According to North Dakota law and rules of the North Dakota State Board of Accountancy, individuals are currently eligible to sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination with a bachelor's degree that includes at least 24 hours of accounting beyond Elements and 30 hours of business courses and at least 150 semester hours of college courses.
The B.Acc. program meets the current requirements for accounting and business courses. However, the B.Acc. program does not meet the 150 hour requirement. Students interested in becoming CPAs should be prepared to either extend their undergraduate program by an additioanl 24 credit hours or to continue their study at the graduate level.
Career Opportunities
UND Accounting graduates have gone on to become auditors, controllers, professional accountants, and partners at a variety of organizations such as:
- Brady Martz
- Baker Tilly
- Deloitte
- Edgewood Vista
- Eide Bailly
- EY
- FDIC
- Hormel
- Microsoft
- PwC
- RSM
- Wipfli
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