According to the "U.S. News and World Report," Harvard University is the best business school not only in Massachusetts, but also in the entire country. The university's school of business has an academic unit dedicated to Accounting and Management, which includes classes on proper securities pricing, how to calculate economic performance, strategy implication, and resource allocation. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs in accounting.
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
1-617-495-6000
hbs.edu
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management is another top school for accounting. Sloan offers a Bachelor of Science degree program in Management Science, which covers all of the basics of accounting. Additionally, the school offers a Master of Finance program. MIT's Sloan School of Management is another top school for accounting. According to the "U.S. News and World Report," in 2009 79 percent of Sloan graduates were employed full time immediately following their commencements.
MIT Sloan School of Management
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
617-253-2659
mitsloan.mit.edu
Boston College's Carroll School of Management has an entire department devoted to accounting. The department offers an undergraduate concentration in accounting, which is meant to provide students with a broad-based understanding of the subject preparing them for careers in a variety of different business-related fields. It also offers a Masters of Science program in accounting, which simultaneously allows you to complete the 150-hour examination requirement needed to become a certified public accountant (which most states require prior to employment).
Boston College Carroll School of Management
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3800
617-552-3925
bc.edu/schools/csom
Another top accounting school in Massachusetts is Boston University. The university's School of Management has its own accounting department, which puts a strong emphasis on disclosure regulation, international accounting, health care management control, corporate governance, and audit markets. And while the school has no specific accounting programs, the subject is a central requirement in a number of other programs, including the bachelor's, master's and doctor's degree programs in business administration, as well as the master's of science and Ph.D. degree programs in mathematical finance.
Boston University School of Management
595 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
617-353-9720
management.bu.edu
Babson College is another well-known school when it comes to business, and more specifically to accounting. The college's accounting and law division offers both a bachelor's degree program, which includes classes like introduction to financial accounting foundation management, intermediate accounting and auditing, and a master's of science degree program in accounting. The 30-credit master's program also includes CPA certification.
Babson College
Accounting and Law Division
231 Forest St.
Babson Park, MA 02457
781-235-1200
babson.edu/Academics/Divisions/actlaw
Another highly regarded school in Massachusetts for accounting is Brandeis University. The university offers undergraduate business programs in three specific areas of concentration, global, justice, and professional), while its International Business School offers a master's of arts in international economics and finance program, a master's of business administration program, a master's of science in finance program, and a Ph.D. in international economics and finance program. The school is specifically devoted to providing students with a well-rounded, international understanding of accounting and business in general.
Brandeis University: International Business School
415 Waltham St.
Newton, MA 02465
781-736-2252
brandeis.edu/learning/ibs.html