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 & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PwC.
- Major corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations.
Our Students
“Bryant truly helped me develop my passion for accounting, supported my career development and interview skills, and ultimately helped get me a full-time job as a tax staff member at Citrin Cooperman.”
- Major: Accounting, Politics and Law
- Hometown: North Smithfield, RI
“People think accountants are boring. None of the professors at Bryant are like that. The Accounting Department is willing to help their students, because the process of becoming an accountant isn’t easy. They’re very supportive and helpful, and that really stands out to me.”
- Major: Accounting, Economics
- Minor: Political Science
- Hometown: Easton, PA
“Accounting is like the backbone of business where a lot of different decisions come from a financial aspect. By understanding that and applying it to other roles, you can go into so many different avenues.”
- Major: Accounting, Applied Analytics
- Hometown: Farmington, CT
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 & Touche
- 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
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