WGU master's completion
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WGU's M.S. Accounting is built for accountants aiming at the CPA or CMA: four specializations, fraud and forensic accounting, and a two-course data analytics sequence. Coursework Ninja completes your remaining courses on a written 6-month plan, from Ethics for Accountants through your specialization PAs, or you do not pay. The master's package is $3,500 flat. Coursework Ninja is independent and not affiliated with Western Governors University.
The M.S. Accounting is WGU's CPA-track degree: it meets the 150 semester hours most states require to sit for the CPA exam, prepares you for the CMA as well, and splits into four specializations, Financial Reporting, Taxation, Management Accounting, and Auditing. Every student shares a core of Management Communication, Ethics for Accountants, Fraud and Forensic Accounting, Accounting Research and Critical Thinking, and a two-course Data Analytics for Accountants sequence.
Admission already required an accounting background, so this is not a degree of easy survey courses. We complete your remaining courses, core and specialization, on a written 6-month plan with weekly clear targets. If the agreed plan is not finished in 6 months, you do not pay us.
Every full package includes the written 6-month guarantee: we finish the remaining CUs under the agreed plan, or you do not pay. Packages: Bachelor's $3,000 · Master's $3,500 · both $5,500 · single assessments from $99.
Coverage
Ethics for Accountants, Fraud and Forensic Accounting, Accounting Research and Critical Thinking, and Management Communication: the foundation every specialization shares, completed first so the rest of the plan stays unblocked.
The two-course analytics sequence is where non-technical accountants stall. We complete the analysis work and move it early in the plan, not as a final-month surprise.
Financial Reporting, Taxation, Management Accounting, or Auditing: whichever track you chose, we complete its courses to the rubric or exam standard the assessment carries.
Research memos, fraud case analyses, and reporting papers produced against the rubric, with revision rounds handled until each one passes.
Stuck on one of these right now?
Send the course code on Telegram or WhatsApp. Single-course completions start at $99 with a fixed quote in writing before any work begins.
Course map
Course names below come from WGU's published program materials for this degree. Assessment labels reflect typical OA/PA patterns for the course type; exact task mix can shift by catalog year. Codes are shown only when verified against an official WGU source.
| Course | Assessment | Where students stall |
|---|---|---|
| Management Communication | Paper (PA) | Early path course; good first clear on a weekly plan |
| Ethics for Accountants | Paper (PA) | Early path course; good first clear on a weekly plan |
| Fraud and Forensic Accounting | Paper (PA) | Exam-gated course students postpone longest |
| Accounting Research and Critical Thinking | Paper (PA) | Exam-gated course students postpone longest |
| Data Analytics for Accountants I | Paper (PA) | Cleared on the weekly plan instead of drifting |
| Data Analytics for Accountants II | Paper (PA) | Cleared on the weekly plan instead of drifting |
| Advanced Financial Accounting I | Paper (PA) | Exam-gated course students postpone longest |
| Advanced Financial Accounting II | Paper (PA) | Exam-gated course students postpone longest |
| Corporate Financial Analysis | Paper (PA) | Cleared on the weekly plan instead of drifting |
| Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting | Paper (PA) | Exam-gated course students postpone longest |
| Advanced Auditing | Paper (PA) | Late-path course; protect buffer weeks for revisions |
Stuck on one of these right now?
Send the course code on Telegram or WhatsApp. Single-course completions start at $99 with a fixed quote in writing before any work begins.
Certifications and transfers
WGU evaluates transcripts at enrollment; transfer credit varies by course. Sophia and Study.com clear many lower-division requirements before you start. Our completion fee is separate from WGU tuition. Exact remaining CUs are confirmed at intake and put in the written plan.
Career outcomes
The master's usually serves two goals: finishing the 150 credit hours CPA licensure requires, and moving from staff roles into controller-track positions. Both destinations pay above the business median.
| Role (BLS occupation) | 2024 median pay | Projected growth 2024-34 |
|---|---|---|
| Accountants and auditors | $81,680 | 5% growth |
| Financial managers | $161,700 | 15% growth |
Figures are U.S. national medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2024 median annual pay and projected employment change from 2024 to 2034. Pay varies by state, employer, and experience. What happens after a WGU degree: employers, salary surveys, and the already-employed vs career-changer split.
Bottlenecks
What we see most from accountants in the MAcc:
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The plan
Months 1-2
The shared core first: ethics, fraud and forensic, and research courses cleared early, with Management Communication in the first submission batch.
Months 3-4
Data Analytics for Accountants I and II plus the first specialization courses clear weekly, scheduled around any busy-season blackout you flagged at intake.
Months 5-6
Remaining specialization courses closed out, revision rounds finished, buffer weeks protected. The finish date lands inside the window, in writing.
Guides
All four: Financial Reporting, Taxation, Management Accounting, and Auditing. At intake we confirm your track and remaining courses, then write the order and weekly targets for that exact list.
WGU designed it to meet the 150 semester hours required to sit for the CPA exam in most states, and it also prepares for the CMA. State rules vary, so confirm licensure specifics with your state board; our job is finishing the degree itself.
The master's package is $3,500 flat with the written 6-month finish guarantee. If one course is all that blocks you, single-course completion starts at $99 with a fixed quote first. Coursework Ninja is independent of WGU.
Yes, and the plan accounts for it at intake. Clear targets get weighted away from your blackout months so the schedule survives January through April instead of pretending those months do not exist.
Both, depending on the course. Research, ethics, and communication courses run as written tasks; analytics and technical courses carry their own assessment mix. We complete whichever path each course requires, proctored environments included where they apply.
Coursework Ninja is an independent done-for-you degree completion service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Western Governors University.
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