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Master in Professional Accounting (MPA)
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Texas Master in Professional Accounting (MPA)
The traditional approach to the Texas MPA welcomes students with bachelor’s degrees in any academic discipline—from liberal arts to science or business education. As a Texas MPA, you’ll join motivated, high-achieving classmates in a program that emphasizes teamwork, leadership, and the ability to communicate effectively—qualities that employers recognize, value and reward.
Created and taught by a nationally acclaimed faculty, MPA coursework is carefully crafted to prepare you for a career in public accounting, industry, not-for-profit organizations, consulting, financial institutions and academe. Texas MPA graduates are heavily recruited by nearly 200 organizations representing more than 25 different industries, in the U.S. and overseas. Most students accept a job offer before graduating.
There are specific prerequisites for the MPA program. The MPA curriculum reflects a broad educational base, combined with technical depth in accounting. It ranges in required semester credit hours from 37 to 43, depending on the student's undergraduate coursework. Students with an undergraduate accounting degree often complete the program in 37 hours. Students without an undergraduate degree in accounting or business normally earn the MPA degree by completing a 43-hour program. (A 37-hour program can typically be completed in one year [fall, spring, and summer semester]. A 43-hour program is typically completed in one year and a half [summer, fall, spring, and summer].)
As a Texas MPA, you’ll have the opportunity to develop specialized expertise in one of four tracks: financial reporting and assurance, tax, managerial accounting and control or generalist. The additional academic training focuses on improving students' written, verbal communication and problem-solving skills, which executives in accounting and business organizations emphasize as key to career success. You will also interact with professionals in the field through speaker programs, receptions, team competitions, workshops and internships. The Texas MPA program offers study abroad opportunities that will prepare you for the global focus of today’s business world.
If your goal is to sit for the CPA exam,
once you are accepted, you and your academic advisor can tailor your
academic plan so that you will be eligible by the time you complete the
Texas MPA program.
