Overview

The degree in Corporate Accounting and Finance from Rockhurst University will transform you into an expert in financial accounting and management accounting, allowing you to create information structures and systems to maximize organizational performance in your future workplace. This vital role helps businesses reach their full potential.

In addition to corporate accounting and finance coursework, you’ll complete two innovative financial accounting sequences as part of the BSBA core:

Professional readiness sequence
Technology and predictive analytics sequence

Both sequences were developed by expert Helzberg School financial accounting faculty based on market research and consultation within hiring managers at area companies with a goal of better preparing students for the evolving accounting and finance industry.

In addition to this, you also have the option to pursue Excel certifications, further differentiating you from your peers.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates who earn a corporate accounting and finance degree from RU will be able to demonstrate:

Leadership: Graduates exhibit skills in personal responsibility, awareness of self and others, ability to work effectively in groups, and ability to foster positive team dynamics.
Ethical Behavior and Corporate Social Responsibility: Graduates identify and analyze personal ethical problems to propose and defend an appropriate course of action; and identify and analyze issues in corporate social responsibility to propose and defend an appropriate course of action.
Business Skills and Knowledge: Graduates define, describe and demonstrate foundational business knowledge in addition to their accounting and finance acumen.
International/Global: Graduates integrate relevant cultural, social, political, historical, geographic and environmental factors into the analysis of business issues and the development of an appropriate course of action.
Information Analysis and Application: Graduates identify, access and analyze relevant quantitative and qualitative information to develop, select and evaluate appropriate courses of action.
Communication: Graduates produce and deliver effective written products and oral communications in a variety of contexts using effective technologies.

Outcomes

Graduates have gone on to lead successful careers in finance within accounting career sectors such as public, government and nonprofit, pursuing positions such as auditors, loan specialists, budget analysts and staff accountants.

Firms where recent accounting and finance graduates work include:

State Street
Lockton
Grant Thornton
Commerce Bank
Mission Capital
Sporting KC
Formaster LLC
The Redwood Group
Graybar Electric

Accreditation

The Helzberg School of Management is AACSB accredited.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Essentials of Finance

Computing Technologies for Business

Prescriptive Analytics for Business Decision Making

Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Investments
Corporate and Partnership Taxation

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00 , International

More details

National: Rolling admission with priority given to applications received by December 1 (fall).

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

128 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Kansas City, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete an online application for admission
Counselor's written recommendation
ACT or SAT test score
English proficiency: TOEFL - Internet based minimum score of 80
Provide an Official Statement of Finances directly from a bank or financial institution
Official high school academic credentials, translated into English if necessary
International students/scholars will be able to waive the mandatory student health insurance as long as their policy meets the criteria, or they may enroll in Rockhurst's policy

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

44650 USD / year

≈ 44650 USD / year
Out-of-State

44650 USD / year

≈ 44650 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

44650 USD / year

≈ 44650 USD / year

Living costs

Kansas City

United States

980 - 1596 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Learning Outcomes

Outcomes

Accreditation

Programme Structure

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Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

Tuition Fees

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