Master of Professional Accountancy

CSUN Nazarian's Master of Professional Accountancy is an innovative graduate program carefully designed to prepare students with non-accounting undergraduate degree to succeed on the CPA exam and to effectively launch their career in accountancy. Whether you immerse yourself in the full-time one year program or choose to balance work and life with the part-time two-year program, you'll have access to the same engaging and practice oriented faculty, prepare for the CPA exam with CPA review materials at no cost to you, fulfill the 150 unit licensure requirement, build your network through our cohort program, and receive individualized career development and support from the EY Center for Careers. The program is offered in through a hyflex modality, allowing students maximum participation flexibility by joining live classes in-person or through video-conferencing technology.

Admission to this program is highly selective. Fulfillment of admission requirements does not guaranty admission as we receive far more applications than space permits and hence must decline admission to many well qualified applicants. Students will be admitted in the fall semester each year. Successful applicants must have:

A four-year baccalaureate degree in non-accounting from a regionally accredited institution
Good academic standing at the last college or university attended.
Earned one of the following:
a. a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in all units attempted as an undergraduate, independent of when the degree was granted, or,

b. a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in the last 60 semester/90 quarter units attempted from all post-secondary institutions attended, including all units from the entire semester or quarter in which the 60/90 units began, or,
an acceptable post-baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution with:
a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in all units attempted as an undergraduate, or
a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in the last 60 semester/90 quarter units attempted from all post-secondary institutions attended.

Successfully completed Introduction to Financial Accounting (with a B or higher) and Introduction to Managerial Accounting (with a B or higher) from a regionally accredited university or community college. Accounting pre-requisite course work must follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). While not an admission requirement to the program, applicants are strongly encouraged to complete courses in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Accounting Information Systems, or Business Law before the start of the program. While those topics are not covered in the MPAcc program, they are tested on the CPA exam. Also, individuals with high level proficiency in Excel are encouraged to apply. To find a list of previously approved course equivalents for Financial and Managerial Accounting, please click here. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of approved courses. Other courses may qualify as well.
A GMAT score in the top 50th percentile of both verbal and quantitative, or GRE equivalent, unless applicants have earned a graduate degree, or an undergraduate degree with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher, from a regionally accredited institution.
Also, the Nazarian MPAcc Admissions Committee may, at its discretion, waive the GMAT/GRE requirement for applicants who have both:

a minimum 3.0 GPA in the last 60 units taken at a regionally accredited academic institution of higher education, and
professional work experience of at least 4 years.

International applicants who do not have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. university must demonstrate a minimum TOEFL Paper-Based score of 550, a minimum Computer-Based score of 213 or a minimum Internet-based score of 79/80, or a minimum International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.5 or higher, or a minimum score of 58 with the Pearson's Test of English (PTE). The prerequisite courses (Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting) must be completed from an accredited academic institution in the U.S. The MPAcc Program accepts applications from International Students.