Walsh College Bachelor of Accountancy: 2027 Review

Score

65.2 of 100

Cost (20%)

6.0 of 10

Graduate Earnings (20%)

5.5 of 10

Completion (15%)

9.5 of 10

Flexibility (15%)

4.0 of 10

Credential Alignment (10%)

6.0 of 10

Track Record (10%)

7.3 of 10

Program Reputation (10%)

8.7 of 10

Cost per Credit

$633 per credit

Credits

120

Tuition

$75,960

Format

Fully Online, On Campus

Time to Finish

As few as 12 months

See exactly how we score on the methodology page. We checked the school's figures on October 7, 2026.

Walsh builds its Bachelor of Accountancy around transfer students. You'll bring in up to 90 credits, then finish the accounting core in 11-week terms that start four times a year. The school says 80 percent of its accounting faculty are licensed certified public accountants (CPAs). The degree is designed to meet Michigan's exam education rules.

Walsh College is a private nonprofit business school in Troy, Michigan. It has taught business since 1922. The Bachelor of Accountancy is a 120-credit degree. You can take it fully online, in live Zoom sessions, or in person.

• Community college graduates: you can transfer up to 90 credits to Walsh. ECN 201, ECN 202 and ENG 100 are meant to be taken at your first school.
• Michigan residents planning the CPA exam: the degree is designed to meet the state's education rules. ACC 415 Auditing targets the exam's auditing section.
• Working adults who need a flexible pace: registration runs year-round. You can finish in as little as a year or slow down.
• Students drawn to government or nonprofit work: ACC 412 covers fund accounting. The student club volunteers with the Accounting Aid Society.

Your accounting core starts with three semesters of Intermediate Accounting, on how assets, liabilities and net income are valued. Auditing targets the exam's audit section. In Accounting Information Systems, you'll cover software and controls. Two tax courses cover individual taxpayers and business entities.

Government & Not-for-Profit Accounting teaches fund accounting. Tools for Accounting Analytics and the Applied Managerial Simulation round out your major. You pick three electives from six, including Payroll Accounting, Fundamentals of Financial Fraud and an Accounting Internship.

The Accounting and Taxation Student Organization hosts company tours and guest speakers.

The degree needs 120 semester credits. You'll earn at least 30 of them at Walsh, including half of your major courses. Walsh says you can finish in as little as 1 year.

Up to 30 credits can come from Advanced Placement (AP), College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), military or corporate training. CPA licensure in Michigan needs 150 credits, inside or outside a degree.

Fast Track lets you take master's courses inside the bachelor's.

Tuition is $633 per credit hour for 2026-2027, plus a $175 student support fee each semester. Walsh lists scholarships on its accounting page, and every course you transfer in is one you don't pay for here.

Each course runs one of three ways: online with no set meeting times, live on Zoom, or on campus in Troy. Terms last 11 weeks, with starts in fall, winter, spring and summer. Registration runs year-round. You'll start with a free Moodle orientation.

Walsh holds regional accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission, reaffirmed for ten years in 2020. A certified management accountant (CMA) concentration is endorsed by the Institute of Management Accountants. The master's level adds CPA exam review courses in financial accounting, regulation and audit.

Where this degree can lead: Accounting Degree Jobs.

Alumni reviewing Walsh on Niche say graduates are efficient and effective, and that employers value them. One alum worked while studying and called the cost affordable. A graduate student praised the range of fully online classes. Others say professors bring their jobs into class and tutoring is available.

Walsh says 80 percent of its accounting faculty are licensed CPAs. A school-hosted table citing data from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) shows Walsh candidates passing the CPA exam at 50.3 percent in 2017. Nationally, it was 48.3 percent.

• Which of my transfer courses count toward the 90-credit limit, and which meet the 30-credit general education rule?
• Which class format is offered for each accounting course in the term I plan to start?
• How do I combine Fast Track courses with the 150 credits Michigan requires for CPA licensure?
• How does the Applied Managerial Simulation work, and which tools does it use?

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