University of Delaware Accounting (B.S.): 2027 Review

Score

60.0 of 100

Cost (20%)

1.1 of 10

Graduate Earnings (20%)

10.0 of 10

Completion (15%)

6.7 of 10

Flexibility (15%)

0.0 of 10

Credential Alignment (10%)

10.0 of 10

Track Record (10%)

8.3 of 10

Program Reputation (10%)

9.5 of 10

Credits

123

Format

On Campus

Accreditation

AACSB (confirmed on the official list)

AACSB Accounting

Accounting accreditation listed by AACSB

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

Delaware's accounting department holds a separate AACSB accounting accreditation, which fewer than 200 schools have. It also coaches you on the certified public accountant (CPA) exam while you're still an undergraduate, using Becker review material and one-on-one office hours.

The University of Delaware in Newark offers the Bachelor of Science in Accounting through the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, in its Department of Accounting and MIS. You take classes on campus. The degree prepares you for the CPA exam in almost all states.

• Students who want a Big Four internship: a one-credit sophomore class, The Accounting Experience, puts you in front of recruiters early.
• Future tax preparers: the Lerner Tax Clinic gives you hands-on tax practice outside the classroom.
• Students who want 150 hours fast: you can finish a B.S. and M.S. in accounting in 5 years or less on the accelerated path.
• Students who like smaller upper-level classes: an alumnus on Reddit recalled intermediate and advanced courses capped near 35 to 40.

You start with Accounting I and II, then move into Intermediate Accounting I and II. Cost Accounting, Auditing and Advanced Accounting follow in your upper years. Two tax courses, Income Tax Accounting and Advanced Federal Taxation, cover individual and more complex returns. Accounting Information Systems and Big Data Technologies show you the data side of the work.

The business core includes finance, operations management and business analytics. Professional electives total nine credits of upper-level accounting, finance or information systems, and at least two must be accounting. Honors in Accounting lets a 600-level accounting course count for honors credit. The Accounting Students Association, Community Audits and internships or externships extend the coursework.

The degree requires a minimum of 123 credits, and the department publishes a recommended four-year plan you can follow. The accelerated path leads to a B.S. and M.S. in accounting in 5 years or less, which reaches 150 credit hours.

Advisors help you meet your state's CPA requirements. Co-ops generally last at least six months, and Lerner now offers yearlong placements funded in part by a Delaware Workforce Development Board grant.

The school reports about $1,633 per credit hour. Across 123 credits, it's worth asking the bursar how that rate applies to you.

You'll meet on campus for classes. The Lerner Career Lab runs workshops with employer-designed simulations, including auditing at PwC. If you do a co-op, you enroll in Business in Practice, BUEC 364, to reflect on the job while you work.

Lerner holds AACSB business accreditation and a separate AACSB accounting accreditation. The department offers peer tutoring and preparation for the CPA, the certified management accountant (CMA) and other professional certifications. A faculty member built a coaching platform for Financial Accounting and Reporting and Audit and Attestation, the sections students commonly take first.

Where this degree can lead: Accounting Degree Jobs.

An alumnus on Reddit said all of the Big Four firms recruit at UD and recalled accounting professors who held a CPA license or an accounting PhD. Another commenter called UD a big school that feels small, with peer tutoring just for accounting majors.

The school reports that 97% of class of 2025 accounting graduates were employed or in further study. Business Degree Central's 2023 rankings named Delaware the top school in the state for bachelor's accounting students. In 2024 three accounting seniors became Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Scholars, a record for the university.

• How soon can I join the accelerated 4+1 path, and what GPA does it need?
• How do I land a summer internship before senior year, since Big Four hiring classes draw mostly from interns?
• Can I take the Becker-based CPA coaching before I graduate?
• How does a Lerner co-op fit around my accounting courses?

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