The Texas MPA curriculum lays a solid educational foundation for the Uniform Certified Public Accounting examination. If your goal is to satisfy the requirements for the CPA exam, MPA academic advisors will help you plan your coursework so that you will be eligible to sit for the exam by the time you complete the program. Eligibility requirements vary from state to state. The state in which you plan to sit for the exam will determine whether you need to fine-tune your MPA coursework to meet your goals.

 The CPA Examination is comprised of four sections.

• AUD - Auditing and Attestation
• BEC - Business Environment and Concepts
• FAR - Financial Accounting and Reporting
• REG - Regulation

CPA candidates from the University of Texas at Austin typically have pass rates much higher than the statewide average on any given part of the exam. Our students’ pass rates also tend to exceed the national averages for each part of the exam, which range from 40 to 45%. In fact, several of our students have received the prestigious American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Sells Award for earning the highest cumulative scores on the four sections of the exam on their first attempt.