MS in Accounting/MBA

Don’t have any accounting experience, but interested in a career in accounting plus an MBA? This program offers a combined degree, valuable experience from a three-month, paid co-op position, and virtually 100% job placement.

With an MSA/MBA from Northeastern, you can earn two degrees - an MS in Accounting and an MBA - in just 15 months. Our full-time program is designed for liberal arts and non-accounting majors.

You can start right after you complete your undergraduate degree. Gain hands-on experience through a three-month paid residency at a leading accounting firm. Graduate from the program prepared to take the CPA exam. And get ready to hit the ground running with a new job at a regional, national, or Big Four accounting firm.

Quick Facts

This full-time, 15-month program begins each year in June and ends in August of the following year. You and your classmates will start the program together, take the same classes, and graduate at the same time.

You will complete a three-month paid residency from January through March at a regional, national, or Big Four accounting firm. You can also benefit from Northeastern's proven track record. Historically, 99% of our MSA/MBA students have been offered full-time employment from the firms where they completed their residencies. And 100% of our students have been offered full-time positions at leading accounting firms upon graduation.

All courses are offered during the day at the main campus in Boston. To earn the degree, you must complete 72 semester hours of credit and achieve a 3.000-grade point average.

Curriculum

All courses in the MS Accounting/MBA program are required; there are no electives. This is a lock-step program, with all courses taken in sequence.

Target audience

liberal arts and non-accounting majors.

Established in 1922, Northeastern University College of Business Administration provides its students—undergraduate, graduate, and executive—with the education, tools, and experience necessary to launch and accelerate successful business careers.

The College credits its success to expert faculty, close partnerships with industry, and its emphasis on rigorous academics combined with experiential learning. Our emphasis on combining a challenging curriculum with the reality of the business world is at the core of the College’s mission. Integral to our success is a faculty that contributes to business knowledge through its world-class research and has real-world business experience as members of boards of directors, entrepreneurs, presidents, managers, directors, and consultants. The faculty’s applications-oriented scholarship and industry experience shape student learning and the classroom experience.

All our strengths and our focus come together to prepare students for a lifetime of achievement in the business world.

• BusinessWeek ranks the College 26th in its “Best Undergraduate B-schools.”
• U.S. News & World Report ranks the College’s Bachelor of Science in International Business 16th in the U.S.
• Financial Times ranks the College’s Executive MBA program in the U.S. top 50.
• U.S. News & World Report ranks the College’s part-time MBA program 21st in the U.S.