Nazarian's MPAcc graduate degree accelerates your pathway to a career as a CPA.
CSUN Nazarian's Master of Professional Accountancy is an innovative graduate program carefully designed to prepare students with non-accounting undergraduate degree to succeed on the CPA exam and to effectively launch their career in accountancy.
Admission and Application Information
Attend an MPAcc Information Session
Information Sessions are designed to introduce prospective Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcc) students to the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics MPAcc program. Sessions last approximately one hour and consists of a brief presentation, followed by a question and answer session.
Dedicated Career Advancement & CPA Success
Whether you immerse yourself in the full-time one year program or choose to balance work and life with the part-time two-year program, you'll have access to the same engaging and practice oriented faculty, prepare for the CPA exam.
Uniquely available to CSUN Nazarian MPAcc students, the EY Center for Careers offers students a vast array of resources to support and enhance their career trajectory in the field of accounting.
This fully accredited program meets California's 150-hour requirement for the California CPA-licensure.
Admission to this program is highly selective. Fulfillment of admission requirements does not guaranty admission.
Distinguishing Features
Skills Based Focus
The program focuses on developing highly specialized technical skills, as well as communication skills essential for the growth and success of today's accounting professional.
CPA Exam Focused
Along with cost-free use of the Becker CPA review course while enrolled in the program, students in this 32-unit program will be well prepared to sit for the CPA exam with the requisite knowledge and skills in accounting.
CPA Capstone Culminating Experience
In close alignment with the CPA exam, the program integrates a required culminating experience course at the end of the program that is designed to fully prepare the students to sit for the CPA exam before or upon graduation.
Comprehensive Career Advancement Program (CAP)
Uniquely available to CSUN Nazarian MPAcc students, the EY Center for Careers offers students a vast array of resources to support and enhance their career trajectory in the field of accounting.
Flexibility
- Full time or part time: You may choose to immerse yourself in the full-time one year program or choose to balance work and life with the part-time two year program.
- Cohort Format: Students enter the program and proceed through the curriculum as a group.
Accreditation:
The accounting program is one of the few programs in California to be separately accredited by the leading business school accrediting agency, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Why CSUN's MPAcc Program is Right for You.
Practice Oriented
The program integrates theory and practice throughout the curriculum and provides multiple, optional outstanding clinical-experience opportunities.
Best Value
With tuition under $22,108 for the entire program, this graduate degree provides most return on your investment.
Practitioner-Faculty
Courses are taught by leading CPA practitioners. This blend of active experience and outstanding scholarship in the field of accounting adds immeasurably to the learning experience.
Complimentary Becker CPA Review Course
The Complimentary Becker CPA Review Course is a free trial that provides limited access to Becker’s CPA exam prep materials, including sample lectures, practice questions, and study tools. It’s designed to let prospective students experience the course’s format and features before purchasing the full version.
Master of Professional Accountancy
(MPAcc)
MPAcc Director and Professor
Rafi Efrat, CPA, J.D., J.S.M., J.S.D.
18111 Nordhoff Street
Bookstein Hall Room 3123
Northridge, CA 91330-8372
- Phone: 818-677-2437