Beacom School of Business Accounting Program Ranks in Top 15 Percent on CPA Exam Success Metric
Accounting Today, a national accounting industry publication, uses a CPA Exam Success Index to measure students’ likeliness to complete all four sections of the CPA exam. With 46 candidates who passed the exam, the USD Beacom School of Business ranked 39th out of 270 institutions.
“Beacom’s accounting programs are well known for their rigor and attracting high-quality students. We are delighted to see that our accounting program ranked in the top 15% in the CPA exam pass rate,” says USD Beacom School of Business Dean Venky Venkatachalam.
“We are honored to receive this recognition. We believe this recently developed index provides a more comprehensive indication of CPA exam success,” said Srini Ragothaman, Ph.D., Beacom School of Business chair of the Division of Accounting and Finance. “We are fortunate to have outstanding students go through our Master of Professional Accountancy and joint Bachelor of Business Administration programs. Our students’ commitment to tasks at hand and hard work are praiseworthy. We are proud of our student success. I would like to applaud and thank our accounting faculty for their dedicated teaching and mentoring and our business faculty for their support.”
Accounting Today found that schools that recruit high-quality students have high pass-rates, but additional mechanisms can elevate average students to the same heights as those who come into college with higher accolades. Two such mechanisms include integrated graduate coursework and CPA review.
