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Customized MBA Concentration in Professional Accounting

From Career-Switcher to CPA-Ready Professional

Our customized MBA concentration offers you a direct path into accounting by combining CPA-aligned coursework, hands-on learning and a skill set for the evolving business landscape.

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Not just accounting theory — accounting practice.

Accounting is a growing field that offers ample career opportunities, and our program will prepare you for the profession — even if you have an undergraduate degree in another field. Gain CPA-aligned accounting knowledge, leadership skills and the strategic business perspectives of an MBA, while also learning applied insights in AI, automation and data analytics.

Your Path Into Accounting Starts Here

Built for the Future of Accounting

Learn market-driven accounting practices and technology, including AI and automation, so you graduate ready for both the field today and its future.

Professional Accounting and CPA Readiness

Earn advanced-level accounting credits in financial reporting, auditing, taxation and data analytics and graduate with the academic credits you need to sit for the Pennsylvania CPA exam.

Business Leadership Skills

Strengthen your business acumen, leadership and strategic decision-making skills in financial management.

Experience-Based Learning

Through an experiential elective, such as a graduate internship or tax service-learning course, and access to real-world business environments, you'll gain the insider knowledge and networks that set you apart.

Flexible Formats

Complete your MBA in a full-time or part-time format on our University City Campus in Philadelphia.

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LeBow’s MBA program and the convenience – proximity to work and home – drew me to the program. Seeing the curriculum and what students achieved after graduation, I was sold, and I knew I had made the right choice after my first leadership course.

Leonard Hayes III ’17

Financial Reporting Infrastructure Analyst

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Recognized for What We Do Best

Drexel’s commitment to hands-on, career-focused education has earned national recognition, and for career-changers entering accounting, that reputation translates directly into opportunity.

#2

Best Co-ops/Internship Programs

US News & World Reports, 2025 (Drexel)

Top 15

Colleges For Launching Your Career

Forbes, 2025 (Drexel)

Tier One

Global MBA Business School

CEO Magazine (2026)

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A Global Campus Based in Philadelphia

Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business is a top-ranked, AACSB-accredited business school known for its pioneering experiential education. Located in Philadelphia’s University City, our students have direct access to a dense ecosystem of accounting firms and financial institutions, along with the broader business, research and government communities that make this region one of the most connected in the country.

AACSB Accredited

LeBow is among the elite 20% of business schools to be accredited.

100+ Years of Hands-On Learning

We are pioneers in experiential education and industry partnership.

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