Accounting (B.S., A.S.)
School of Business and Technology

Regional Accreditation — The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association. Affordable Tuition — Full-time financial aid availability and reasonable costs. Faculty — Academic credentials and real-world experience.

Employees already working as bookkeepers and tax preparers are drawn to an Accounting degree as a way to further their knowledge . Members of the banking industry, and federal and state employees working in related fields, also seek Accounting degrees to expand their career options.

An Accounting degree provides a base from which to build broad knowledge about all business functions - purchasing, manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, and marketing.

Women represent more than 60 percent of accountants in the United States. The profession has shown great initiative in implementing flexible work arrangements and other benefits which are attractive to women.

• Personal attention from faculty - excellent student-to-faculty ratio.
• Practicum opportunities that provide practical experience and business contacts.
• Smaller class sizes also lead to good, lasting friendships with fellow students.
• MSU maintains good relationships with local businesses.
• Both the A.S. and the B.S. degrees are available through distance learning as well as traditional classroom study.
  

• Public Accounting: You may become an employee of a public accounting firm or you may become a CPA in business for yourself. Either way, a practitioner of public accounting is hired by other organizations and individuals to provide accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting services There are many specialties within public accounting and the opportunity to learn about many different companies during a career.
• Industrial or Managerial Accounting: In this case, you are employed by a for-profit company to provide a variety of financial and managerial accounting services such as processing payroll and determining the cost of providing services. You are part of the “team” and the financial information you analyze and interpret is used by corporate executives to make business decisions.
• Not-for-Profit Accounting: Still other accountants are employed by a governmental or other organization that is not profit motivated. These accountants provide a variety of financial and managerial accounting services including processing payroll and reviewing regulatory reports and tax returns to determine compliance.
  

Our graduates are working in public accounting, private industry such as coal, healthcare and recreation, and in governmental accounting.

Some graduates interested in advancing to the management level in private or government sectors continue to pursue their education with a Master’s degree in Strategic Leadership, an MBA, or Master’s in Accounting.

The CPA designation is especially important for public accounting, but is truly valuable for any accounting career.

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