Graduate Courses in Accounting

University of Texas at Austin

• The McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the leading graduate programs in accounting, according to the "U.S. News and World Report" graduate university rankings. The McCombs School hosts the Master in Professional Accounting (M.P.A.) Program for accounting students, which lasts for 12 to 18 months for regular full-time graduate students. Core courses that a graduate student may take at the school include financial and managerial accounting courses, information technology and accounting, and taxation. The Integrated M.P.A. option is for undergraduate sophomores who major in the business academic program at the University of Texas at Austin. The integrated program requires fewer credit hours since the student is simultaneously taking bachelor's degree courses in the business program.

  University of Texas at Austin

  2100 San Jacinto Blvd.

  Austin, TX 78712

  512-475-7399

  new.mccombs.utexas.edu

University of Pennsylvania

• The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business offers a Ph.D. in accounting. The accounting program at the Wharton School focuses on the world economy and economic policy research in regards to accounting. Students take a core program of analytical and empirical accounting courses, along with courses from the University of Pennsylvania's economics and finance departments.

  University of Pennsylvania

  3451 Walnut St.

  Philadelphia, PA 19104-6243

  215-898-5000

  wharton.upenn.edu

University of Chicago

• The Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago offers students a chance to understand organizational behavior within businesses. The Booth School provides students an interdisciplinary approach to businesses as thinking, rational entities. The school offers students the tools to use accounting as a psychological lens into a business's mind. Core courses include taxes and business surveys, financial statement analysis and managerial accounting.

  University of Chicago

  5801 South Ellis Ave.

  Chicago, IL 60637

  773-702-1234

  chicagobooth.edu

University of Michigan

• The Stephen M. Ross School for Business at the University of Michigan features an accounting program. The University of Michigan's accounting program focuses on accounting research. Many professors and graduate students have published research in peer-reviewed academic journals on the topic of accounting research. The core requirements for the program include managerial and financial accounting, corporate reporting, and auditing and assurance.

  University of Michigan

  207 Fletcher St.

  Ann Arbor, MI 48109

  734-764-8320

  bus.umich.edu