The list of accredited accounting degree programs in Missouri will be a useful tool if you are considering earning an advanced degree. Though visitors to Missouri often see the state’s beauty as reflected in the Ozark Mountains and in pristine lakes, there is also a vital business hub in the state. Corporations like Anheuser-Busch; Boeing Defense, Space and Security; Sea World Entertainment and Bass Pro Shops are headquartered in Missouri. In addition, some of the best business schools in the nation are found at Missouri universities.

Missouri State University

College of Business

U.S. News and World Reports rates Missouri State University as # 67 of Regional Universities in the Midwest. It also ranks #18 of public schools and #23 of Best Schools for Vets. It is the state’s second largest university. Ninety per cent of faculty has doctorates or the highest degrees available in their fields. The College of Business awards 200 scholarships annually, totaling nearly $200,000. It houses seven departments including Accountancy, Computer Information Systems, Finance, Merchandising and fashion Design and others.

Master’s Degree in Accountancy

One of the goals of this program is to develop research, writing and presentation skills in its graduates. The degree is offered with some evening and online classes to accommodate working adults. There are also internship co-ops available. Graduates will fulfill the education requirements for the CPA exam. The program is offered in a traditional or accelerated format. Candidates for admission must have an undergraduate degree from an accredited university or college and have maintained a 3.2 GPA in the upper-level courses. This is a 33 credit hour program in which 24 of the credits must be earned at the 700 course level. Students may take the Public track or the Corporate track. There are also two certifications available: Forensics and Tax Accounting. The accelerated format is a five-year concurrent bachelor/master program.

Accreditation

  • AACSB

Contact
College of Business
Missouri State University
901 South National Avenue
Springfield, MO 65897
417-836-6914
KerriTassin@MissouriState.edu
http://www.missouristate.edu/registrar/catalog/dept_ac.html

St. Louis University

John Cook School of Business

St. Louis University ranks as # 99 of the U.S. News and World Reports listing of National Universities. It is a Jesuit Catholic institution, founded in 1818 and has an undergraduate student body of more than 10,000. The student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1. Incoming freshmen with a 3.75 GPA are eligible for an accelerated program that allows then to earn a bachelor’s degree in three years. The John Cook School of Business MBA can be earned in one year.

MBA in Accountancy

This is a one year, fifty-hour program including twelve hours of electives which begins each summer and lasts three terms. Students must select an area of interest and complete three elective courses in auditing, taxation or finance reporting. The degree is global in focus. Students who enter the program without a bachelor’s degree in accounting or with insufficient undergraduate coursework will be required to take foundations courses. Some of these may be waived if the student demonstrates proficiency in the area. The degree also utilizes breadth courses to ensure a broad understanding of accounting and its environment. Breadth classes include The Legal, Ethical and professional Environment of Accounting, Strategy and Practice and Business Analysis. The MBA is also offered as evening classes and in a part-time format.

MS in Accounting

The MS in Accounting degree program contains thirty to fifty four hours depending upon the number of credits the student must complete in foundational courses. There is a prescribed list of required courses which, if taken at the undergraduate level, may be waived. Students must complete required courses for the degree plus three electives for the emphasis. Completion of the program satisfies the educational requisites for the CPA in Missouri. Students who take ACC 603 also satisfy the educational requirement for some other states. Required courses include Auditing, Financial Reporting, Federal Income Tax and The Corporate and Legal Environment of Business. The emphasis component of the degree requires nine to fifteen credit hours and there are three to nine hours of electives required including the opportunity for an internship.

Accreditation

  • AACSB

Contact
John Cook School of Business
Saint Louis University
1 North Grand
St. Louis, MO 63103
314-561-9394
gradbiz@slu.edu
http://business.slu.edu/programs-of-study/graduate-business-programs/mba/

Southeast Missouri State University

Harrison College of Business

Southeast Missouri University was founded in 1873. It is ranked by U.S. World Reports as #95 of Regional Universities Midwest. Its four year graduation rate is 27 per cent. While it is a comparatively large school, the student-to-faculty ratio is 21:1. The Harrison College of Business was founded in 1916, and is housed in the Robert A. Dempster Hall, which is a state-of-the –art facility built in 1996. The business school has departments of marketing and management, accounting, and economics and finance. It also has centers for entrepreneurship and international business, which arranges for international student exchange programs.

MBA in Accounting

This traditional degree program consists of foundational courses which must be taken in addition to the degree requirements if the student did not complete them in his undergraduate degree. Applicants to the program must have an undergraduate degree from an accredited business program and a GPA of 3.0 plus they must meet other eligibility requirements such as a minimum score on the GMAT or GRE. All business degree options share common core classes which are twenty-one to twenty four hours. These include Financial Environment, Organizational Behavior in Practice, Strategic Marketing, Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods, Integrated Decision Information Systems and Strategic Cost Management along with Strategic Decision Making, which is the capstone, and a final research project. There are nine hours of general electives and twelve hours of electives in the accounting concentration. The MBA program is offered online except in the accounting option.

