Master of Science in Accounting - Business Analysis and Reporting

At Suffolk, you’ll study accounting in the center of Boston’s Financial District – just a short walk away from the city’s Big Four accounting firms. Our MSA program is designed to fit your needs and professional goals, offering three unique tracks to suit your educational background. You’ll also have the added flexibility to take classes back-to-back in one evening or online on a space-available basis. To prepare you for long-term success, our Master of Science in Accounting curriculum integrates Becker’s CPA Exam Review Course, providing you with supplemental materials that will help you ace your classes and sit for the CPA Exam. And with a Level-1 status from the Massachusetts Board of Public Accountancy, as well as an international supplemental accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), you can be sure that your degree is well-respected among top employers. Students who are interested in assurance or advisory services, financial statement analysis and reporting, technical accounting, and financial and operations management should consider the Business Analysis and Reporting (BAR) concentration. The content in the BAR concentration includes a data analytics focus and assesses topics like financial risk management and financial planning techniques. BAR can also include more advanced technical accounting and reporting topics, including assessment of revenue recognition and leases, business combinations, derivatives, and hedge accounting, as well as employee benefit plan financial statements.