Overview

Whether you’re starting your career, switching your career, or advancing your career, the Barney School's powerful Accounting and Taxation program will maximize your advancement opportunities in high-paying and fast-growing fields like professional accounting or taxation in industry, public accounting, government, or not-for-profit organizations.

Why earn your degree at the Barney School?

Two tracks are available: Financial and Assurance Services, and Taxation.

Meet your 150-hour CPA licensing requirement while earning the MSAT degree: graduates of the program are qualified to take the CPA and CMA examinations.

Flexible and shorter schedule: 100% online. Each course is only seven weeks long, so you can finish a 10-course degree in less than one year.

GMAT/GRE scores are optional.

The Accounting and Taxation program at University of Hartford provides you with the high-quality coursework necessary to meet the 150-hour CPA licensing requirement. Our program is uniquely designed for two tracks in Financial and Assurance Services, and Taxation:

To give you an in-depth understanding of accounting and taxation theories.

To introduce the application of analytical tools for planning, controlling, and decision-making purposes.

Careers

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job prospects for accountants and auditors will increase by 10% between 2016 and 2026, resulting in roughly 140,000 jobs.

Accounting jobs should remain in high demand due to a continuing need for qualified experts to handle complex financial and tax-related matters for organizations and individual clients.

In the meantime, demand for new tax practitioners regularly exceeds the number of students available for placement, particularly for the Big Four accounting firms.

Although candidates need a bachelor’s degree for most accounting jobs, the BLS notes that many employers prefer to hire candidates with a master’s degree in accounting or a related field.

The master’s degree can also help employees advance in their careers and earn significantly more than those with a bachelor’s degree alone.

Potential career paths and average annual earnings for graduates of the MSAT include:

$73,276, Accounting Manager

$79,376, Sr. Tax Analyst

$100,860, Corporate Controller

They see a great number of the MSAT graduates working with accounting firms such as:

CohnResznick

Crowe

Deloitte

Fiondella Milone & LaSaracina

Grant Thornton

KPMG

Whittlesey

Accreditation

The Barney School of Business has been a leader in advanced business education for more than 60 years. Our long-standing history and success in the area of business education have made us among the 5 percent of business schools in the world that are AACSB accredited.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Financial Reporting Theory

Federal Income Tax Concepts

Auditing Concepts and Problems

Financial Reporting and Analysis

Advanced Auditing

Accounting Control Systems

Advanced Taxation of Pass-through Entities

Research in Taxation

Seminar in Taxation

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-19 00:00:00

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Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-21 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

West Hartford, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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110

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

An online application

A non-refundable application fee of $50 for domestic applicants

Official transcripts for all collegiate level coursework

A letter of intent as specified in the application form

Current resume

Optional - Official results of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) forwarded to the University of Hartford using school code XBB-NR -73.

Tuition Fees

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25890 USD / year

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25890 USD / year

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25890 USD / year

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Additional Details

Summer$889 per credit

Funding

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