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AccountingDegrees

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WVPublic HLC

AACSB business · Accounting accreditation on record

West Virginia University offers accounting through the Department of Accounting in the John Chambers College of Business and Economics: a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting, a one-year Master of Accountancy, an online Master of Science in Forensic and Fraud Examination, and a PhD in Business Administration with an accounting major.

Verified degree programs

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

West Virginia University

Forensic and Fraud Examination, M.S.

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science in Forensic and Fraud Examination
Format: Online · Asynchronous
Location: Morgantown, WVSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: 1-2 years · 30 credits
Tuition: $1,063 per credit · All students — Online program, cost per credit hour; military pricing applies
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Forensic Accounting
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West Virginia University

Master of Accountancy

Master'sMAccDedicated degreeAccounting graduates
Format: Campus · Full-time
Location: Morgantown, WV
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: About 12 months of full-time study (Full-time study: two 12 credit-hour semesters and a six credit-hour summer session) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting · Taxation · Auditing and Assurance
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1930 · next review 08/31/2024

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

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

Business-school accreditation

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

Supplemental accounting accreditation

  • AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: John Chambers College of Business and EconomicsConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026
  • AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: Accounting programs, John Chambers College of Business and EconomicsScope: undergraduate and graduate accounting programsStated by the school; not yet confirmed in the accreditor's directory.Source: catalog.wvu.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.

Institution

Official name
West Virginia University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
PO Box 6201, Morgantown, WV 26506
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,509 of 24,200 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 27, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. business.wvu.edu/academics/accounting-department/accounting — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026
  2. business.wvu.edu/academics/management-department/management-ph-d/handbook-for-phd-in-business-admini — Official program page, 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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