Is it better to get your master's degree in Accounting or just take the CPA test after getting your BS or BA?

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Well inr compliance with SOX (Sarbanes and Oxley) you are no longer able to sit for the CPA exam unless you have completed 150 hours of education. So with this being said, you would be able to get the extra 30 hours, obtain a masters and then sit for the exam. This became effetive in 2002.

****Wait the above answer is kinda misleading. If you get a BA in accounting you can get your CPA after working for 2 years/if you get the 30 extra units after your BA you only have to work for a year. The thing is that the 30 units is half of a Masters so technically you can complete half of the masters program and drop out but you mind as well as finish getting your masters. These are 2 different paths to take.

Keep in mind that a master typically pays of later on in your career when a company is promoting; someone with a master's and a person with a bachelors will both be applying and working at the same position initially. So even with a masters you will be applying for that position that the people who graduated with you when you got a BA applied for.

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