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Accounting Master's Degrees in Virginia

The core study of financial reporting, managerial accounting, taxation, auditing and accounting systems. Institutions call the field accounting or accountancy; both names are covered here. Accounting and accountancy are different words for the same subject. The degree title, the credits and the program's own CPA-related statements decide what a program offers, not its name. Programs appear here only when official curriculum evidence supports the subject: a named concentration or track, or the degree's own required core — never a topic covered in one or two courses.

Listings in Virginia identify where the school (or the campus that delivers the program) is located. For online programs this is not a requirement to live there, and an online degree based in Virginia is not automatically open to residents of every state.

Listed alphabetically by school. This directory is not a ranking. What we list

George Mason University

Accounting, MS

Master'sMSDedicated degreeOpen entryMaster of Science in Accounting
Format: Campus · Fully online · Asynchronous · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Fairfax, VASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: 11 months (full-time) or 22 months (part-time) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting · Accounting Analytics
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George Mason University

Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's (BAM) in Accounting

Master'sMSDedicated degreeAccelerated BS + MSMaster of Science in Accounting
Format: Campus
Location: Fairfax, VA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: five years · 138 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Format: Campus · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Harrisonburg, VA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Designed to be completed in 1 year (Summer courses are not required) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Liberty University

Master of Science in Accounting

Master'sMSDedicated degreeAccounting graduates
Format: Fully online · Asynchronous
Location: Lynchburg, VASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: ACBSP
Subjects: Accounting · Forensic Accounting · Taxation · Auditing and Assurance
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Old Dominion University

M.S. in Accounting

Master'sMSDedicated degreeAccounting graduatesMaster of Science in Accounting
Format: Campus · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Norfolk, VA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: $510 per credit · In-state — Graduate, Virginia resident (tuition only)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Strayer University-Virginia

MBA — Accounting Concentration

Master'sMBAConcentrationMaster of Business Administration
Format: Campus · Online
Location: Arlington, VASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: 12 courses, each 11 weeks long (number of courses printed; time depends on courses per term and transfer credit)
Tuition: $3,045 per course · All students — Tuition per course
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: MSCHE
Subjects: Accounting
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Strayer University-Virginia

Master of Science in Accounting

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Online
Location: Arlington, VASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: 12 courses, each 11 weeks long (number of courses printed; time depends on courses per term and transfer credit)
Tuition: $1,715 per course · All students — Tuition per course
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: MSCHE
Subjects: Accounting · Forensic Accounting · Taxation
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Virginia Commonwealth University

Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.), concentration in data analytics

Master'sMAccDedicated degreeAccounting graduatesMaster of Accountancy
Format: Campus · Hybrid · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Richmond, VA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Typically 1 year/3 semesters full-time or 2 years/6 semesters part-time (Full-time or part-time pace as printed) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting · Accounting Analytics
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Accelerated MACIS Program (aMACIS)

Master'sMSDedicated degreeAccelerated BS + MSMaster of Accounting and Information Systems
Format: Campus
Location: Blacksburg, VA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: usually in five years or less · 155 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Master of Accounting and Information Systems (MACIS)

Master'sMSDedicated degreeOpen entryMaster of Accounting and Information Systems
Format: Campus
Location: Blacksburg, VA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: 1 academic year if all prerequisites have been met (all prerequisites have been met) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting · Accounting Analytics · Auditing and Assurance · Accounting Information Systems · Taxation
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William & Mary

Master of Accounting

Master'sMAccDedicated degreeOpen entry
Format: Campus · Online · Full-time
Location: Williamsburg, VASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Optional campus visits
Duration: Residential: nine months; online: as few as 16 months (Online duration is a conditional minimum)
Tuition: $1,148 per credit · All students — Online MAcc · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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