What can I do with a master of accounting degree?

Earning a master of accounting degree gives you better career opportunities in accounting and management and satisfies the education requirements of the Utah Certified Public Accountant Licensing Act for sitting for the CPA exam.

Many accountants are turning their master's degrees into opportunities to work as vice presidents, chief executive officers and chief financial officers in today’s business world.

Placement of graduates in our master’s program has approached 100 percent. For the latest salary statistics, contact Pat Wheeler, employment and career services advisor for the Goddard School, at pwheeler@weber.edu,or visit Career Services.

What will I learn?

As a master of accounting student, you can choose one of two tracks: the tax track or the professional accounting track.

Following the completion of the tax track, you'll be prepared to handle the research and application of complex tax law and have confidence managing even the most challenging tax situations.

Though course work focuses on the U.S. tax system, elective credits are filled by classes in other areas of accounting, thereby establishing your knowledge of the entire profession. 

Your education in the professional accounting track includes instruction in government and nonprofit accounting, financial statement analysis, financial accounting and reporting, internal auditing and more.

Professional track students also have six credit hours of electives to be filled with a variety of master of accounting classes. This flexibility means you can steer your degree in the direction most meaningful to your career goals.