| Being such a sought after degree, the accounting | | | | Bachelors Accounting Degree would be preferable. |
| degree is readily available in almost all learning | | | | Masters and Bachelors Accounting Degrees will |
| institutions nationwide though not at all of them, | | | | prepare you for your eventual CPA if that is your |
| so you will need to do your research to find the | | | | chosen path. |
| best accounting degree programs available. Some | | | | Before sitting for your CPA exam, you will be |
| programs are also not conducive to eventually | | | | able to do a review exam to prepare yourself |
| obtaining your CPA so if this is where you want | | | | and also see how prepared you are. This exam is |
| to head, then make sure that your accounting | | | | a good idea to determine where you will come |
| degree program can set you up for studying | | | | out after your CPA exam. If this is not available |
| further to get your CPA. Look for a college that | | | | on campus, then look for somewhere within your |
| has a reputable name in accounting, one that could | | | | city that does offer it. |
| be backed by leading firms in the country. | | | | To get your CPA, you will need 150 college |
| To study an accounting degree you will need to | | | | credits as well as a Bachelors degree at the very |
| have excellent skills in mathematics, analytics, | | | | minimum, however these credit requirements |
| problem solving as well as good computer skills, as | | | | vary from one state to the next. You will need to |
| all accounting is now computer based. You can | | | | speak to your chosen college's registration office |
| choose from a number of different programs, but | | | | to determine exactly what is required to take |
| for would be CPA's be careful that the school you | | | | your accounting degree to CPA. |
| choose has an accounting degree that meets the | | | | While you are making inquiries into the status of |
| requirements as set out by the Certified Public | | | | the accounting degree program at your chosen |
| Accountants licensing authority in your state. If it | | | | college, also contact the career Services |
| doesn't and you want to do your CPA, then you | | | | Department and see if there are any major |
| will need to look elsewhere for an accounting | | | | accounting firms that visit the college regularly to |
| degree program that does. | | | | recruit students as interns. If the major firms are |
| Most community colleges and schools offer an | | | | endorsing your college then you know that the |
| Associate Degree in Accounting, but for further | | | | school has the correct formula for a winning |
| advancement, an MBA with a focus on | | | | accounting degree that will open doors for you. |
| Accounting, a Masters in Accounting or a | | | | |