Florida Atlantic University Master of Accounting: 2027 Review

Score

68.5 of 100, rank 19 of 50

Cost (20%)

4.3 of 10

Graduate Earnings (20%)

6.8 of 10

Completion (15%)

7.7 of 10

Flexibility (15%)

5.0 of 10

Credential Alignment (10%)

10.0 of 10

Track Record (10%)

10.0 of 10

Program Reputation (10%)

7.2 of 10

Credits

30 to 45 credits (10-15 courses)

Format

Fully Online, Hybrid, On Campus, Asynchronous

Terms

16 weeks

Starts

3 starts per year

Accreditation

AACSB (confirmed on the official list)

See exactly how we score on the methodology page. We checked the school's figures on October 8, 2026.

FAU offers its Master of Accounting on a weekday campus schedule, or as an Executive program you can take online, hybrid or on campus. The executive route takes any bachelor's degree and builds in any missing accounting courses.

Florida Atlantic University's College of Business offers the Master of Accounting in Boca Raton. The traditional version meets on campus. The Executive Master of Accounting, run by the Office of Executive Education, is delivered online and hybrid, and you can watch the recorded lectures any time.

• If you're changing careers with a non-accounting bachelor's, the executive program needs no business prerequisites and adds 2 to 5 courses.
• If you're a working professional, most Professional Accounting students finish in two years while working full time.
• If you're a certified public accountant (CPA) candidate, the Professional Accounting concentration is the school's most popular choice for students planning to sit for the exam.
• If you want to be a fraud examiner, a dual concentration pairs Forensic Accounting with Digital Accounting Forensics and Data Analytics.
• If you're an accounting graduate in a hurry, you can finish in as few as three semesters.

Core courses include Advanced Accounting Theory, which reviews major accounting publications and the structure of accounting standards. Advanced Financial Reporting, also core, is built for students aiming to pass the CPA exams. Advanced Auditing Theory and Practice covers contemporary auditing standards.

Concepts of Federal Income Tax uses court cases and the Internal Revenue Code. You pick from Professional Accounting, Forensic Accounting, Digital Accounting Forensics and Data Analytics, and Tax, while the campus program adds Accounting Information Systems with IT Auditing.

An optional internship is six consecutive weeks of full-time accounting work.

The executive program is 30 to 45 credits. That's 10 to 15 courses. You can finish in 12 to 36 months. Each 16-week fall and spring term has two courses, and the 12-week summer has one. The traditional program is 30 credits, full time or part time. The school says the courses may satisfy CPA education requirements.

The school reports a charge of about $928 per credit.

You can complete the executive program fully online with 100% asynchronous lectures. Optional live Saturday lectures start at 9:00 AM. They end at 1:15 PM, and there's a monthly in-person option at the Davie campus. Terms start in fall, spring and summer, and admission is rolling. The traditional version meets Monday through Friday during business hours in Boca Raton.

The College of Business holds AACSB accreditation. The program's courses prepare you for the CPA, certified management accountant (CMA) and certified internal auditor (CIA) exams. The school says they may meet many educational requirements for the Florida CPA license. You can skip Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) scores when your last 60 undergraduate credits average a 3.0 or higher.

Where this degree can lead: Accounting Degree Jobs.

Alumni quoted on the school's site praise the executive tax program for its flexible class location and schedule. One student says learning concepts while working in accounting has been more useful than any other schooling. Another says the professors have real-world experience and show you how textbook ideas apply in the field.

The school says FAU has the oldest forensic accounting concentration within a Master of Accounting in the country. The FAU Beta Alpha Psi chapter earned Superior status in 2023, one of 123 chapters out of more than 300.

• How many foundation courses would I need with my undergraduate major?
• Do you want the executive program's online format or the weekday campus schedule?
• Will these courses meet the Florida CPA education rules for your situation?

• Best Master's Programs #19 of 50
• Best Online Programs #12 of 25
• Best Online Master's Programs #12 of 25
• Accounting Programs in Florida

• CUNY Bernard M Baruch College #17 of 50
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville #18 of 50
• Northern Illinois University #20 of 50
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette #21 of 50

Also at Florida Atlantic University: our bachelor's program review