SCU Undergraduate Accounting Program Ranked 12th Nationwide by Bloomberg Businessweek
As part of the 2013 Best Undergraduate B-Schools ranking, Bloomberg Businessweek also ranked the 123 undergraduate business schools in each of 14 specialty areas such as accounting, finance, and marketing. In the accounting program area, the SCU undergraduate accounting program was ranked 12th among the 123 accounting programs nationwide, ahead of prestigious business schools such as U. of Pennsylvania, U. of Washington, UT Austin, NYU, and USC. Businessweek’s ranking was based on online survey of undergraduate business students from the Class of 2013 about the full range of their business school experience, from getting in to getting a job.
Santa Clara Accounting Program ranked the 8th Best in the Country According to LinkedIn
In 2014, the Santa Clara University undergraduate accounting program was ranked as the eighth-best in the country by LinkedIn. This ranking is based on the career outcome data of more than 313 million LinkedIn members.
This ranking reflects the influential presence of the accounting department in the Silicon Valley. With long-standing relationships with large accounting firms and an advisory board composed of more than 20 industry executives and accounting partners, our department has a strong record of placing accounting graduates in the job market. Our accounting students are highly valued by employers as they obtain a strong grounding in accounting, economics, ethnics, and other disciplines. This ranking is also an evidence of a high quality accounting education. We are one of the only five accounting programs in California that are separately accredited (aside from the business school accreditation) by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Yen Duong received AICPA’s Elijah Watt Sells Award
In March 2015, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) announced the winners of the 2014 Elijah Watt Sells Award. Yen T. Duong, a graduate of our CAAP program, was among the 60 nationwide recipients of this award. The Elijah Watt Sells Award program was established by the AICPA in 1923 to recognize outstanding performance on the CPA Examination. The Award is bestowed upon candidates who have obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, passed all four sections of the Examination on their first attempt and completed testing in 2014. A total of 91,384 individuals sat for the Examination in 2014, with 60 candidates meeting the criteria to receive the Elijah Watt Sells Award. Yen is currently employed with EY in San Jose.