Career-Defining Curriculum

A balanced blend of research and real-world applications, our comprehensive undergraduate and graduate curriculum will help you master principles in auditing, taxation, cost accounting, and financial accounting. Upon graduation, you will have the competitive knowledge and skills sought-after by top firms as they identify future leaders, partners and executives.

Program Format

Our 150-credit hour program allows students to graduate with a bachelor's and master's degree simultaneously, within five years. Rawls College undergraduate accounting students are encouraged to apply to the accelerated bachelor's-to-master's program as soon as they have completed 100 hours of undergraduate coursework, which typically occurs during their fourth year. Once admitted into the program, undergraduate students work with an advisor to add graduate coursework to their academic schedule.

Alumni Success

We invite you to meet a few of our graduates who have followed their passions, built outstanding careers and serve as leading accounting professionals in today's business world.

Admissions

The admission process is the first step toward earning your degree. We will work closely with you to ensure your application process is personal, simple and successful.

Automatic Admission

Current, Rawls College undergraduate accounting students qualify for automatic admission into the accelerated bachelor's-to-master's program if they meet the following requirements as described below.

Fall 2024

• Students must have completed at least 102 undergraduate credit hours towards the 120 credit hours required for a Rawls BBA before the beginning of the semester in which you will begin the graduate program. Students with 9 or fewer undergraduate hours remaining at the time they start the MSA program will graduate in May 2026. Students with 12-15 hours of undergraduate coursework remaining will graduate in August 2026.
• Have a GPA of 3.20 or higher in at least four upper-division accounting courses. Please note, if you have completed more than four upper divisions classes (i.e., five or six), all completed upper division courses will be factored into the 3.2 minimum GPA requirement, not just the highest four courses! It is imperative that ACCT 3304, ACCT 3305, ACCT 3307 and ACCT 4300 be completed prior to commencing graduate course work.
• Have a minimum overall TTU GPA of 3.0 at the time of your application. GPA from transfer credits will not be counted toward the 3.0 minimum GPA.
• Students that have withdrawn from or retaken more than one upper division accounting course are not eligible for automatic admission.

Spring 2025

• Students must have completed at least 108 undergraduate credit hours towards the 120 credit hours required for a Rawls BBA. All spring 2025 admits will graduate in August 2026.
• Spring semester admissions are rare and typically are reserved for students who changed majors to accounting late in their BBA matriculation and are one or two courses shy of meeting the admissions criteria for a fall admission. One should not target a spring admission. If you have questions, please reach out to your BBA advisor.
• Have a GPA of 3.20 or higher in at least four upper-division accounting courses. Please note, if you have completed more than four upper divisions classes (i.e., five or six), all completed upper division courses will be factored into the 3.2 minimum GPA requirement, not just the highest four courses! It is imperative that ACCT 3304, ACCT 3305, ACCT 3307 and ACCT 4300 be completed prior to commencing graduate course work.
• Have a minimum overall TTU GPA of 3.0 at the time of your application. GPA from transfer credits will not be counted toward the 3.0 minimum GPA.
• Students that have withdrawn from or retaken more than one upper division accounting course are not eligible for automatic admission.

Traditional Admission

If you do not meet the requirements for automatic admission, you will be required to complete a traditional application, requiring additional supplemental materials.