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This program is designed to help prepare you for an organizational leadership position in accounting.
This program is designed to help prepare you for an organizational leadership position in accounting.
An online master’s degree in management with an accounting specialization can give you the skills to be a comptroller, managing partner, or senior accountant. UMGC’s online master’s degree in management with an accounting specialization is a 36-credit program that will teach you how to communicate financial information with decision-makers. You will also gain advanced knowledge in accounting.
UMGC's online master’s degree in management with an accounting specialization is a 36-credit program with courses offered year-round. You can expect to finish the program in two years or less, depending on how many credits you complete each term and the number of credits you may be able to transfer. Plus, if you completed your undergraduate degree at UMGC with coursework in accounting, you may be able to take advantage of an accelerated pathway that could reduce your coursework for this program by up to 6 credits, saving you time and money.
UMGC is committed to keeping our tuition and fees as affordable as possible. The online master’s in IT with a specialization in informatics follows the standard graduate program tuition rates, which appear at the top of this webpage. We also offer scholarships for eligible students, an interest-free monthly payment plan, and no-cost digital materials in place of most textbooks to help make your education more affordable.
You don't need to have majored in a specific area to be successful in the online master’s degree in management with an accounting specialization program at UMGC. However, before enrolling in any graduate accounting course at UMGC, you must meet the requirements listed under "Program Admission Requirements" above on this page. In addition, you are expected to have a recent background in finance or accounting as well as statistics and to be familiar with Microsoft Excel.
You don't need any certifications to start the online master’s degree in management with an accounting specialization program at UMGC. However, this program can help prepare you for several certifications listed above under "Industry Certification Exams."