MAcc Admissions

Admission Criteria

Admissions to the Master's in Accounting Programs are based on all of the following requirements:

Bachelor's Degree

You must have earned a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university (any major is acceptable) or foreign equivalent and be in good academic standing at the last institution you attended.

Overall Undergraduate GPA

To be considered for MAcc admission, applicants must meet one of the following requirements from a regionally accredited institution or foreign equivalent. All GPAs are based on a 4.0 point scale and are cumulative including all undergraduate courses completed; the last two years of undergraduate coursework are equivalent to approximately 60-70 semester hours or 90-100 quarter hours.

• 2.70 minimum GPA for all undergraduate work taken for the baccalaureate degree or
• 3.00 GPA for the last two years of undergraduate academic coursework or
• 3.00 GPA for 30 or more semester hours undergraduate credit after earning the first bachelor's degree or
• 2.70 GPA for the last two years of undergraduate coursework and a 3.00 GPA on fewer than 24 hours graduate coursework or
• 3.00 GPA for 24 or more graduate hours or
• An earned master's degree or higher-level degree with at least a 3.00 GPA.

Accounting GPA

A minimum GPA of 3.0 for all undergraduate accounting coursework.

Course Prerequisite Completion

Admission to the MAcc Program requires the completion of at least two of the six accounting background courses and all five business background courses listed under “MAcc Prerequisite Courses section below.

Students must have earned at least a grade of C in all of the prerequisite courses listed below (or an equivalent course from another AACSB accredited school). A grade of at least a B is required if the course was taken at a non-AACSB accredited school.

All 14 prerequisites must be completed prior to enrolling in more than 6 hours of graduate courses.

MAcc Prerequisite Courses

Background Business Courses:

• ECON 1010 & 1020 - Principles of Economics I & II (Macroeconomics & Microeconomics) 
• DATA 2130 - Statistics for Business
• ACC 2010 & ACC 2020 - Principles of Accounting I & II

Accounting Background Courses:

• ACC 3000 & ACC 3010 - Intermediate Accounting I & II
• ACC 3050 - Managerial Cost Accounting
• ACC 3070 - Federal Tax Accounting
• ACC 3080 - Accounting Information Systems
• ACC 4050 - Auditing

MAcc Degree Application Requirements

To complete your application you must submit the following:

Application

Complete an online application at the UTC Graduate School's website.

Statement of Purpose

Applicants will be prompted to enter a short statement of purpose when completing the online application. This should include the goals of the applicant as it relates to earning the MAcc degree.

Official Transcripts

Submit official transcripts from each college or university attended (including those from whom transfer credits were earned) to UTC's Graduate School. To expedite the receipt of official transcripts, UTC recommends the use of an electronic transcript submission service such as:

• Parchment
• National Student Clearinghouse

If sending an electronic copy, please list [email protected] as the email recipient.

If mailing official transcripts, they must be mailed directly from the institution to:
The Graduate School
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Department 5305
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403

Please wait to send transcripts until after you have submitted your online application. If your transcripts are under a different name due to a name change, please email [email protected] with the former name and the current name.

Application Fee

Pay a $35 one-time, non-refundable application fee. ($40 for international student applications).

International Applicants

The online MAcc encourages qualified graduate applicants from other countries. The University has additional admission requirements and requires additional documents for international applicants. A concise list can be found on the Prospective International Student page under the “International Graduate Students” section. Questions concerning these additional documents can be directed to 423-425-4735 or [email protected].

Application Deadlines

Applications and documents submitted after the UTC Graduate School's general application deadlines, which are listed below, will be considered for admission based on eligibility and program space availability.  It is strongly recommended that interested applicants submit all application materials by these deadlines.

*Note: International applicants have different deadlines. Refer to the UTC International Student Services website for an updated listing of those deadlines.

International Applicants

International applicants apply for graduate admission through UTC's International Student Services Office.