Accounting M.S.

Become the Financial Backbone of Your Business

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With your Master of Science in Accounting, you'll find career opportunities are abundant in areas such as auditing, forensic accounting, financial accounting, financial analysis, internal auditing, managerial accounting, and tax planning. Your degree will take you beyond a mastery of core quantitative abilities. You'll acquire a basis for exercising judgment in accounting-related decisions within administrative, managerial, and professional positions to enhance rapid career development.

Accreditations and Distinctions

University of Houston-Clear Lake is an accredited member of AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Around 5% of the world's business schools have earned business and separate accounting accreditation from the AACSB, and we're one of them.

Take the CPA Exam with Confidence

Your Master of Science in Accounting will prepare you to sit for and pass the Certified Public Accountant examination. You'll be taught by dedicated College of Business faculty members who blend research with applications in professional practice, innovative pedagogy, and disciplined-based scholarship. In addition to satisfying the required preparation for the CPA exam, your coursework will ensure requirements are met for other professional certifications within this plan. The program also offers a concentration in Management Information Systems. Students can get involved with Beta Alpha Psi, the International Honorary Organization for Financial Information professionals, ISACA/Association for Certified Fraud Examiners, and the UHCL Accounting Association/Institute of Management Accounting Student Chapter through excellent networking opportunities for accounting students.

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Admission Requirements

We're excited that you want to enroll in University of Houston-Clear Lake as a student in our College of Business. Examine the important steps in the admissions process today.

• Accounting M.S.
• Admission Deadline
  Standard Graduate Admission Deadline
• Application
  Apply online through the UHCL Graduate Application Portal for admission to the University of Houston-Clear Lake as a graduate student.
• Requirements

  College of Business programs which require a standardized test will provide a standardized test waiver to students who graduate from qualified programs and whose grade performance meets designated waiver requirements.  A program is considered a qualified program if it meets any of the following criteria: 

  • a regionally accredited U.S. school, college, or university, or 
  • an accredited school, college, or university in a country where English is the native or first language, or 
  • an accredited college or university in a country on the SBEC-approved list of countries (see Teacher Certification English Language requirements). 

  In addition to the qualified program requirement, the applicant must also meet the degree performance requirements set by the program they are applying to, as follows: 

  Applicants to the M.S. Accounting program may qualify with a standardized test waiver if any of the following conditions are met: 

  • majoring in a business-related area at a qualified institution, with at least 18 credit hours of upper-division business-related courses from the institution, with an overall GPA of at least 2.75 in those courses; or 
  • earned a bachelor's degree in a science, engineering, or mathematics related major at a qualified institution, with an overall GPA of at least 2.75 in upper-division courses at the institution; or 
  • earned a graduate degree in business, a Ph.D., an M.D., an Ed.D., a D.D.S., or a J.D. from a qualified institution (or U.S. licensure). 

• How to Apply as a Graduate Student
• How to Apply as an International Graduate Student

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Degree Requirements

Understanding the classes you need to take for your degree in the College of Business is crucial to planning out your education. Learn how you can pursue success at University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Accounting, M.S.

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