Accounting Program Featured in Canisius Magazine
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54th Annual Accounting Banquet:
The Accounting Society is hosting their 54th Annual Accounting Banquet on April 28, 2010. Cocktails are at 5:30 p.m. and Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The banquet will be held at Salvatore's Italian Gardens, 6461 Transit Rd., Depew. Tickets for the event are limited. For more information call Mrs. Dulski at 888-2870.
Accounting Grads Earn High Marks On NYS CPA Exam
Group had highest pass rate percentage in New York State on auditing portion of the exam
BUFFALO, NY – Canisius College alumni, who graduated with bachelor’s degrees in accounting and sat for the 2007 CPA exam cycle, had the highest pass rate percentage (61.5 percent) in New York State on the auditing portion of the exam, according to the National Association of the State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). This group also had the second highest pass rate percentage (62.5 percent) in New York on the financial accounting and reporting section of the CPA exam. Overall, Canisius alumni, who graduated with bachelor’s degrees in accounting and sat for the 2007 CPA exam cycle ranked fifth, throughout New York State.
Those Canisius alumni who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the college and sat for the 2007 CPA exam also scored well, according to the NASBA rankings. Graduate and undergraduate alumni had the second highest pass rate percentages on both the auditing (57.6 percent) and financial accounting and reporting (64.3 percent) portions of the exam. Overall, this group ranked fourth, throughout New York State. All results are based on schools that had 20 or more candidates sit for the sections of the exam.
“Through the exceptional efforts of our accounting faculty and graduates, Canisius has continued its long-standing tradition of distinguished performance on the CPA exam,” said Joseph B. O’Donnell, PhD, CPA, CISA, chair of the Accounting Department. “We teach our students to think critically, which enables them to excel as graduates, on the CPA exam and in their professional careers.”
To learn more about the Accounting and Accounting Information Systems major at Canisius College, click here.
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Date released: 3/9/2009