The topic describes exactly the position I was in for a few years. It was very difficult for me to make up my mind which route to go after I graduate. And now I am almost there and I am so glad that I got a chance to research into the subject matter. I researched the history, the advantages and disadvantages, requirements of the degree and the exam, and I also compared the salary. And now I am fairly certain that the path I will take is get an MBA degree and then take the CPA exam.
Masters in Business Administration is popularly known as MBA. The MBA originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out scientific approaches to management. The first graduate school of business in the United States, founded in 1900, was the Tuck School of Business part of Dartmouth College. In 1908, the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University was established. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business first offered working professionals the Executive MBA (EMBA) program in 1940.
In 1950, The University of Western Ontario in Canada was the first school outside of USA to confer an MBA degree. Followed by University of Pretoria in South Africa in 1951. The Institute of Business Administration, Karachi in Pakistan was established in 1955 as the first Asian business school by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1957, European Institute for Business Administration (INSEAD) became the first European business school to offer an MBA program.
The Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination (Uniform CPA exam) is developed and maintained by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and is administered by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). Until the 1990s, the Uniform CPA Exam was a 19.5 hour test given over a three-day period, consisting of four subject sections; Auditing, Business Law,