The Master of Science in Accounting at UMass Lowell prepares students for careers in public, corporate, government and non-profit accounting, in addition to qualifying students to meet licensing requirements to become certified public accountants. The Massachusetts Board of Public Accountancy has classified MSA program at Manning School of Business as ''Level 1'' and deemed the program to be substantially equivalent to AACSB standards. Any student who earns a graduate degree in accounting from a Level 1 program is judged to have satisfied the educational requirements to take the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. Students who earn degrees from non-Level 1 programs must demonstrate that they have satisfied such educational requirements. Therefore, our MSA program's Level 1 status makes it easier for UMass Lowell accounting graduates to eventually become Certified Public Accountants (CPA).