Bachelor in Accounting
Bryant University Undergraduate
Key Information
Campus location
Smithfield, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 46,885 / per year
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
Introduction
Designed for Your Success
Bryant’s innovative educational experience is focused on one central objective – preparing you for success. Bryant is recognized nationally for integrating business and the arts and sciences to provide students with a powerful combination of highly marketable skills. With a strong emphasis on experiential learning, your Bryant education will include opportunities for internships, consulting, participation in national conferences and competitions, social entrepreneurship, and study abroad. Bryant’s inspiring and purposeful student life is designed to enhance your learning and real-world credentials.
The accounting department offers a concentration in managerial accounting and finance as well as an accounting concentration.
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Curriculum
First Year
- IDEA: Innovation and Design Experience for All
- Introduction to Global Politics
- Financial Reporting
- PwC Challenge team
- Macroeconomic Principles
Second Year
- Civil Rights and Liberties Sophomore International
- Experience: Italy
- Accounting Information Systems
- Accounting Association
- Media Literacy
Junior Year
- Advanced Managerial Accounting
- Drawing Studio
- Assurance Internship
- IDEA Mentor
- The Archway student newspaper Treasurer
Senior Year
- Auditing Concepts
- Business Policy Capstone
- Politics of International Economic Relations
- Law of Financial Institutions
- Student Senate Treasurer
- Accounting Internship
Program Outcome
Why Study Accounting At Bryant?
Learn from dedicated faculty who have experience working at and for the Big Four and other prestigious accounting firms, major corporations, and government agencies.
- Distinctive, real-world learning experience through faculty-supervised internships at global corporations such as the Big Four accounting firms as well as BNY Mellon, Citizens Financial Group, Raytheon, and Walt Disney.
- Opportunities to excel at regional, national, and international accounting team competitions, such as the PwC Challenge Case Competition, that are sponsored by prestigious companies that recruit talented students.
- Benefit from our expanded focus on emerging technology and innovative programs that will position you for leadership in the rapidly changing profession.
What Sets Bryant’s Program Apart?
Faculty-Supervised Internships
- Opportunities to apply the principles of accounting learned in the classroom as an intern with the guidance of a faculty mentor.
- Distinctive, real-world learning experiences that will set you apart from the competition.
The PwC Challenge Case Competition
- Apply what you’ve learned in the classroom and beyond as you compete against other colleges and universities examining a company’s financial information to create a strategic plan.
- Obtain valuable experience working as part of a team of students with a dynamic faculty coach, sharpening your analytical and strategic thinking skills as you prepare for the competition.
Preparation to be a Leader in the Field
- Qualify to take up to two graduate courses during your senior year to get a head start on completing the Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) and MPAc with Tax Concentration. Our programs also provide a solid foundation for major professional examinations including the CPA, CMA, CIA, CFM, and CISA exams.
- Engage with distinguished alumni and other professionals at the top of the profession through a dynamic speaker series.
- Bryant University Accounting students have the highest CPA exam pass rate among schools in Rhode Island. Multiple Bryant students have received the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award, which rewards outstanding performance on the CPA exam.
Career Opportunities
Data Science/Information Systems Graduates Are in Demand
In business, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations including:
- BAE Systems
- BNY Mdellon
- Brown Brothers Harriman
- Citizens Bank
- Deloitte
- EY
- FISERV
- Grant Thornton LLP
- Ingersoll Automotive
- KPMG
- PwC
- RSM US LLP
- States Street Corporation
- Teknor Apex Company
- Textron
- United Natural Foods
- Whittlesey
In leading graduate programs including:
- Bryant University
- Fordham University
- Northeastern University
- Notre Dame
- Providence College
- University of California, Irvine
English Language Requirements
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