I am the proud dad of a daughter who is graduating from the University of South Alabama this weekend with a degree in accounting (and on deans list all 5 years).
She has taken enough courses where she only needs to take one more course to sit for her C.P.A. exam. (almost 160 hours)
Due to the high cost of college (she has paid for it all working with NO student loans) she has decided NOT to continue on and get her master's degree, and instead take the CPA exams and then try and get a job at a small accounting firm (with an eye to starting her own firm later on).
I always though in this days economy, a Masters degree is almost a requirement to success, but she disagrees and says her profs at the university say she only needs the CPA to reach her goals (60k a year)...so what do you guys think?
Is she right? or does she need to continue on after she gets her CPA and get her masters degree???
thanks!