MBA in Accounting

Admission is suspended through fall 2025.

Attend full-time or part-time, in a hybrid format.

The College of Business offers an MBA in Accounting degree offered in a hybrid format.

The College of Business offers an MBA in Accounting Degree. The Stony Brook University MBA in Accounting Program meets the criteria for the New York State education and licensing requirements that professionals seeking the NYS CPA license have to fulfill.  Stony Brook’s program requires a minimum of 18 accounting credits at the undergraduate level and another 15 at the graduate level. The graduate level MBA program curriculum for accounting also includes 21-33 additional credits in various areas of business, including finance, marketing, operations, and more. This program features a rigorous accounting and management curriculum, designed prepare students for a career in accounting and be a pathway to eligibility to sit for the New York State CPA examination. Students typically come into the program having already fulfilled the 24 credit Stony Brook University Accounting Minor, which will help to count towards the 150 required credit hours for NYS CPA eligibility. If candidates do not have the prerequisite credits in accounting, they may be able to take these classes as a non-matriculated student before starting the MBA in Accounting program. Students are placed into a 48 credit track unless they have an undergraduate degree in business, in which case they are placed into a 36 credit track.  All students must meet the accounting prerequisites.

Students who graduate with the MBA in Accounting degree from Stony Brook University will be well suited for careers in public accounting, private industry, government and not-for-profit accounting. National and local firms are invited to campus each semester to recruit and network with students and faculty. Our annual Student/Firm Accounting Networking Breakfast, which takes place every Fall, is an opportunity for students and firms to meet to discuss internships, mentoring, and full-time opportunities.

Applicants with a previous bachelors in business management or business administration qualify for the 36 credit program.

MBA in Accounting at-a-glance

• • 36-48 credits
  • Attend full- or part-time
  • Attend in a hybrid format
  • Classes offered in Fall and Spring semesters as well as 3-week Winter term and two 6-week summer sessions
  • Time to completion for full time students is typically 12-18 months
  • Applicants with an undergraduate degree in business management may qualify for a 36-credit track program
  • No work experience is required
  • GMAT optional

36 to 48 credit program

36 Credit MBA in Accounting Track

Requires 12 three-credit courses. Within the 12 courses, students take 6 required core courses and the following 4 Accounting courses: ACC 562, ACC 596, ACC 597, ACC 590. Students in the 36 credit track will also take one additional ACC and one additional MBA elective. *Students in the 36 credit track will not have to take the following core courses: MBA 502, 504, 505, 589, or 592.*

48 Credit MBA in Accounting Program

Requires 16 three-credit courses. Within the 16 three-credit courses, students take 10 required core courses and 5 accounting courses: ACC 542, ACC 562, ACC 596, ACC 597, ACC 590 and one additional MBA elective.

Accounting/Prerequisite Requirements

There are a minimum of 18 accounting prerequisite credits for the MBA in Accounting. The prerequisites need to include: Financial Accounting, Managerial or Cost Accounting, Auditing, US Federal Income Taxation, and 3 general business credits.

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• Admission is suspended for the MBA in Accounting through fall 2025.