Program Overview
Want to rise through the ranks in private industry or a public accounting firm? Master the core business disciplines and gain advanced expertise in the latest accounting standards through our MBA with an Accounting concentration.
Our world-class MBA program, among the largest in New England, is designed to accommodate the schedules of working professionals.
You’ll be prepared to pursue management-level positions in any industry around the world and meet the 150 hours of advanced study requirement that candidates must satisfy to take the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination.
Developed and updated in collaboration with leading companies, our professionally focused curriculum includes real-world projects and challenges so you can gain experience — what employers value the most.
Our faculty experts are leaders in the industry they teach. They know what it takes to achieve success in their respective fields and share their insights with you.
You’ll gain theoretical knowledge while learning how advanced accounting principles and techniques are applied in practice. You’ll also gain an understanding of research techniques that successful practitioners use most often.
“This program will prepare you to emerge as a leader and decision maker in an increasingly complex global business climate. This flexible program provides the basic background for the major professional examinations, including the 150-hour education requirement for the CPA license.”ADJUNCT KARLTON LOUGH CPA, J.D.
MBA in Accounting Sample Courses
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JWU MBA Alumni Honored at 2021 PBN ‘40 Under 40’
Three JWU alumni have been honored by the Providence Business News (PBN) at their 17th annual “40 Under Forty” program, which honors 40 Rhode Islanders under the age of 40 who have achieved career success and continue to stay involved in their communities. We are so proud of our alumni.
As a principal at Warwick, Rhode Island-based DiSanto Priest & Co., John Rainone '10 MBA, CPA, CCIFP, works on audits and financial statements for the construction and real estate fields. Prior to becoming a CPA, the Rhode Island native got his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Assumption University (Worcester, Mass.), before getting his MBA in Accounting from JWU.
“[JWU’s program] gave me the credentials necessary to take the CPA exam, it gave me more of a network in terms of my business and looking for clients, and it was right around the corner from where I was working in Providence at the time,” Rainone explains. “It helped me move along in the natural progression of being a CPA.”
Fellow honoree Gregory Scorpio '09 has been with global sporting goods company G-Form for the last 5 years, serving as chief financial officer responsible for accounting. It’s been a fit for Scorpio, who called JWU’s Harborside Campus home for a brief stint while getting his MBA in Accounting alongside his now-wife.
“The professors we had were working in the professional world and that experience was much more relatable to real-world experience than what I received as an undergraduate,” Scorpio notes of his academic work at JWU.
“It was a lot of group and team activities like preparing presentations and projects, and I saw an opportunity to take that leadership role in those groups which correlated into a role into my real-world experience.”
