Admission standards for the Master of Science in Taxation program are as follows:
An undergraduate or master's degree from an accredited institution with at least 15 semester hours in accounting (including an income taxation course), an ABA-accredited law degree, or department approval (prior work experience will be given consideration).
Applicants without an AACSB-accredited graduate business degree or an ABA-accredited law degree must have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75 (on a 4.00 scale) or a 2.75 GPA in the last 60 hours of their undergraduate program.
Satisfactory scores (verbal, quantitative, and total) on the GMAT or LSAT. This requirement is waived for applicants who (1) have passed all parts of the CPA exam or (2) have an AACSB-accredited graduate business degree or an ABA-accredited law degree.
Students can begin the M.S.T. program as a student-at-large. However, a maximum of nine semester hours earned as a student-at-large may be applied toward the M.S.T. degree. If you are a student-at-large, you will need to email Suzanne Youngberg or call her office at (815) 753-6099 in order to register for classes. If you provide the following information, she will see that you are properly registered:
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