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Gain the Advantages of The William & Mary Online MAcc
Accounting is far more than a black-and-white view of numbers. Successful leaders in this multifaceted, rapidly growing field analyze, interpret and communicate what the numbers mean—and they’re an integral part of executive business decision-making.
Prepare for a career as a business authority in a high-demand position. The expert faculty and specialized curriculum of William & Mary’s Online Master of Accounting program develop your abilities to identify and illuminate nuances in data and make leadership decisions. Whether your ambitions lie in public or corporate accounting, you could be prepared to sit for the CPA exam and advance your career in as few as 16 months. More importantly, though, we teach you to think: to go beyond the test and become an expert accountant and leader in business.
Safeguard your finances and ensure your career advancement. With a competitive tuition and just 16 months to degree completion, the Online MAcc program helps you spend less and move up sooner. You’re protecting your resources and positioning yourself to advance while accounting students elsewhere are still taking classes.
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The Online Master of Accounting from William & Mary is your launching point toward a rewarding role as an accounting expert and business leader.
100% of our 2021 Master of Accounting graduates had job offers at the time of graduation.1
Learn From Superb Faculty with ‘Big Four’ Expertise
Make Influential Connections
Before they were world-class university educators, the top-ranked faculty of the Online MAcc program held a variety of leadership roles in audit and tax functions at Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Widely published in leading academic and professional journals, these innovative experts lead William & Mary’s MAcc programs. Their commitment to student success is evident through their accessibility, constant support and impeccably high standards.
The nation’s four biggest accounting firms—Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers—recruit heavily from among our students and have hired many of our accounting graduates. In choosing the Online MAcc program, you’re giving yourself the best chance to go on to the best future, with the opportunity to choose where you want to be.
Consider these attractive post-MAcc salaries:
$141,343
$128,873
$115,188
$117,394
$115,216
$106,731
Senior Tax Manager1
International Tax Manager2
Accounting Director3
Internal Auditing Manager6
Corporate Controller5
Senior Accounting Manager4
The Online MAcc program is not only for those with backgrounds in accounting or business.
Our students and alumni represent a wide range of industries and interests—from military service to corporate experience, not-for-profit tenure and beyond—so your studies at William & Mary will strengthen diverse connections that empower your entire career.
To ensure that all of our students enter on equal footing, we require a free, self-guided program orientation course. It covers the foundational principles and skills that all students will need to succeed in subsequent classes.
Derive Strength Through Diversity
The Best of Academia and the Professional World
You’re more than a number-cruncher. Become an accounting expert.
The specialized expertise you’ll acquire at William & Mary will put you at the forward edge of modern business. You’ll graduate with new fluency not only in accounting but in business leadership—prepared to make important executive decisions as you thrive in a career that’s in demand everywhere.
Gain the advantage of learning from prominent industry professionals—colleagues of your deeply connected faculty, and William & Mary Accounting alumni who have risen to leadership positions in globally recognized firms. Their involvement in your coursework enriches the Online MAcc experience and adds powerful connections to the program and your network.
Having earned the Online Master of Accounting, you might join our graduates at:
Expedite Your Preparation for the CPA Exam
In order to sit for the CPA exam, most states** require students to complete 150 hours of coursework—the equivalent of five years of school—in addition to specific accounting and business credits. William & Mary’s specialized Online Master of Accounting program helps you progress toward fulfilling CPA coursework requirements. If you need additional coursework to complete your 150 hours, you’ll be eligible to take any of our online courses, across programs, based on availability and instructor approval.
Our Master of Accounting program’s CPA certification exam pass rate is in the 90th percentile on the first attempt, as ranked by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.
**To find the requirements of the state in which you hope to gain licensure, start at NASBA.org
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The Online MAcc by the Numbers
32 Credits*
8 Courses
7.5 Weeks
per Course
#7 Best
#5 Best
School for Making an Impact8
Business Professors9
*Students may need to complete up to eight credits of prerequisite courses.
Our graduates are:
Empowered with holistic, leading-edge business and accounting expertise
Adept at measuring, presenting, interpreting and communicating data to drive decision-making
Proficient in analytics and driving organizational performance
Equipped with knowledge and class credits in preparation for the CPA exam
Ready to move into public accounting or advance into corporate accounting leadership
See Beyond the Numbers
Ernst & Young
KPMG
BDO
Grant Thornton
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deloitte
Keiter
Johnson Lambert
RSM
Clifton Larson Allen
Complete your degree in as few as 16 months
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