Fordham University Master of Science in Professional Taxation in 2027

Fordham's Master of Science in Professional Taxation is a 30-credit degree you can take fully remotely in live online classes, finish in as few as 12 months, and shape with four electives of your own choosing.

Fordham teaches this degree through its Gabelli School of Business in the Bronx, and since Fall 2023 every tax course has run online in live, synchronous sessions. You attend class at set times with your professors and classmates, so you're not working through recordings alone.

The faculty mix full-time professors with adjunct instructors who work in New York City's financial sector, so many of the people teaching you handle tax questions for a living. The school describes its classes as focused on current tax law and on solving real-world problems. You don't need an accounting background to start, which means it's a workable move for people coming from liberal arts or general business degrees.

Fordham says the program may help business undergraduates meet the credit criteria to sit for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam, and that its courses help those taking the tax discipline part of the exam after 2023. On outcomes, the school reports that graduates have been hired for taxation positions at firms including PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, E&Y, Citibank, Morgan Stanley and CBS.

Graduates also work in tax departments within corporations and smaller companies. The school adds that former students tend to hire Gabelli School graduates, because they know the program's rigor first-hand. Fordham's taxation master's graduates post median earnings of $128,385 in the College Scorecard.

Where this degree can lead: Masters in Taxation Jobs.

Who It Fits

• Career changers from liberal arts or business: the program doesn't require an undergraduate accounting degree, and a three-credit individual and business entity taxation course covers the basics of U.S. tax first.
• Working professionals who want weekday flexibility: part-time students can take classes one day per week, and all tax courses are online.
• People who want a fast route: the full-time, three-term structure can be completed in 12 months.
• Students who already know their niche: four electives can be any tax course or any advanced-level accounting course, so you can lean toward estate, international or small business tax.
• Anyone targeting New York City employers: the faculty work in the city's financial sector, and graduates have been hired by firms the school names.

The degree is ten courses and 30 credits: six required tax courses and four electives. The required courses are Corporate Taxation, Partnerships, Tax Planning for Individuals, International Tax and Accounting, Tax Accounting, and IT and Data Analytics for Taxation. The last of those, IT and Data Analytics for Taxation, adds a technology angle to the core.

The bulletin lists a learning goal that students will research and apply tax and analytics to resolve taxation issues, along with an emphasis on communication, creative problem-solving and strategic vision. For electives you can pick any tax course or any advanced-level accounting course, and the school suggests areas such as corporate tax, international tax, small business tax, estate tax or gift tax.

The Professional Practice Research Seminar can also count as an elective. Fordham says the freedom to follow your own interests through electives is a feature that sets its program apart.

Courses the School Names

• Corporate Taxation
• Partnerships
• Tax Planning for Individuals
• International Tax and Accounting
• Tax Accounting
• IT and Data Analytics for Taxation

Standout Features

• Four electives can be any tax course or any advanced-level accounting course, so students tailor the degree
• Taught by full-time faculty and adjunct instructors who are working tax professionals in New York City
• Tax courses include IT and Data Analytics for Taxation

You have two schedule choices. Full-time students follow a three-term structure and can finish in as little as 12 months. Part-time students spread the 30 credits over a longer stretch, such as two years, and the school notes they can take classes on only one day per week.

Each of the ten courses carries three credits, so you can plan your pace one course at a time. If you haven't studied U.S. tax, add the three-credit prerequisite, ACGB 7184 Individual and Business Entity Taxation, before the required courses.

Tuition is $2,303 per credit for students who entered from Fall 2023 onward, using the 2026-27 rate. Across 30 credits that comes to $69,090. Fees are $128 general and $249 technology per term. There's also a one-time $3,939 enrichment fee in the first term for new MS students.

Fordham also takes part in the Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholars Program, which provides a limited number of full scholarships covering 100% of tuition and academic fees, excluding books and living expenses, for selected students going on to a fifth-year master's in accounting or taxation.

The school states the scholarship can help students meet the 150-credit hour requirement for CPA eligibility.

30 credits at $2,303 a credit comes to $69,090 in tuition, before fees.

Every tax course in the program is online and live. Fordham calls them synchronous courses, which means you log in at scheduled class times and work through problems with your instructor in real time. You can earn the degree fully remotely.

Some students who need introductory tax or accounting prerequisites will find those offered in person, and accounting electives are also available on campus in the Bronx if you want a classroom for part of your schedule. Guest speakers and networking events are open to students who can attend in person.

The full rubric is on the methodology page.

The people come up first. A graduate quoted by the school called the people the best part of the program, saying that its small size made it possible to connect with professors and classmates on a personal level. Another graduate praised the professors as helpful and experienced, and a third pointed to unique internship and networking opportunities in New York City.

Outside the school, College Factual's 2027 list of Middle Atlantic taxation schools places Fordham fourth, and Universities.com, on its list of New York taxation colleges, shows Fordham with a 4.38 rating from six reviews.

• Which of the four electives are offered online each term, and which are taught in person?
• Do I need the three-credit prerequisite given my undergraduate coursework?
• How do the Deloitte Foundation scholarships get awarded to MS in Taxation students?
• What class times do the live online sections meet for full-time and part-time students?
• Which networking events and guest speakers can remote students join?

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