Accounting Program Resources

Graduate celebrates with companion between UTD letters after receiving accounting degree
Hsiu-Ping Lin and Chieh Yu put the “T” in UTD after Lin graduated with a master’s degree in accounting.

Accounting Program Resources

When students enroll in our Accounting Program, they enter a close-knit learning community and can count on their peers, professors, staff and alumni to provide them with information and guidance.
Pursuing a career in accounting requires ample knowledge of certification processes, including CPA, CMA and more. Please take the time to learn about certification and use the resources and people available to you. Contact us with any questions you have.

Accounting Program Resources at the Jindal School

Academic Programs – Primary

The accounting area offers a bachelor’s, master’s and PhD program.

Academic Programs – Additional

The accounting area also offers certificates, capstone projects and accelerated pathways to adding more degrees.

CPA, Career and Tutoring

Learn more about the CPA exam and how the Jindal School prepares you for it. Find out the certifications and accounting career resources available to you and see when and where you can get tutoring assistance with your accounting courses.

Faculty and Community Activity

Discover how accounting faculty are researching, publishing, speaking and engaging in the business community.

Accounting Blogs & News

Mary Beth Goodrich

Creativity, Flexibility and Caring Help Accounting Professor Earn Awards

Technology know-how and mentoring, online community building and constant, responsive student engagement led to an Outstanding Accounting Educator of the Year Award for a veteran JSOM faculty member, the fourth to earn this honor.

Junzhe Cui

Assimilating into the MS in Accounting Cohort: Benefiting from UT Dallas

As an international student, Junzhe Cui came to study at The University of Texas at Dallas in the MS in Accounting Cohort program with some indirect knowledge of the university that he gained during the application process.

Hasan Pirkul

A Message from Jindal School Dean Hasan Pirkul

Jindal School Dean Hasan Pirkul reaches out to students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters with an update on the state of the school as classes resume following spring break and during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Phi Beta Lambda Turns in Strong Performance at Texas State Leadership Conference

Based in the Naveen Jindal School of Management, the UT Dallas chapter of the student organization Phi Beta Lambda brought home 26 first-, second, and third-place awards from the Texas State Leadership Conference.

Ankita Kapoor,

Ankita’s Internship at KPMG in the Tax Department

Ankita Kapoor, a junior accounting and finance major at the Jindal School, recently interned with the tax department at KPMG, an international audit, tax and advisory company, to learn more about the work and see if it was right for her. In her interview, Ankita discusses the importance of an internship in ensuring your field is right for you before you graduate.

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Cultivating Relationships with Tech Companies Critical to Student Success

The Jindal School nurtures relationships with companies that create digital tools and apps — those that include analytics, cloud, mobile, social and software technologies — so that students can be well-prepared to use them professionally.

JSOM Hosts 2023 Lone Star Accounting Conference

The Accounting Programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management hosted the 2023 Lone Star Accounting Conference held Feb. 9-10.

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Jindal School in Top 10 in US News 2020 Online Rankings

Both the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s online MBA program and its other online graduate programs ranked No. 6 in 2020 rankings recently released by U.S. News & World Report.

JSOM Pair Studies Motivations and Methodologies of Property Tax Protests

A study of property tax protests by a Jindal School professor, PhD student and a research associate examined the decision-making behind disputed tax bills. Their work looked at hassle factors, aids to effective protesting and more.

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Jindal School Assistant Dean Awarded Congressional Veteran Commendation

The head of the Jindal School’s Career Management Center has been recognized for his service in the military and as a veteran. Assistant Dean Tom Kim earned a commendation from the Texas 26th Congressional District, where he grew up and now resides.

Timothy Truong

Enrolling in the MS in Accounting Cohort: Outstanding Support for a Leap of Faith

Unlike most students who attend a graduate program, I had been in the workforce for six years before making the decision to return to school to earn my master’s degree.

Justin Briggs

JSOM Alum Wins Elijah Watt Sells Award for Top Performance on 2022 CPA Exam

An accounting alumnus from the Naveen Jindal School of Management has won a highly competitive award that recognizes only the top echelon of performers in a rigorous assessment exam.

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Accounting Alum Earns Top CPA Exam Recognition

Jindal School accounting alumnus Matthew Brooks, MS’18, passed all four sections of the CPA Exam on his first try and scored so well that he earned an esteemed award recognizing him as being at the pinnacle of the 86,000 test-takers last year.

Breaking the Accountant Paradigm Part 2

Breaking the Accountant Paradigm Part 2

Now that you’ve heard Professor Mary Beth Goodrich’s story, what’s yours? Submit your #JSOMfaces story by emailing jsomsocial@utdallas.edu.

Scholarships Boost Accounting Students’ Balance Sheets

Accounting students headed toward careers as CPAs and auditors scored scholarships this fall from three of those professions’ top funding supporters. Recipients benefited from good grades, extracurricular activities and strong résumés.

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Jindal School Accounting Team Takes Second Place in Case Competition

Jindal School accounting students placed second in the annual Grant Thornton Metroplex Case Competition with an advisory plan for a fictional furniture and imported goods retailer laboring to stay in business.

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Tax vs. Audit: A Q&A with BS in Accounting Program Director John Barden

Struggling to choose between tax and audit? Want to learn more about each field of accounting? If you answered ‘Yes’ to either of these questions you should check out our interview with Professor John Barden, director of the BS in Accounting at JSOM.

Assistant professor Federico Siano

Meet Assistant Professor Federico Siano

Dr. Federico Siano enters the Jindal School of Management as an assistant professor of accounting.

Mentor Leaves a Legacy of Selfless Service and Lasting Friendship

Dedicated Jindal School mentor James (Jim) Friedberg, who gave selflessly of his time and service, is being memorialized with an opportunity fund that will benefit MS in Accounting students in the ProConnect initiative.

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Seven Dallas ISD Students Commit to UT Dallas as Jindal Young Scholars

The Jindal Young Scholars Program, an outreach initiative that helps Dallas Independent School District students prepare for college, welcomed it second cohort recently. Seven DISD students signed letters of intent to enroll at UT Dallas this fall.

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Bachelor’s Degree Program


The Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting prepares you for a wide range of career options to pursue. It is the only Jindal School program tailored for students who want to become Certified Public Accountants (CPAs).

BS in Accounting

Master’s Degree Programs


A Master’s in Accounting and Analytics Program that fits your needs. Choose between the Flex Program and complete the coursework at your own pace or the Cohort Program, where you take all courses together with other students as a community.

MS in Accounting and Analytics Flex MS in Accounting and Analytics Cohort

PhD Concentration in Accounting


Our PhD Accounting program is designed for students seeking training in the most advanced issues in accounting, both theoretical and applied. Primarily intended for tenure-track positions in research-oriented universities.

PhD in Management Science, Accounting Concentration