Scranton Online Master of Accountancy Ranked No.4

Master’s Programs Guide, an online resource for graduate programs, ranked The University of Scranton’s online Master of Accountancy degree program No. 4 in the nation in its listing of the “50 Best Online Master of Accounting Degree Programs 2018.”

For the ranking, the guide analyzed publicly available resources to rate schools based on the following criteria: affordability (25 percent); student satisfaction and support services (25 percent); online accessibility (25 percent); and accreditation and commendation (25 percent), which includes accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB-International) and U.S. News and World Report rankings.

U.S. News just last week listed Scranton among the “Best Online Graduate Programs” in America for 2018. U.S. News has also ranked Scranton among the top 10 “Best Regional Universities in the North” for 24 consecutive years. Scranton is ranked No. 6 in the 2018 edition of the “Best Colleges,” which also ranked Scranton’s programs in finance at No. 17, accounting at No. 17 and entrepreneurship at No. 22 in the nation.

In 2017, Scranton’s online Master of Accountancy degree program was ranked No. 1 in the nation in listing published by Best Colleges, an independent online higher education resource.

Scranton’s Kania School of Management holds AACSB-International accreditation and offers online master’s degrees in accountancy and finance and, with Scranton’s Panuska College of Professional Studies, offers online master’s degrees in health administration, health informatics and human resources, as well as online MBA degrees in general business, accounting, enterprise resource planning, healthcare management, human resources, international business and operations management. For technology, recruitment and marketing support, the University partners with Wiley, a higher education consulting firm, for its online graduate business degree programs.