Fisher School of Accounting

Fisher School of Accounting

Infobox_University


name = Fisher School of Accounting
established = 1977
type =
dean = Director Gary A. McGill
city = Florida
country = USA
students = 820
campus =
website= [http://www.cba.ufl.edu/fsoa/ Fisher School of Accounting] The Fisher School of Accounting is the academic accounting unit at the University of Florida (UF). In 1977, the School of Accounting was established by the Florida Board of Regents as a separate school within the Warrington College of Business, and was endowed in 1985 by Frederick Fisher. Dr. John Simmons was the founding Director of the Fisher School.

The Fisher School of Accounting is often ranked in the top 10 accounting programs within public universities. The 2006 and 2005 rankings of "U.S. News and World Report" rank both the undergraduate and graduate programs #7 among public universities. Fisher School of Accounting graduates' pass rate on the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam has been traditionally twice as high as the national average.

The Fisher School of Accounting has approximately 720 undergraduate and 200 graduate students. Eighty-five percent of University of Florida students score above the national mean on standard entrance exams taken by college-bound students. On average, students admitted to the graduate accounting program score well above the 70th percentile on the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT).

Dr. Gary McGill is the Director of the Fisher School of Accounting. Mr. Dominique DeSantiago is the Associate Director. Other faculty include Dr. Robert Knechel, Dr. Bipin Ajinkya, Dr. Hadley Schaefer, Dr. Doug Snowball, Dr. Joel Demski, Dr. John (Jack) Kramer, Dr. Sandra Kramer, Dr. Chuck McDonald, Dr. Stephen Asare, Dr. Jesse Boyles, Dr. Jenny Tucker, Dr. Robert Tucker, Dr. Haijin Lin, Dr. Vicki Dickinson, Dr. Surjit Tinaikar, and Dr. Deborah Garvin.

National Rankings according to US News

* 14th overall for Graduate Studies
* 12th overall for Undergraduate Studies

External links

* [http://www.cba.ufl.edu/fsoa Fisher School of Accounting]
* [http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/20080329/NEWS/803290341/1002/NEWS "Gainesville Sun" Article about the College's Rankings]
* [http://businessmajors.about.com/od/schoolprofiles/p/WarringtonProfi.htm About.com profile of the School]
* [http://www.find-mba.com/university/247/university-of-florida-warrington-college-of-business Info about the School]
* [http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/03/31/news/campus/080331_ranking.txt "Alligator" article about the rankings]
* [http://www.floridatomorrow.ufl.edu/Business/ Capital Campaign info]
* [http://education-portal.com/articles/University_of_Florida_in_Gainesville,_FL.html "Gainesville Sun" info about the School]


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