Today’s business environment is fast-paced and exciting. It requires diverse professional skills, from computer application and critical thinking to evaluation and synthesis. It also requires strong personal skills, from teamwork and interpersonal communication to adaptability. The University of Wyoming offers an advanced business education and a master’s degree in accounting to help you become a successful leader and decision-maker, because the world needs more unwavering integrity.
About Accounting at UW
The University of Wyoming offers a flexible, online master’s degree program in accounting tailored to working professionals. You can start in the fall, spring or summer, enroll full-time or part-time, and finish in one or two years.
UW’s online master’s in accounting program focuses on preparing you for the CPA exam but also develops your accounting and business skills and deepens your knowledge to broaden your job and career opportunities in any field.
Benefits of a UW Master of Science in Accounting degree include:
Here are some reasons to consider UW’s master’s in accounting online degree program:
Online flexibility. You can continue to work and balance graduate school with personal commitments with the flexibility of UW’s master’s in accounting program that can be completed entirely online. No required live-streaming or on-site proctored exams are required. At the same time, you will have access to presentations from academic and industry leaders.
Certification. Our online master’s in accounting degree satisfies the education requirements to sit for the CPA exam in most states. It also fulfills licensing requirements to practice as a CPA in most jurisdictions. Equally important, you will also be prepared with the knowledge and skills to pass the exam and earn your professional certification in accounting.
Faculty-practitioners. Study with experienced professionals in accounting. Their areas of expertise include fraud and forensic accounting, professional ethics and management accounting decisions and analyses.
Internship. Gain experience working in the field with a professional internship. Our accounting master’s program students have been placed with CPA firms, government agencies and business or industry organizations throughout the country.
Accredited. The UW College of Business and M.S. in Accounting program are nationally accredited by AACSB.
Scholarships. Take advantage of a variety of resources that provide financial support available to graduate students in UW’s online accounting master’s program. Opportunities include:
Master’s in accounting jobs are diverse and stimulating. You could work for public accounting firms, private and corporate businesses, nonprofit organizations or federal, state and local government agencies such as the CIA, FBI and IRS. You’ll find graduates from UW’s master’s program in accounting at MHP; Lenhart, Mason & Associates; Ernst & Young; Grooms & Harkins; Plante Moran; PMCH; Trihydro — just to name a few.
Accounting Careers
UW accounting master’s program graduates hold titles such as:
These are just some of the classes you might take as a graduate student in the University of Wyoming’s online master’s in accounting program:
View the full Master of Science in Accounting degree program curriculum.