University of North Carolina Wilmington
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy

Wilmington, USA

DEGREE TYPE

BSc

DURATION

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

Sep 2026

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: The Bachelor of Science in Accountancy at UNCW trains students to capture, analyze, and report reliable financial information for business decision making. You’ll learn financial reporting, auditing, tax planning, cost analysis, cash-flow management, systems design for data integrity, fraud prevention, and assurance. Graduates meet educational requirements to sit for the CPA exam in North Carolina and pursue other professional certifications. Accounting, financial analysis, assurance, auditing, tax, forensic accounting, and management accounting are core topics.

Career Outcomes: Big Four, CPA and consulting firms, industry (financial analyst, controller), banking, not-for-profit, internal audit, forensic accounting. Graduates pursue assurance and tax specialist roles.

Information is critical to decision making in all areas of business. Accountants are experts at capturing, analyzing, and reporting reliable financial information and using that information to advise decision makers.

Organizational leaders rely on accounting professionals to:

Objectively measure profits and performance
Manage cash flow and safeguard assets
Develop strategies to minimize the impact of taxes
Design systems to ensure data integrity
Prevent and detect fraud
Analyze costs and develop competitive strategies
Attest to the reliability of financial information

Graduates of UNCW rsquo;s Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program (accountancy concentration) and Master of Science degree program in Accountancy pursue careers in the ldquo;Big Four rdquo; accounting firms, national and regional consulting and CPA firms, industry, banking, and not-for-profit organizations. Graduates of both programs meet the educational requirements to sit for the CPA exam in North Carolina and qualify for other professional certifications.