Accreditation

  • AACSB

Contact
Harrison College of Business
Southeast Missouri State University
1 University Plaza
Girardeau, MO, 63701
573-651-5116
mba@semu.edu
http://www.semo.edu/mba/prospective/admission.html

Truman State University

School of Business

Truman State University is rated by U.S. News and World Reports as # 9 of Regional Universities Midwest. It was founded in 1867 and stresses a liberal arts educational foundation for all students. The student-to-faculty ratio is 17:1. The school has a highly selective admission procedure, but its four-year graduation rate of 67.7 per cent reflects the success of the curriculum. There is a rolling admission program. The school states that it is student-centered and skills-based.

MS in Accounting

This degree program, along with the undergraduate credit hours, satisfies the educational requisites for the Missouri CPA. It is a thirty credit, one-year program once the prerequisite courses are completed. There are fifteen credits in foundational (undergraduate) business courses and twenty-four credit hours in undergraduate accounting courses. These foundational courses are often waived for students with a bachelor’s degree in business or who have taken equivalent coursework. There are fifteen credits in required accounting courses including Advanced Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting Seminar, Accounting Theory, Commercial Law and Leadership in Business Organizations. There are an additional nine credits each in the auditing or the tax tracks plus accounting and non-accounting as well as free electives. There are written comprehensive exams at the culmination of the degree program. In addition, there are graduate teaching positions available for students with 3.0 GPAs and who score in the top 50 per cent of the Graduate Management Admissions Test.

Accreditation

  • AACSB

Contact
School of Business
Truman State University
100 East Normal Street
Kirksville, MO 63501
660-785-4346
idowell@truman.edu
http://catalog.truman.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=10&poid=1106&returnto=439

University of Central Missouri

Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies

This school, with a student body of about 14,000, is rated as #84 of Regional Universities Midwest by U.S. News and World Reports. Approximately 2,000 of those students are enrolled in the Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies. The business school is unranked. Business majors have access to data bases like Business Source Premier and Hoover’s International. The Small Business and technology Center, located on the famous assists small businesses, with less than 500 employees, from start-up to specialized issues of older companies.

MA in Accountancy

This 33 –credit hour degree program gives students a balanced view of auditing, accounting and taxation all through the accounting concentration. Graduates will add immediate value to their positions in their current employment or find entry-level positions in many areas. Any student who has earned a BSBA degree from an accredited business school and has a GPA of 3.5 or better is automatically eligible for the program. The degree contains zero to thirty undergraduate prerequisite courses, depending upon the coursework completed in the baccalaureate program, nine accounting core classes and twenty-four specialization course credits. The specialization courses are selected with the assistance of a graduate accounting advisor. Twelve must be at 5000 or 6000 level and at least nine must be in accounting.

MBA in Accounting

The MBA in Accounting degree program contains 18 hours of core classes, 9 to 15 hours in the accounting concentration and 3 to 6 in electives. People who do not have a background in accounting may have to take as many as 31 prerequisite classes before starting the accounting major. Graduates from the program will have a common body of knowledge and be able to identify, research and analyze financial problems, settling upon a course of action and implementing it. They will also understand how values and ethics affect accounting practice, be able to communicate effectively and work in teams. Full-time students can complete the program in three terms. All core and concentration classes are offered in the evenings. The electives are daytime classes. Students must have a GPA of 2.5 or better in undergraduate study, a minimum GMAT score of 400 and an admission composite score of 1,000.

Accreditation

  • AACSB

Contact
Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies
University of Central Missouri
108 West South Street
Warrensburg, MO 64093
660-543-4246
mba@ucmo.eu
http://www.ucmo.edu/acct/degrees/grad/

University of Missouri

Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business

The university is ran ked by U.S. News and World Reports as # 99 of National Universities. It was founded in 1839 but the Trulaske College of Business was not begun until 1914. There are about 150 business students enrolled. The student-to-faculty rate for the University of Missouri is 20:1 and its four-year graduation rate is 47 per cent. The “signature” building of the College of Business is Cornell Hall, a 150,000 square foot building that houses 17 classrooms, breakout rooms, an auditorium and lecture hall and has Wi-Fi throughout.

Master’s Degree in Accountancy

There is very limited acceptance for this program due to its popularity. At the time of this article, they were taking students only for the last thirty credit hours of the program; students must have completed all the prerequisites before being accepted. The degree contains nine credit hours of core business classes, nine of professional accountancy education and twelve hours of accounting electives. Professional accountancy education includes: Governmental Accounting and Budgeting, Auditing Theory and Practice, Accounting and Business Strategic Analysis and Accounting Electives. Students who use the business and accounting electives toward specialization can earn certification in taxation. That certificate requires fifteen credits with a minimum of twelve in taxation. There is also a BSAcc/MAcc degree which is an accelerated program leading toward both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in accountancy.

