Students completing the program will be well equipped for a successful career in accounting. Hunter? s MS in Accounting has been approved by the New York State Department of Education as a CPA licensure-qualifying program for students who have earned a BS in Accounting at Hunter College or an equivalent undergraduate program.

New York State requires all CPA candidates to have completed 150-credit hours in order to sit for the Uniform CPA Examinations. The graduates of the MS program will be able to fulfill this requirement.

The MS program is a 30-credit program consisting of six required courses, two accounting electives, and two non-accounting electives. It can be pursued on a full-time or part-time basis. The program curriculum and admission requirements are outlined below. The accounting faculty within the Economics Department at Hunter College has established a record of teaching excellence, and has produced research of the highest quality within the field of accounting.