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Experience a Top Accounting Graduate Program at William & Mary

If you are interested in pursuing a Master of Accounting, consider earning a MAcc with William & Mary’s School of Business. You will be prepared to stand out in today’s competitive marketplace in a program where practical experience, real-world application and academic excellence come together in an engaging and rewarding learning environment.

Our STEM-designated MAcc is a nine-month program that does not require an accounting background and is led by top-ranked faculty. You will experience a collaborative, team-based methodology that replicates a true business setting. This makes W&M one of the best accounting graduate schools to give you an edge in an industry poised to increase by 60,000+ new jobs by 2029. Plus, the top firms are raising hiring salaries in 2025 as the demand for accountants increases.

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Why MAcc?

Your next step to a career in the accounting industry.

When you choose our residential Master of Accountancy program, you’re opening yourself up to a world of opportunity. Our program offers five different emphases, Accounting Analytics, Audit & Assurance, Experiential: Winter Field Experience, Taxation, and Valuation & Advisory Services. Plus, our excellent location just a quick trek away from DC allows you to make connections with professionals from federal agencies. Other benefits of our program include:

Sprint Week: Each semester we offer a one-week intensive hands-on course that provides students with knowledge of current analytical and statistical tools affecting the accounting profession.
Personalized Career Counseling: Our career professionals advocate for you and have connections in the Big Four, BDO, Grant Thornton,  government agencies and firms across the Mid-Atlantic region.
A Top CPA Exam Pass Rate: Our CPA exam pass rate ranks in the 90th percentile, and our students have achieved exceptional results, including an Elijah Watt Sells Award winner (2018-2020). On average, students scored 95.50 across all four sections of the exam and passed all sections on their first attempt.
Fast and Flexible Program: In just nine months, you’ll have the 150 credits needed to sit for the CPA exam. Through our program, you’ll learn the technical skills you need in an amount of time that works for you. Our program is for accounting and non-accounting students.

Inside the Master of Accounting Program

100% We have a 100% job placement rate.
#1 We are recognized as the “#1 Best Business School for Learning” by Bloomberg Businessweek.
A+ Our professors are consistently awarded an “A+ for Teaching Excellence” by Bloomberg Businessweek.
5th Our faculty ranked fifth in the United States in The Princeton Review’s “Best Professors” category.

Hear from a William & Mary Student

“The MAcc program provided our cohort with an environment to learn both technical accounting skills and business acumen. We developed soft skills like writing, presentation and public speaking; things that not every MAcc program includes.”

Upasana Barot ‘22