Guidance in Degree Planning Needed for A new resident in USA

[rachel83az]

If you just wanted any generic business job, I would agree that you should skip the second bachelor's degree. However, if you want to work in accounting, that's more specific. I don't think that a foreign degree + MBA would be enough to show that you actually know how American accounting works. Accounting is pretty universal, but there are still some quirks that are different in each country; it's not simply about being able to add columns of numbers. Without a US Accounting degree, you'd probably still be able to get hired for something, but maybe not what you actually want to do.

I would probably get the UMPI Accounting degree + Project Management minor because I don't know that your foreign degree would be evaluated as sufficient to take the CPA. Illinois requires you to use NIES to evaluate foreign credits for being able to take the CPA exam: https://crushthecpaexam.com/foreign-cred...-cpa-exam/ You used a different evaluator before; an evaluation from NIES might or might not be less favorable. Different evaluators often give different results. You might be able to get away with UMPI Accounting + current foreign degree, though.