Accelerated BA/PAMBA Program

If you’re a Rutgers undergraduate student, you can combine your undergraduate liberal arts degree with the Professional Accounting MBA program and earn your graduate degree with only two additional months of study.

It works like this: Complete your undergraduate core and major requirements during your first three years at your undergraduate college.  Your fourth year is completed at Rutgers Business School: Graduate Programs - Newark and New Brunswick where you are enrolled full-time in the 14 month Profesional Accounting MBA program.  The first two semesters at the graduate school are counted as electives for completion of the baccalaureate degree requirements.  These two semesters also are counted towards the MBA degree. The MBA is awarded after two additional semesters at the graduate school.  The graduate program is offered on a trimester basis, so you graduate only two months later than you would have if you completed your senior year at the undergraduate college.

The program has many advantages:

• The tuition costs are lower because you pay undergraduate tuition and fees for the first two semesters at Rutgers Business School: Graduate Programs - Newark and New Brunswick.
• Undergraduate student aid is available for the first year of study at Rutgers Business School: Graduate Programs - Newark and New Brunswick
• You qualify to sit for the CPA examination following your graduation, the same qualifying date if you completed a baccalaureate degree alone.
• You can complete three years of liberal arts study, one more year than is possible if you complete the accounting program as an undergraduate student.
• You meet the CPA 150 credit hour educational requirement.
• You are eligible to apply for paid internships that are a part of the MBA program.

Program Requirements

The program requires that students be talented and highly motivated. The pace of study is demanding; courses are offered at a graduate level of difficulty. Students need to plan carefully to be sure that they complete all of the course requirements for the baccalaureate degree at their undergraduate college. Prospective students are expected to excel at undergraduate studies and score high on the GMAT examination.

For further information about the program, please contact Alex Sannella at 973-353-5680 or at sannella@rci.rutgers.edu

Students who do not qualify for the 3-1-1 program may still enroll in the MBA program in professional accounting immediately after they graduate from college.