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Master of Accounting

Master of Accounting

  • ID:NU10001
  • Level:Master's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

  • Application form

  • Application fee

  • Personal statement

  • Current resumé

  • Two letters of professional recommendation

  • Academic transcript(s)

  • Permanent residency card (if applicable)

English Requirement

If you are required to submit English Language Testing, you must submit results from one of the five tests listed below. Your results must be both valid (i.e. no more than 2 years old by the application deadline) and official (i.e. sent directly to Northeastern from the testing agency). The ranges provided below represent the middle 50% score ranges for students who were admitted and enrolled as first-year students in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. Please note: score provided below are not cut-off scores, but for estimating purposes, and in no way represent a promise or guarantee of admission.

English Language Tests: Middle 50%

  • C1 Advanced (CAE): 185

  • C2 Proficiency (CPE)                                                            

  • Duolingo English Test (DET): 120

  • IELTS Academic: 7.0

  • PTE Academic: 68

  • TOEFL Internet-Based Test (CEEB Code 3667): 99

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Course Information

In an accounting industry being rapidly transformed by technological innovation, you need more than just mastery of theory and practice. Employers in the public and corporate sectors are looking for accountants with technical skills in data science—and the ability to innovate when faced with challenges.

In our MS in Accounting program, you'll deepen your understanding of advanced accounting principles and management best practices, while you also develop the data analytics skills you need to thrive in the new landscape of big data. Building on your undergraduate degree in accounting, you’ll take five advanced courses on contemporary and emerging issues in the field, plus five additional courses in your chosen track of audit or tax.

You’ll complete your degree in December and be eligible to sit for the CPA exam right away, positioning you for employment before the accounting industry’s busy season. Over the past five years, 95% of our graduates have received full-time job offers within three months of graduation.

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Core Requirements

Master of Science in Accounting Core Requirements

Accounting

  • Business Entity Taxation      

  • Financial Reporting for Integrated Multinational Enterprises      

  • Accounting for Foreign Currency Transactions     

  • Ethics

  • Ethics in the Accounting Profession 3

  • Financial Reporting

  • Contemporary and Emerging Issues in Financial Reporting     

  • Financial Reporting for Governments and Nonprofit Entities  

Electives

Complete 6 semester hours from the following:

  • Forensic Accounting  

  • Internal Auditing    

  • State and Local Taxation      

  • International Taxation: Inbound Transactions     

  • Retirement Plans

  • Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates    

  • Options

Choose one from the following:

  • Auditing in a Big Data Environment

  • Corporate Governance, Ethics, and Financial Reporting     

  • Accounting Research and Communication     

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Career Opportunity

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Where They Work

  • Ernst & Young

  • Deloitte

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • KPMG

  • BDO

What They Do

  • Sustainability

  • Advisory

  • Audit

  • Tax

  • Accounting

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Overseas Student Health Cover

Health Plan (CPS and Graduate Programs): $2099 per year  

*Students are also charged the University Health and Counseling Fee 

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