Accounting

Stern's Department of Accounting offers a wide range of courses and programs for students interested in acquiring the skills that will better enable them to serve the information needs of professional clients and the organizations that employ them.

Our faculty are committed to the pursuit of excellence in their teaching and research activities. The Department is consistently ranked as one of the top accounting faculties in the United States, and we pride ourselves in the knowledge that more of our accounting graduates have entered the ranks of senior partner of the major accounting firms than any other business school.

In its most recent survey on research productivity in the U.S., the Chronicle of Higher Education, the leading news source for college and university faculty members and administrators, ranked Stern's accounting department number 2 in the nation.
Separately, in a report to the Research Institute of Management at Erasmus University (May 2007), NYU/Stern's accounting department, together with its finance group, was ranked first in the world in terms of its research performance. This ranking is a function of a bibliometric index based on 1) the total number of papers published, 2) average number of citations per publication, 3) impact of a research group's articles compared to a world citation average in the subfields in which the research group is active and 4) impact of the journals in which the group has published.

• Advanced Managerial Accounting
• Auditing
• Business Acquisitions, Deferred Taxes, Translations, and Derivatives
• Data Analysis and Management
• Financial Reporting and Disclosure
• Forensic Accounting and Financial Statement Fraud
• Foundations of Corporate Finance
• Modeling Financial Statements
• Professional Responsibility
• Taxation of Individuals and Business Income
• Topics in Advanced Communication in Accounting

Requirements

• Pre-Enrollment Requirements Form
• Standardized Test Information – GMAT or GRE (and TOEFL or IELTS if required)
• Self-reported or scanned transcript(s)
• Professional Information
• Essay
• One recommendation (academic or professional)
• International Student Supplement (if applicable)
• Non-refundable application fee
• Students entering NYU Stern's MS in Accounting program are required to hold a four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in the U.S. or an equivalent degree from a foreign country. 

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Scholarships

All applicants (domestic and international) are considered for merit-based scholarships. No additional materials are required to be considered. Scholarship decisions are made at the time of admission and are included in your official mailed admission letter. All scholarship decisions are final.
           
Additionally, the NYS Society of CPAs awards scholarships to deserving candidates entering the accounting profession. These scholarships are based heavily on financial aid and applicants must meet or exceed a threshold of acceptable academic performance.

The PM Business Advisors Striving for Greatness Accounting & Finance Scholarship is designed to help accounting and finance students who show both academic excellence as well as an involvement in their community. A full description of and application for the scholarship can be found here: http://www.pmbusinessadvisors.com/accounting-finance-scholarship/. 

Tuition assistance is available through non-NYU Stern entities offering accounting-specific scholarships. You are encouraged to conduct a search of non-NYU Stern opportunities. Useful search tools include the AICPA ‘This Way to CPA’ scholarship search.