Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration – Accounting

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Program Link:
https://business.wsu.edu/phd-accounting-concentration/
Total Graduate Faculty in Program:
8
Graduate Students in Program:
6
Students Receiving Assistantships:
6
Priority Deadlines:

  • Fall January 10

Campus:

  • Pullman

International Student English Proficiency Exams

International students may need to surpass the Graduate School’s minimum English language proficiency exam scores for this program. If the graduate program has unique score requirements, they will be detailed below. Otherwise, please refer to the Graduate School’s minimum score guidelines.

  • 7.5 IELTS Minimum score
  • 90 MELAB Minimum score
  • 62 Pearson Minimum score
  • 92-93 TOEFLI Minimum score

Additional Degree Program Admission Requirements

  • GMAT or GRE Yes

Degree Description:

The goal of the doctoral program in accounting is to prepare doctoral students to become outstanding accounting researchers/educators in the areas of managerial accounting, financial accounting, auditing, and taxation. The Ph.D. program is research-oriented, emphasizing doctoral students and faculty interaction in order to facilitate quality publication in both behavioral accounting research and archival accounting research.

Admission Requirements:

  • GMAT or GRE -In either case, the exam must have been taken within 5 years of the time of application to WSU.
  • 3 letters of recommendation
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Transcripts

GMAT score report code 09D-TL-81 Pearson Test of English score report code: 8Z2-GT-38

Student Opportunities:

Conference funding is generally available for students presenting a paper.

Career Opportunities:

University Professor

Career Placements:

  • University of New Mexico
  • Ohio University
  • Eastern Washington University
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • University of Montana
  • University of San Diego
  • Renmin University (China)
  • Louisiana State University, Shreveport
  • San Jose State University
  • Fairfield University
  • Southern Utah University

 

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