics, Calc C, Statistics)
5 on AP Calc AB exam
4 on AP Comp Sci
Low SAT (1400ish/2400)
=P I just retook it so I hope I did better
I did volunteer work and thas all about it</p>
<p>Is Penn(Wharton)
the ivy league UPenn?
I doubt I will get accepted =P
And I live in California. I looked up Univesity of Texas at Austin, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan Ann Arbor on collegeboard.com. They have higher acceptance percentage (higher than upenn, Usc). What are my chances of getting in to at least one of those colleges?</p>
<p>I fyou have low SATs and with just good GPA, forget about Wharton and University of Texes and University of Michigan.</p>
<p>In fact, you may have trouble with all the schools mentioned. You might want to start off an your local state U or even junior college and, if you do well, transfer to one of the schools noted above. It isn't that are if you get a 3.25 or more GPA overall in college.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>UT is good!</p>
<p>Hmm yea I think so too especially I heard that most schools have almost the same accounting program... ^___^
But Im still hoping that I can get better grade on this SAT 1 that I just took
What is the average score ( out of 2400) do I need to get into one of those colleges?</p>
<p>AdamentineX, it's hard to state what an average score would be not knowing your EC. For schools like Wharton, you probably need about 2100. For schools like Michigan or UT (out of state), I would guess about 1900-2000,but I could be off. </p>
<p>For Clairmont McKenna, you would also need at least 2100 in SAT and better GPAs too.Syracuse would need about an 1800 (give or take) and Univeristy of Maryland would require about 1900-2000. However, your GPA would be too low for Maryland. Their average GPA for admitted students is a 4.15 weighted. Unweighted is around 3.6 or 3.7. Most of the schools that I mentioned would probably require the same weighted GPA. Sorry to rain on your parade.</p>
<p>I would go to any decent state school in your state. As I said, accounting curriculums are pretty standard from school to school. If you really want a more "prestigious school," get good grades in your freshmen year and transfer. Another alternative is to stay in whatever school that has a program but do very well there. You will need an extra 30 credits anyway beyond the 120 required for your degree for CPA qualification. This way, you can attend a top notch grad school and get a masters in accounting, which will also qualify you for the CPA.</p>
<p>Did I say that the key is getting good grades regardless of the school?</p>
<p>I should warn you that this is easier said that done. My son had almost 700 on the SAT math with top math grades, and he barely has a 3.0 GPA in accounting. Accounting is a very hard major similar to engineering. In fact, most business schools call accounting the "engineering" of the business school.</p>
<p>I went to Cal State Hayward (now called Cal State East Bay) in the mid 80s and majored in accounting. Small classes, excellent professors. We were all recruited pretty heavily following graduation. It was (is?) a commuter school but fit the bill for someone working their way through school. </p>
<p>If you are considering a particular school or geographic area one very easy way to gauge the performance of all area schools is to call the personnel office of the largest local CPA firms and engage the personnel director in a conversation...where do they recruit, what do they think of the quality of the graduates, etc. </p>
<p>Another comment based on my experience is to not focus only on the accounting school...I worked with many CPAs who were ineffective because they lacked communication skills. I think a strong background in Humanities helps you succeed long term in the business world.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Again thanx taxguy for your advice, I really appreciate it.
Rhumbob.... I am thinking to go Cal state East Bay, but they have 2 different campuses(concord and hayward), what are the differences?</p>
<p>I also asked my friend about accounting school and he said that most schools have almost the same program and it is better for me to not go to "hard" school, but he recommended me to focus more on the CPA exam. =P what do you guys think?</p>
<p>I really wanna major in accounting for some reason. I was going to major in computer science, but I didnt really like the materials that I studied when I took AP comp sci(Marine Bio).</p>
<p>For Accounting Jobs, do they look what college you go to? Or are they aware that most colleges' accounting program are structured by the board of accountancy.</p>
<p>The better schools will prepare you well for the CPA test, which is a very hard exam. These schools use actual CPA questions in their tests. I would attend those that do this. If you go to an "easier" school, and I am not sure there is one, it might not prepare you as well for the exam.</p>
<p>But to take the CPA exam you have to take Master in accounting right?So you are saying that I should go to the "not easier" school for master? Or is it important too to go to the harder school for bachelor?
Since you said it is pretty standard for most schools</p>
<p>Yes, the curriculum should be standard; however, not all schools may use actual CPA exams in their curriculum.</p>
<p>Also you do NOT need a masters degree to become a CPA. What you need is 150 credits. Thus, if you want to make it a 5 year undergraduate program and take all your credits there, you can. I don't suggest that. Personally, I would recommend that you finish up in 4 years and use the extra 30 credits that you have to take anyway in a masters program.</p>