MPA director Jim Franklin and one of our current MPA students were highlighted in a businessweek.com article which stated that finance majors are increasingly adding accounting to their skill set. A couple of notable quotes from the article:
“…The number of finance majors at McCombs who pursued master’s degrees in accounting nearly tripled from fall 2009 to fall 2010, according to Jim Franklin, director of the graduate accounting program. The figure jumped again based on enrollment for this fall, even as undergraduate finance recruiting picked up during the 2010-11 school year.”
“Many more [finance students] now see accounting experience as a way to stand out to financial-services firms, and accounting careers as a potential way to break into finance later if jobs are scarce.”
Texas MPA students pursue not only careers in accounting but also finance-related careers. A list of employers who have recently recruited our students is available on our website.
December 6, 2011 at 3:35 pm
This is very true, and adding another skill set makes you stand out above and beyond other job applicants.