University of South Florida Accountancy and Analytics: 2027 Review

Score

71.5 of 100, rank 6 of 100

Cost (20%)

6.2 of 10

Graduate Earnings (20%)

5.5 of 10

Completion (15%)

8.6 of 10

Flexibility (15%)

4.0 of 10

Credential Alignment (10%)

10.0 of 10

Track Record (10%)

10.0 of 10

Program Reputation (10%)

9.2 of 10

Cost per Credit

$611.39 per credit

In-State Rate

$211.19 per credit

Credits

120

Tuition

$73,367

Format

Fully Online, Live and Asynchronous

Time to Finish

Online track starts at the junior level (60+ transfer credit hours) and completes the 120-credit degree

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.

USF builds data analytics into the accounting major itself, with a required Analytics in Accounting course and a choice of three analytics electives. The online route is a completion track for transfer students. You'll study in a Tampa market where the Big Four hire heavily.

The Accountancy and Analytics B.S. comes from the Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy in the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida. You earn 120 credit hours. The online track starts at the junior level and is built for transfer students.

• If you're a community college graduate with 60 or more credits, the online track picks up at the junior year.
• If you're a working adult, you can fit the schedule around a job, family duties or a long drive to campus.
• If you like data work, the analytics core and electives let you lean toward reporting, auditing technology or tax.
• If you're a future certified public accountant (CPA) candidate, you'll find a school-arranged review-course partnership and a later Master of Accountancy.

You start the major with Intermediate Financial Accounting I and Cost Accounting and Control I in the same semester. Later courses include Accounting Information Systems, Auditing I and Concepts of Federal Income Taxation.

Analytics in Accounting is required. You then pick one elective: Financial and Managerial Reporting with Data Analytics, Advanced Auditing with technology, or Business Entities Taxation and Tax Analytics. One experiential course, such as an Accounting Internship, can count toward your degree.

Your degree totals 120 credit hours. The catalog publishes both a 2-year and a 4-year plan of study. You'll begin online at the junior level with 60 or more transfer credits.

Plan on 10 to 15 hours or more a week for each 3-credit class. Florida requires 120 semester hours to sit for the CPA exam and 150 for licensure.

You can finish the Master of Accountancy in 12 to 18 months.

You'll pay $211.19 per credit as a Florida resident and $611.39 per credit as a non-resident, from the general undergraduate schedule. More than 175 scholarships are open only to business majors.

You take all classes online through Canvas. The mix is asynchronous work with no set time, plus some sessions that meet by Microsoft Teams at a set day and time.

To enroll in the online track you must meet one of several conditions. Examples are working 40 hours a week or living 45 or more miles from every USF campus.

Online students get the same faculty and college resources as on-campus students.

The Muma College of Business and the School of Accountancy are each accredited by AACSB. The school partners with Becker CPA Review, Roger CPA Review and Gleim during the school year. Beta Alpha Psi and the Accounting Society give you student organizations tied to the field.

Where this degree can lead: Accounting Degree Jobs.

An alumnus on a college review site said USF connected him with the Tampa business community and that the accounting program focuses on getting students into careers. The school says the Big Four all have a major presence in Tampa.

They've hired hundreds of its accounting students as interns and later as employees. Its career fair draws more than 50 employers you can meet. A 2023 school news story reported that six School of Accountancy interns accepted staff accountant offers from one Tampa firm that year.

• Which of the three analytics electives do most students choose, and which firms hire for each?
• Do the Teams sessions meet at the same days and times each semester?
• Which of my transfer credits count toward the seven business prerequisite courses?
• How do I move from the bachelor's into the Master of Accountancy to reach 150 hours?

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