Master of Accounting

The MAcc program (after completion of the BSAc) is designed primarily for students who have completed their undergraduate work at another institution and now want to attend the Fisher School of Accounting for their graduate work. The program offers three options: concentration in auditing, concentration in taxation, and no concentration. With few exceptions, University of Florida students who want to earn their MAcc degree should plan on entering the 32 program. Currently enrolled accounting students should use the MAcc Student Resources to develop a plan of study.The MAcc program assumes applicants have a strong foundation in accounting consistent with the knowledge acquired from an undergraduate accounting degree. These “preparatory courses” are typically completed prior to admission.

The minimum standards which must be met before a student will be considered for admission into the graduate program are the following:Bachelor degree, or equivalent. International applicants may be required to have their academic credentials evaluated by private evaluation services to establish academic equivalency. Review the list of approved private evaluation services.GPA of at least 3.0 (rounding not permitted) calculated on all courses taken after the student reaches 60 hours. For applicants who earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida, only UF courses will be included, unless those courses were taken after the bachelor’s degree was awarded.GPA of at least 3.0 for all accounting courses numbered 3000 and above:Applicants must have, at a minimum, completed 12 upper-division credits of accounting including coverage of a minimum of: 6 credits of financial accounting, 3 credits of cost & managerial accounting, and 3 credits of accounting information systems. For more information, view our entire preparatory course requirements (Note: If admitted, the student will still have to satisfy all unmet preparatory course requirements).Once a student has earned a “C” grade in these courses, repeats of the same course will not be computed in the student’s accounting GPA if the repeat grade is higher than a “C-“.It is strongly recommended that upper-division accounting preparatory courses be taken at a business school accredited by the AACSB.Submit 3 letters of recommendation attesting to the applicant’s likelihood of success in graduate studies.