Accreditation

  • AACSB

Contact
Robert J. Trulaske College of Business
University of Missouri
Colombia.MO 65211
573-882-9348
mizzoubiz@missouri.edu
http://business.missouri.edu/programs-and-admissions/accountancy/masters-accountancy-program-macc-degree

University of Missouri at Kansas City

Henry W. Bloch School of Management

This university, founded in 1929, is ranked # 189 of National Universities by the U.S. News and World Reports. The majority of classes have fewer than twenty students. The school has a twenty-three per cent graduation rate . The Bloch School of Management MPA is ranked as #15 in the nation. The school boasts many fine facilities including the Bloch Executive Hall for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

MS in Accounting

In addition to other requirements, applicants to this program must have a minimum GMAT score of 450. Students who do not meet all admission criteria may be accepted by exception, which means they must be exceptional students academically. They do not, however, have to hold an undergraduate business degree. They must complete prerequisite coursework that mat entail up to thirty credit hours. The program, therefore, is 30 to 60 credit hours. The learning outcomes expected from this program are: technical competence in using accounting skills professionally, critical thinking, ethics and communication skills. Students may choose a focus in Auditing or in Taxation and their elective courses will help them tailor the degree. There is also a track for students who do not have an accounting background which is 60 credits and includes a broad-based accounting education without specialization.

Accreditation

  • AACSB

Contact
Henry W. Bloch School of Management
University of Missouri at Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City MO 64110
816-235-2214
thomaska@umkc.edu
http://bloch.umkc.edu/graduate-program/msa/deg-requirements.aspx

University of Missouri at St. Louis

College of Business Administration

This university is ranked in the second tier of universities but its ranking is not reported. It was established in 1963. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16:1 and its four-year graduation rate is twenty per cent. The College of Business Administration offers research and practice-based education ; it is the only research-based public university in St. Louis. They are also committed to providing value and access to public education for the area. The department collaborates with many industries and corporations to provide a broad education and excellent access to internships.

MS in Accounting

This degree program is for those who want to become accountants as well as for those who want to improve their professional skills. Graduates from this program will have satisfied the CPA educational requirements for Missouri. The degree program contains thirty credit hours plus foundational courses that may be required of students who have not taken the coursework in undergraduate studies. Many of the upper-division classes are scheduled in the evenings to accommodate working adults. There are 15 required core classes and 15 electives. All MAcc students must complete a minimum of 12 of their 15 elective credits at the 5000 level. Because some courses are not offered every year, students should plan their sequence of study with an advisor.

Accreditation

  • AACSB

Contact
College of Business Administration
University of Missouri at St. Louis
1 University Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63130
314-516-6122
geisler@umsl.edu
http://mba.umsl.edu/Degree%20Programs/Programs/maccprog.html

Washington University in St. Louis

Olin Business School

Washington University is ranked #14 of National Universities by the U.S. News and World Reports, and the Olin Business school is ranked #15 of Best Business Schools. The university was founded in 1857; Olin School of Business was established in 1917 and renamed for John Olin in 1988. More than 76 per cent of classes have less than 20 students. That fact, along with the 8:1 student- to- faculty ratio is probably responsible for the remarkable 88 per cent four-year graduation rate. The school offers 25 concentrations and departments and annual tuition is $51,500.

MS in Accounting

The degree program contains 33 credits, and is usually completed in three semesters. Of those credits, 15 are electives, which make this degree program extremely flexible. That flexibility allows students to tailor the program to meet the CPA requisites for their state. It also permits a summer internship. Students who do not have an educational background in accounting or who have not had work experience will find this route enables them to obtain a broad understanding of the principles of accounting and to gain proficiency in the skills. Students with accounting backgrounds or work experience can finish the program in a year. There are eighteen required classes in the degree in addition to the electives. Students without required undergraduate coursework will be asked to take additional courses in the summer before they begin the MACC program.

Accreditation

  • AACSB

Contact
Olin School of Business
Washington University
1 Brookings Drive,
St. Louis, MO 63130
314-936-6431
frankel@wustl.edu
http://www.olin.wustl.edu/EN-US/academic-programs/specialized-masters-programs/master-of-accounting/Pages/default.aspx

Though the basic skills and principles of accounting are found in every accounting degree, the programs are structured differently in each university. Some of the programs allow for more flexibility in tailoring the degree to allow students to meet the educational requirements for the CPA certification in their state. In addition, the specializations and options vary from school to school. This list of accredited accounting degree programs in Missouri is an excellent place to begin a search for the program that is right for you.

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