Rutgers University-Newark Accounting and Accounting Information Systems Major (B.S., Rutgers Business School Newark; Formerly the Accounting Major): 2027 Review

Score

61.5 of 100

Cost (20%)

3.0 of 10

Graduate Earnings (20%)

7.5 of 10

Completion (15%)

8.5 of 10

Flexibility (15%)

0.0 of 10

Credential Alignment (10%)

10.0 of 10

Track Record (10%)

9.5 of 10

Program Reputation (10%)

8.3 of 10

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.

Rutgers Newark builds accounting and information systems into one major. You'll take Auditing Analytics and Accounting Information Systems beside Intermediate Accounting and Auditing. Big Four firms recruit Rutgers Business School students. You can join a mentored cohort that works toward licensure as a certified public accountant (CPA). It's called Road to CPA.

The Accounting and Accounting Information Systems major, formerly the Accounting major, is a Bachelor of Science from Rutgers Business School at Rutgers University-Newark. You attend classes on the Newark campus. The Accounting and Information Systems Department also teaches master's degrees and a Ph.D.

• You like data work. The school says it's blending advanced data technologies, including artificial intelligence, into course design.
• You're aiming at public accounting. Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC recruit Rutgers Business School students.
• You want to be a CPA candidate. Road to CPA gives you academic and career guidance, a review course and a speaker series.
• You're transferring from a community college. Your credits from any accredited community college count toward the 150 CPA credit hours.
• You want hands-on work. Your elective list includes an accounting internship or cooperative.

Intermediate Accounting I and II cover financial reporting. Cost Accounting covers managerial accounting. Auditing and Auditing Analytics add the audit process and data tools. Accounting Information Systems ties technology to accounting work. Tax I and Advanced Accounting round out the required list.

If you declared the major since Fall 2022, you'll take 30 required credits. You also complete a 42-credit business core, including Financial and Managerial Accounting, Business Law, Finance and Business Policy and Strategy. Then you choose one three-credit elective: Corporate Finance, the second tax course, CPA Level Financial Accounting and Reporting, Accounting Internship/Cooperative or Independent Study in Accounting.

Road to CPA faculty and advisors help you decide how to reach the 150 credit hours. Options include a master's degree, a double major or additional undergraduate courses. Your credits from any accredited community college count toward those 150 hours, though you can't double-count classes. The department's graduate degrees in accounting and analytics, taxation and governmental accounting give you a path to stay at Rutgers.

You'll pay about $1,124 per credit, using the annual out-of-state tuition the school lists.

Classes meet on the Newark campus. The school calls Rutgers Business School a valuable resource for the New York metropolitan corporate community. The Road to CPA-Newark cohort is optional and application-based, with mentoring and a speaker series. The internship elective needs approval from the Rutgers Business School Office of Career Management before you register.

Rutgers Business School holds AACSB accreditation. Road to CPA includes a CPA exam review course, the Rutgers CPA-Level Financial Accounting and Reporting course, for students who have completed Advanced Accounting I. The cohort asks for an accounting major, a 3.0 GPA, two essays and a one-page resume.

Where this degree can lead: Accounting Degree Jobs.

• When do I apply to the Road to CPA-Newark cohort, and what do the mentors cover?
• Which elective fits my goals best: the second tax course, the CPA review course or the internship?
• How would my community college credits count toward the 150 hours?
• Which Big Four recruiting events happen on the Newark campus each year?

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