Overview

This valuable accounting master’s degree is designed to challenge and polish your ability to interpret and analyze financial information, monitor finances, become a trusted adviser to companies and clients, and chart courses for the future.

Ideal for students who already have an undergraduate accounting background, this online accountancy degree program enables you to earn valuable semester hours required to sit for the CPA exam. Prior to enrollment, you should check specific licensure requirements in your state.

Selected courses were developed in partnership with Becker Professional Education, a leading CPA examination preparation company, to mirror the financial and regulation sections of the exam. As a student in this online accounting master’s degree program, you will receive a discount on review materials and learn real-world applications from highly qualified faculty, many of which have extensive experience as practicing CPAs.

Program Learning Outcomes

In this Accountancy (Online) program from Northern Kentucky University, you will:

Build expertise in accounting analytics, strategic management accounting, ethics, research, standard setting, and practice

Prepare for CPA practice in the areas of regulation, financial accounting and reporting, auditing, and attestation

Gain a foundation in the methodology, sources, and analysis of tax research, and build on this knowledge by choosing specialized electives in corporate, partnership, and/or individual taxation

Learn to apply accounting concepts to mergers, consolidations, acquisitions, and partnerships

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Tax Research and Practice

Advanced Auditing

CPA Review – Regulation

CPA Review – Financial Accounting and Reporting

Strategic Management Accounting

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 10 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-07 00:00:00
Starting 2027-05-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-24 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Highland Heights, United States

Disciplines

Mathematics Accounting Financial Mathematics View 13 other Masters in Financial Mathematics in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.8

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete an Online Application

Pay the $40 Application Fee

Submit Passport Photocopy

Submit your Official Transcripts

Submit Proof of English Fluency

ACT: English 18, Math 19, Reading 20

SAT (Prior to 3/2016): Writing 430, Math 460, Reading 470

SAT (After 3/2016): Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 480, Math 500

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

17535 USD / full

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Out-of-State

17535 USD / full

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Domestic

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In-State

17535 USD / full

≈ 17535 USD / full

Funding

Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

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Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

Embark on your journey with the Studyportals Scholarship! We're giving away a total of 20,000 euros to help you achieve your dream of studying abroad.

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