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AccountingDegrees

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Carbondale, ILPublic HLC

AACSB business · Accounting accreditation on record

SIU Carbondale's School of Accountancy in the College of Business and Analytics offers a B.S. in Accounting (in person or online), a Master of Accountancy with several concentrations, an accelerated B.S./M.Acc., a Master of Professional Accountancy and a Ph.D. in Business Administration with an accounting concentration.

Verified degree programs

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

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeFirst-year entry
Format: Campus · Online
Location: Carbondale, ILSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Master of Accountancy

Master'sMAccDedicated degreeAccounting graduates
Format: Campus · Fully online
Location: Carbondale, ILSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: one calendar year · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting · Taxation · Auditing and Assurance · Accounting Information Systems
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

PhD in Business Administration — Accounting Concentration

Research doctoratePhDConcentrationDoctor of Philosophy in Business Administration
Format: Campus
Location: Carbondale, IL
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Graduates typically devote four years to full-time residential study · 60 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1913 · next review 08/31/2030

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

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

Business-school accreditation

  • AACSB — accreditedUnit: College of Business and AnalyticsConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Supplemental accounting accreditation

  • AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: College of Business and AnalyticsConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026
  • AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: School of AccountancyScope: Accounting program separately accreditedStated by the school; not yet confirmed in the accreditor's directory.Source: academics.siu.edu · verified October 30, 2026

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…).
  • Concurrent Juris Doctor and Master of Accountancy (JD/M.Acc.)Concurrent law degree program; the law degree is out of scope.Source: gradcatalog.siu.edu · verified October 30, 2026

Institution

Official name
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4512
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,007 of 11,359 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. academics.siu.edu/business/accounting/ — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026
  2. gradcatalog.siu.edu/programs/acct/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 30, 2026
  3. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026

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