Earning an MBA as an accountant

domrom1
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:57:39 +0000

Hello all. I’m basically deciding on accounting as an undergraduate degree frankly because I don’t know what else to do. I’m considering medicine still, but the idea of living of off my parents for another 4-6 years after undergrad is not practical due to the fact that they can barely support me now (small business owner in an obviously bad economy) and can do so only because of my scholarships. My current path, assuming I change nothing is to do accounting and hopefully land a job with the big 4 or a similar large firm, gather 2-4 years experience, and then leave for the private sector. I want to do something more managerial/decision making-esk, such as managerial accounting with decision making on budgets and performance, etc. I feel like this would really interest me, much more than taxation or auditing. Is this something that is a common path for an accounting grad, and is this something that would prefer an MBA along with a CPA or just the CPA?