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Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate nonprofit NECHE

AACSB business

Boston College's Carroll School of Management houses the Department of Accounting, which offers an undergraduate Accounting concentration, an M.S. in Accounting and a Ph.D. in Accounting on the Chestnut Hill campus.

Verified degree programs

2 programs verified so far (1 master's, 1 doctoral). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

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M.S. in Accounting

Master'sMSDedicated degreeOpen entryMaster of Science in Accounting
Format: Campus
Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: 9-12 months of study (Depends on course load) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: January 12, 2027 · Fall 2027
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NECHEBusiness school: AACSB
Subjects: Accounting
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Ph.D. in Accounting

Research doctoratePhDDedicated degreeDoctor of Philosophy in Accounting
Format: Campus
Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NECHEBusiness school: AACSB
Subjects: Accounting
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Accreditation

  • New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since December 1, 1935 · next review 12/31/2027

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Business-school accreditation

  • AACSB — accreditedUnit: Wallace E. Carroll School of ManagementConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Supplemental accounting accreditation

No separate accounting accreditation is on record. AACSB business accreditation does not mean the accounting program holds AACSB accounting accreditation.

Institutional, business-school and accounting accreditation are three different things, and one never implies another. Each record names its unit and scope as the source gives it.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in its subjects. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, associate degrees, electives-only degrees…).
  • Accounting for Finance and Consulting concentrationConcentration oriented to users of financial statements rather than preparers; not a separate accounting degree; recorded for review only.Source: bc.edu · verified October 30, 2026

Institution

Official name
Boston College
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
768 of 15,280 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 26, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. DAPIP — NECHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/carroll-school/academic-departments/accounting.html — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026

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