Department of Accounting Graduate Outcomes

 

Master of Accountancy Graduate Outcomes

Average Salary of $62,143

100% Employment at Graduation    

 

Employers and Industries

  • BKD, LLP
  • Country Music Hall of Fame
  • CRI
  • Crowe LLP
  • Deloitte
  • Dempsey, Vantrease & Follis
  • Elliott Davis
  • EY
  • FMC
  • Frazier & Deeter, LLC
  • HCA
  • Kraft CPAs PLLC
  • KPMG
  • LBMC
  • Marcum LLP
  • Puryear & Noonan CPAs
  • PWC
  • PYA, PC
  • State of Tennessee - several departments
  • Tractor Supply Company
  • Over 80 other companies!

 

Fall-to-Fall Retention Rate, 2015-2019

                                                                     2015                2016                2017               2018                2019               
Master of Accountancy 86.10% 87.40% 82.30% 81.70% 78.90%

 

2019 CPA Exam Pass Rates

                                                                MTSU                 Comparables     Competitors     Aspirants       
All Testing Events 59.0% 48.9% 53.9% 56.5%
Advanced Degree* 53.3% 59.7% 45.3% 49.3%
Bachelor's Degree 61.5% 44.6% 54.4% 56.8%
First-Time 66.5% 53.8% 55.5% 63.3%
First-Time Advanced Degree* 55.8% 55.9% 48.7% 48.3%
First-Time Bachelor's Degree 68.8% 48.1% 55.6% 63.6%
AUD 62.7% 57.1% 53.3% 58.8%
BEC 69.2% 55.8% 60.0% 75.6%
FAR 61.2% 45.0% 50.8% 56.4%
REG 74.4% 59.4% 57.7% 66.8%

*Most students start sitting for the CPA exam after their Bachelor's degree as it is desirable to start taking the exam as soon as a student is ready.  MTSU's MAcc has four CPA review courses built into the program to help students pass the CPA exam before graduation.

  • MTSU students score better than the Comparables, Competitors and Aspirants group averages.
  • Comparables include University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Ball State, Louisiana Tech, Southern Mississippi, University of Texas-El Paso, and Wright State.
  • Competitors include East Tennessee State University, University of Memphis, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Tennessee Tech, and Western Kentucky University.
  • Aspirants include University of Alabama, Auburn University, and Mississippi State University.