Accounting For Your Success
Whether you are an accountant looking to climb the career ladder or are employed in another field but want to get in to the fast-growing accounting profession, an advanced degree from SUNY Old Westbury provides the key to career evolution.
With expert faculty and an innovative curriculum, Old Westbury offers Master of Science degrees that prepare both accounting and non-accounting professionals to advance in or begin a wide range of careers in accounting and business.
The Old Westbury faculty encourages students to integrate technical knowledge and analytical skills that can be adapted to the ever-changing global business climate. Old Westbury offers:
- M.S. in Accounting (taught both online and in traditional classroom formats)
- M.S. in Forensic Accounting
- M.S. in Taxation
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M.S. in Accounting
You can choose to take classes online, on campus or both.
The M.S. in Accounting degree program's objective goes beyond technical training in accounting practices. The Old Westbury faculty encourages students to integrate technical knowledge with ethical judgment and with the ability to communicate with others for the betterment of their organizations and themselves.
The program pairs classroom instruction with hands-on analysis of cases to teach you the skills you'll need in the accounting profession.
M.S. in Forensic Accounting
Preparation to identify fraud when it occurs, and to inform decision-making processes and develop procedures to protect against it.
This 30-credit program is for students seeking a career in this fast-growing arena as a forensic accountant or fraud examiner. Offered over a three-semester arc in one calendar year, it enables students to meet the 150-credit hour requirement to qualify for CPA licensure in New York State and provides students with a foundation for the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) exam.
Forensic Accounting students also have the opportunity for real-world engagement with fraud investigations through the University's cutting-edge Justice for Fraud Victims Project or via the IRS Adrian Project, which simulates investigations through to arrest.
M.S. in Taxation
Preparation beyond financial accounting into specialized skills sought by private, public, not-for-profit and government organizations.
The Taxation program is geared to meet the increasing complexity of the accounting field and its critical impact on the effective management of business, financial, industrial, governmental and nonprofit organizations. The program provides a framework of conceptual, technical, and professional knowledge that helps students develop the expertise needed to examine and understand many aspects of the tax structure.
The School of Business
The accounting graduate programs are offered by the SUNY Old Westbury School of Business, a member of AACSB International.
With a faculty ranked 14th in the nation for its scholarship, an active advisory board of local professionals, and career development and networking activities targeted for future accountants, SUNY Old Westbury students get personalized attention and real-world access to the futures they want for themselves.