Here's my situation.  I have a bachelors in Management with an accounting concentration from DeVry University.  I have been accepted to several Macc programs at respectable universities.  However, I also have an opportunity to get a second bachelors in accounting from a very respectable Tier 1 school.  I'm going to get my masters regardless.  Would my DeVry bachelors and Macc (possibly MBA) be as marketable as a bachelors and Macc, both from very good schools?  I would probably keep my DeVry degree off my resume if I had my second bachelors, since it is a much much better school.  Also, I will be sitting for the CPA exam, so hopefully I can add that to the resume.  Any and all advice would be great. 

Just a side note, I understand I can go for the Macc right now, but it's also kind of a personal preferance and just something I want to do for myself to have a more marketable bachelors.  Please, let me know what anyone thinks and what suggestions you might have.

I have some experience in this area. I had a BS in Biology in 1981 from Long Island University, not a great school. In order to get a job I went back for a BSEE from a much better school. After the first semester, since my grades were pretty good, they offered to move me into a Masters program in Electrical Engineering. I was advised that a BS would serve me better. Did it? I don't really agree. I never reaslly worked designing circuits. I worked on the software side of high tech but did work for companies in Silicon Valley.

I think that getting a masters in EE without a BS in EE would have been rediculously hard. We're not talking basket weaving here. I was somewhat sorry that I didn't have a masters degree. All of the people coming from India have BS degrees from local  Indian Univs. In order to Americanize their credentials they need to get a masters from a US school. For you, without a masters, I think your career will be severly hampered. BTW, in 2005 after 20 years of being out of engineering school I went back to get an MBA in accounting. Getting a 3rd BS in accounting would have been a huge mistake.

To answer all of you:  I will have to take 48 credit hours through the school.  It is their minimum requirement, and that should be all I have to take.  So, I am looking at 1 1/2 to 2 years.

And yes, I agree that accounting from a traditional, good school is not the same as DeVry.  That is also another reason I want the second bachelors.  Although I had an accounting concentration, and I know some of the information, I don't feel one bit confident about sitting for the CPA exam.  Also, I feel like I didn't learn everything that I should have through DeVry.  Don't get me wrong, still a challenging program (at times), but just not designed for what I want to achieve.

That kind of goes with why I would rather get a second bachelors in accounting before a Macc.  I think I would truly struggle through a Macc program right now.