Help With Accounting Degree & Want New York CPA Requirements

[Yanji]

Seeing as you already have a Finance degree, it's not necessary to get a full second degree in accounting to meet CPA requirements. A popular way to get online accounting credits here seems to be through LSU Independent Study. They have a certificate program for people like you where you can take senior accounting courses for LSU credit to meet CPA requirements. https://is.lsu.edu/ACCTCertificateProg.a...O&Online=1

If you want to invest a little more time, the University of South Dakota offers an online 30 credit Master of Public Accountancy program which is extremely cost-effective (~$12000) but it will take longer because you'll have to meet prerequisites, so if taking the CPA exams as soon as possible is key, then this probably isn't the route for you. (not to mention that MSA type degrees aren't terribly valuable once you are a CPA) I'm pursuing a CPA in MA "just for fun" and thought of taking this route but I am just loading up on accounting electives in my MBA instead because it is much faster, although having access to another business school's network is tempting.