Accounting

Our accounting program features real-world learning experiences, opportunities to excel at accounting competitions, and solid preparation for major professional exams. 

AT A GLANCE

What You’ll Learn:

  • Expertise for CPA Exam success and long-term career leadership skills. 
  • Emerging technologies that are rapidly changing the profession.

What You’ll Do:

  • Gain real-world experience through faculty-supervised internships.
  • Excel in team competitions like the PwC Challenge Case Competition. 

Where You’ll Go:

  • Big Four firms: Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PwC.
  • Major corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations.

Program Level: Undergraduate

Offered As: Major, Minor

College/School: College of Business

Our Students

Where Our Students Go

Graduates of Bryant’s renowned accounting program go on to major corporations and prestigious graduate schools.

  • BNY Mellon
  • Citizens Bank
  • Deloitte
  • Ernst & Young
  • Grant Thornton LLP
  • KPMG
  • PwC
  • RSM US LLP
  • State Street Corporation
  • Teknor Apex Company
  • Textron
  • United Natural Foods
  • Bryant University
  • Fordham University
  • Northeastern University
  • Providence College
  • University of California Irvine
  • University of Notre Dame

Learn Through Experience

Student presents research at accounting competition.

Internships and Career Advancement

  • Complete a faculty-supervised internship at a global corporation or Big Four firm.
  • Network with accomplished accounting alumni to explore various career paths.
  • Discuss opportunities with recruiters from 400+ prestigious firms at career fairs.
     

Research

  • Compete against other universities in the PwC Challenge Case Competition.
  • Present a thesis or research topic through the Honors Program
     

Clubs and Organizations

  • Accounting Association
  • National Association of Black Accountants

CPA Exam Success

Bryant University accounting students have the highest CPA Exam pass rate among schools in Rhode Island. Multiple Bryant students have received the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award, which recognizes outstanding performance on the CPA Exam.

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