Providence College Bachelor of Science in Accountancy: 2027 Review

Score

60.5 of 100

Cost (20%)

0.0 of 10

Graduate Earnings (20%)

10.0 of 10

Completion (15%)

9.3 of 10

Flexibility (15%)

0.0 of 10

Credential Alignment (10%)

10.0 of 10

Track Record (10%)

7.2 of 10

Program Reputation (10%)

9.5 of 10

Credits

120

Format

On Campus

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.

Providence College wraps a major focused on the certified public accountant (CPA) license in a liberal arts setting. It also offers a one-year accounting cohort MBA that gets you to 150 credit hours. Its Accounting Policy capstone makes you apply the whole major. You'll be in good company on internships, since nearly every business graduate completes one.

The Bachelor of Science in Accountancy is taught in the School of Business at Providence College, a private nonprofit college in Providence, Rhode Island. You'll attend classes on campus. About 20 full-time and part-time accountancy faculty teach it, and they're CPAs and Ph.D.s.

• Students who want the CPA license: you'll cover all the major CPA exam topics, and many graduates sit for the exam after they finish.
• Students planning for 150 hours: you can take the one-year cohort MBA, which runs summer to summer in 13 to 14 months.
• Future auditors: you can compete in the PwC Challenge and join the PC Accounting Association.
• Students who like teamwork: your coursework includes case analyses, team projects and oral presentations.
• Students in the Northeast: your classmates have taken internships across New England, New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Washington D.C.

You start with ACC 200, Introduction to the Profession, which explores public accounting, tax practice and other careers. In Intermediate Accounting I and II, you'll cover the conceptual framework and corporate statements, including debt and equity. Cost Accounting teaches you the quantitative tools managers use in planning. Accounting Information Systems teaches you to use, evaluate and audit systems through flowcharts and business process analysis.

Advanced Accounting handles business combinations. Taxes and Business Decisions surveys federal income tax law. Auditing covers risk, control and evidence. You finish with ACC 485, Accounting Policy, which asks you to integrate and apply what you learned. The business core adds Data Applications in Business. Computer labs and research projects fill out the work.

Graduation requires a minimum of 120 credit hours. Summer and winter sessions can speed up your credit count. For the 150 hours you can reach the total as an undergraduate or through the graduate program. The accounting cohort MBA takes 13 to 14 months full time. The BS plus the Providence College MBA meets the education requirements in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.

You'll see a charge of about $2,233 per credit, as Providence College reports it.

This is an in-person program on the Providence campus. Peer mentors from the School of Business pair with you as a first-year major. The Chirico Career Center and the FriarHub alumni network handle job listings and networking.

The School of Business is AACSB accredited, and the BS in Accountancy falls under that status. The curriculum covers the major topics on the CPA exam. The cohort MBA is designed to prepare you for the CPA. The BS plus MBA path meets the educational requirements of five Northeast states.

Where this degree can lead: Accounting Degree Jobs.

The School of Business describes a peer mentor program, and one student mentor describes helping a first-year student prepare for an internship interview. Poets&Quants placed the School of Business at No. 43 on its 2026 list of undergraduate business programs.

The same profile lists PwC, KPMG and Deloitte among top employers of business graduates. The college reports that 99 percent of 2020 to 2024 accountancy graduates are employed or in graduate school.

• Which state boards accept the BS plus MBA path for the CPA license I want?
• How do I enter the accounting cohort MBA, and when does it start?
• What internships did recent accountancy majors take at firms like Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC?
• How does ACC 485 Accounting Policy work as a capstone?

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