Overview

Consisting of 30 credits (no thesis), the Professional Accountancy program from Metropolitan State University of Denver not only gives you the education necessary to prepare for Colorado’s CPA exam, but it also provides a forum in which to develop expertise, hone your critical thinking abilities and enhance your communication skills.

Courses in the MPAcc program are research-based, writing intensive and leadership and teamwork oriented. Plus, you can build on your education by participating in a service-learning course or professional internship.

Career Opportunities

You can take your graduate Professional Accountancy degree from MSU Denver into a variety of careers in public accounting, business, and industry, government, nonprofits, higher education, healthcare, aerospace and more.

Many of our graduates parlay their degrees into leadership positions as controllers, accounting and finance directors, vice presidents or use their in-depth accounting backgrounds to start businesses of their own.

Programme Structure

Courses offered:

Accounting Ethics, Professionalism, and Leadership

Communication and Accounting Research

Taxation for Decision Makers

Contemporary Auditing Issues

Fraud Examination Awareness Seminar

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-07-20 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-11-16 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Denver, United States

Disciplines

Accounting Auditing Taxation View 116 other Masters in Taxation in United States

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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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Other requirements

General requirements

Apply Online In One Of Two Ways: Roadrunner Application or CommonApp
Color copy of your passport information page
English Language Proficiency
You must submit a bank statement or letter AND a completed financial affidavit form before you can receive an admission decision or I-20 Form.
Official secondary (high school) or university documents are sent to MSU Denver directly from an official source, such as your school, ministry of education office, or examination board.
If your academic documents are issued in a non-English language, you must submit a complete, literal, word-for-word English translation in the same format as the original academic document.
If you wish to receive transfer credit for coursework completed at a non-U.S. university, you must have a course by course evaluation completed by a NACES-accredited service.
If you have at least 24 credits that can transfer to MSU Denver, we will waive your official high school document requirement.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Applies to you

Non-residents

8114 USD / year

≈ 8114 USD / year
Out-of-State

8114 USD / year

≈ 8114 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

7514 USD / year

≈ 7514 USD / year

Living costs

Denver

United States

1310 - 2220 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Duration

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Credits

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Living costs

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