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If you are looking for a degree that is going to help you learn accounting skills, this is not it. I graduated from this institution with a masters degree in 2016 and couldn't be more dissatisfied with the level of education I received. My GPA was 4.0 and I took nothing away from Liberty University other than borderline carpal tunnel from writing so many ridiculous papers and forum posts on the subject of ACCOUNTING. -There is virtually no interaction with instructors -Practically 0 content is provided... Read More by liberty university. Do not expect any lectures to supplement the text material -Your assignments for every class will always be a few forum posts a week in which you have to unnaturally cite only peer-reviewed papers in the very narrowly researched field of accounting (because it is not a science), and a 10-12 pg. paper with 10 peer-reviewed sources Yes, I do have a job in accounting, but I have learned far more from accounting websites than I took away from Liberty University. I don't even put this degree on my resume anymore. Other majors at Liberty may be different but my experience with accounting was that the program is devoid of value. It is very easy to get admitted and the tuition is affordable in relation to other schools but please don't take this bait. You will probably end up spending $25K or so on a master's that isn't worth $.25. Spend more and get your degree from a higher quality institution where you have a chance to learn some accounting. There are many online options out there in which the faculty has actually developed content and interacts with students.

I received an academic warning from the university. They are very strict on their Online Master Degree program because your GPA has to be 3.0 and up, below that then it's either that they will put you on Academic Warning, Suspension or Dismissal. They don't understand that most people that are taking the online courses are either working individuals and people that would want to make a difference in their lives. After having at least close to 65 thousand dollar loan, they will just dismiss you like... Read More no other. I observed that they are very lenient with military families because they get $$$ from their GI bill. I know this is a Christian school, but you also have to think of people that are taking this classes are people who want to make a difference in their lives to make themselves better. This is what God wants. I just wish that they will round of the GPA but they wont. I am so sorry for this school.

I am about halfway through completing my final class at Liberty University and will be graduating with a Masters in Accounting within a few weeks. Liberty has been a decent online experience. The assignments aren't overwhelming and the online library is top notch for ease of performing research. That said, the classes are overly focused on scholarly research. One should expect a good dose of research assignments in a masters program, but there should be a balance between theory and application. Most... Read More of the assignments in the Liberty MSA, including discussion board posts, are theoretical in nature and call for heavy examination of peer-reviewed literature. While these tasks have been challenging, they provide very little in the way of practical skills that can be transferred over to the real world. I was a career-changer when I started the degree and hoped that I would build more technical accounting skill in this program. Unfortunately, I've gotten more material that I can apply to my job from accounting websites than the academic research assignments at Liberty. I have read other reviews indicating that instructors aren't very involved and, while this is true, it is no different from any other online program in that regard. I have taken many online classes at multiple institutions over the years and fact is, the majority of the instructors in the online format are hands off regardless of school. You have to be comfortable learning material on your own if you choose the online format. If you are new to the accounting field and need to gain practical skills that you can apply on the job, I would not recommend this program. Do some research for yourself and find a program that builds those skills through assignments that involve application of the material. You should also consider whether or not you will need an accounting internship, which will be the case if you want to get into big public accounting. If you need an internship, take a look at programs that have strong ties with public firms. If you are already in the accounting profession and want a masters to bolster your resume or provide enough hours to sit for the CPA exam, Liberty can be a cost effective option for you.

The college is as good as any other college out there. Some of the professors are great and some are horrible. The worst professors you will encounter are in your undergraduate classes. This information is strictly for accountancy graduates and possibly other disciplines if applicable. I wanted to get my degree in accountancy because there are thousands of accountancy positions available through the job boards. My story is that I was transitioning from a completely different professional field of... Read More study with very limited "real-world" accounting experience. From an educational standpoint, this made me take every undergraduate course in accounting as they were prerequisites for the Masters program (big money). I maintained a 4.0 in 17/17 classes. From a job seeking standpoint, I could not have made a worse decision. You MUST have or go through an internship to even hear back from a company. Without this, you will not even get entry level A/P or A/R jobs which are essentially $12-$15 data entry jobs (imputing source document info into the CRM). This is not even discussed by advisors or anybody at the school. Experience is the ONLY way to break into this industry. Companies will not hire to train and I'm speaking from the greater Phoenix area which has hundreds of accounting jobs. The cut-off age (which is unspoken) for the big 10 is 31 years old. I found this out after speaking with a multitude of employees at these firms while Ubering. I would check to see if your degree requires internships and experience before going to an online school (very limited practical knowledge regarding certain disciplines). Everyone that I have spoken to that went to a brick-and-mortar school understood that internships were the industry standard. I wish I knew this before I wasted 65K on a worthless online degree. You would think that your personal academic advisor would have had this conversation with the students before applying. Christian or not, education is all about money. If it were not, I would not have received 30 calls and e-mails from 2 months in advance of class start date until the deadline date to register. Please check to see if your discipline needs experience (even at entry level; which now means 1-2 years of experience) before even thinking about going to on of these schools. I now have a worthless piece of paper that I am willing to sell. Best of luck and do not let the Christian thing fool you! MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!!!!!!