Why Choose Nazareth for Accounting?

The accounting degree program at Nazareth University prepares you to have the versatility and critical thinking skills that are invaluable in today's global economy. With the growth of international business, accounting expertise and services have become more sophisticated.

Accountants are called upon to play wide-ranging roles in international trade, mergers and acquisitions, business development, and economic forecasting. But whether you pursue general ledger bookkeeping or complex corporate auditing, at Nazareth you'll become a problem solver.

You'll learn the financial side of business and gain the social and analytical skills to identify and solve problems in a professional and ethical manner. Collaboration is highly stressed and all final projects are team-based. You'll also solve problems within the context of economics, finance, management, marketing, ethics, technology and global issues.

Program Highlights

  • Choose either a traditional 120-credit degree or the 150-credit double major with finance.
    • Both options provide the accounting coursework to prepare you to pursue licensure as a certified public accountant (CPA) after graduation.
    • The 150-credit option, which can be completed in four years, adds coursework that the state has pre-approved as meeting its 150-hour education requirement for CPA licensure.
  • Enjoy excellent paid and credit-bearing internship opportunities.
  • Benefits from Nazareth's high job placement rate.
  • Graduates are well received in graduate programs.
  • Focus on communication and analytical skills, highly valued in the accounting profession.
  • Choose to enrich your experience through Nazareth's 70+ study abroad options, including South Korea for School of Business & Leadership majors.

Program Details

Options, Requirements, and Course Descriptions
Scott Chapman, alumnus, accounting degree progam, accounting major, Nazareth College Rochester, NY

Alumni Spotlight: Scott Chapman '04

Chief Financial Officer, Butler/Till

"Accounting doesn't just involve being good with numbers. It includes understanding how a company's financials tell a story that drives a business insight or decision. By offering a broader education, Nazareth uniquely prepares you to develop and tell these stories through accounting. Faculty encouraged real-world experience, and the career office’s guidance led me to a great internship that turned into a career."

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Example Careers
  • Certified public accountant
  • Internal auditor
  • Controller
  • Financial analyst
  • IRS agent
Recent Internships and Employers
  • The Bonadio Group
  • Flaherty Salmin CPAs
  • DeJoy, Knauf & Blood LLP
  • Davie Kaplan, CPA, P.C.
  • KPMG LLP
  • Mengel, Metzger, Barr & Co., LLP
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Paychex
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