Want to amplify your IU undergraduate degree with strategic business acumen? Discover the Kelley Accounting Certificate. You’ll develop financial skills relevant to any industry—mobilizing career opportunities from tech to nonprofit, or wherever your passion takes you. Keep reading to learn about specific IU degrees that pair particularly well, how the certificate advances your eligibility to… Read more »
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Weighing the paths to CPA licensure? Get a breakdown of what’s at stake from Kelley accounting expert Joe Schroeder.
What’s required to become a CPA? It depends on the path you choose. In 2025, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) approved an alternative pathway for becoming eligible to sit for the CPA exam. Depending on your jurisdiction, your options may include: Traditional… Read more »
Accounting career paths spotlight: Catie Modugno, MSADA’25, Tax Associate, Alvarez & Marsal
How long does it take to get an accounting degree? In just one year, Catie Modugno, MSADA’25, earned a graduate degree in accounting from the top-ranked Kelley School of Business. As a student in the MS in Accounting with Data and Analytics (MSADA) program, Catie leveraged every opportunity to gain hands-on accounting experience, including applying… Read more »
Is a master’s in accounting worth it? Classical musician Tomas de la Rosa, MSADA’25 unlocks a career at Deloitte.
Tomas de la Rosa, MSADA’25, knows how to perform well under pressure. As a classical violist, he participated in the Aspen Music Festival, won the grand prize and BIPOC awards at the inaugural Glass City Chamber Music Competition in Toledo, and studied intensively under the Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet at the Indiana University Jacobs School… Read more »
Learning about the Intersection of Business and Public Policy
By RJ Clemmons, MSADA Class of 2022 One of the unique features of the Kelley MS in Accounting with Data and Analytics (MSADA) is the chance to participate in experiential learning electives. When I applied for the Kelley MSADA program, I knew I wanted to take part in the Washington Campus Accounting and Public Policy… Read more »
Experiential Learning Makes a Difference
By Melanie Sherman, MSADA Class of 2022 Before I started the MS in Accounting with Data Analytics (MSADA) program, I never imagined that I would be delivering an hour-long presentation to a CEO within a few short months. While I had interned for several summers at different firms, I had little direct interaction with clients… Read more »
Obtaining Practical Experience via MSADA’s Winter Internship Option
By Matt Nordhoff, MSADA Class of 2021 To be adequately prepared to enter the workforce and to distinguish oneself from other applicants, a student should pursue both a rigorous education and work experience. In an effort to enable Kelley students to gain valuable work experience prior to the commencement of their MSADA program experience, the… Read more »
International Tax and your Career
By Professor Katie Metz, Senior Lecturer at the Kelley School of Business Thinking of investing in NFTs? Interested in exactly what the G20 is discussing this summer? Exploring the possibility of a unique consulting career path? These are just a few of the topics you might investigate when learning about international taxation. When I started… Read more »
The Path to Success in the MSADA Program
By Nicole Malinowski, MSADA Class of 2021 As the graduation festivities begin to die down a month after ending my collegiate experience at IU, life has become an endless stream of preparing for CPA exams and counting down the days to starting my full-time job in audit at EY. This past month has also… Read more »
Tax Law Helps MSADA Graduates Stay Healthy and Gain Financial Freedom
By Greg Geisler, Clinical Professor Graduates of the Master of Science in Accounting with Data and Analytics program face many decisions and opportunities as they prepare to leave campus for full time jobs. One important decision relates to employee benefits that typically come with professional jobs. Many experts praise health savings accounts – commonly… Read more »