Accountancy
#4 Accounting Program
The Big 4 Accounting Firms Top 50 Accounting Programs (2024)
#7 in Accounting
U.S. News Best Undergraduate Accounting Program (2025)
#7 Undergraduate Business
Poets & Quants Best Undergraduate Business School (2024)
Rigor. Ethics. And a perennial place among the nation’s best accountancy programs.
Our students are diverse and multifaceted, but they all have one thing in common: they ask more of business and of themselves. Through the Notre Dame undergraduate Accountancy program and the M.S. in Accountancy program—both ranked No. 4 in the nation by Public Accounting Report—they do just that.
And recruiters know that Mendoza grads understand how an organization operates and manages its resources. Our accountancy undergraduates achieved a 98% placement rate last year.
During your time as an accountancy student at Notre Dame, you’ll learn to analyze, evaluate and communicate the results of business activities. In other words, you will develop a highly-sought after critical thinking and decision-making skill set—and use that to advance the greater good.
Learn More About Mendoza’s Accountancy Programs
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- Undergraduate: (574) 631-7324 | bwestra@nd.edu
- M.S. in Accountancy: (574) 631-8488 | MSAcct.1@nd.edu
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Highlights
Numbers tell only part of the story.
As a top-ranked accountancy program at a university consistently recognized among the nation’s best, it’s easy to get caught up in the numbers. But we believe the true value lies in what those numbers represent — the relationships and experiences that will shape your Notre Dame journey.
Your accountancy story will be defined by the connections you build: with professors, peers, and the people you serve during your time here. While rankings matter, we’re more interested in the human stories behind them — the ones that will define your future.
An ethical approach
Yes, our rigorous curriculum will prepare you to solve complex accountancy challenges. But more importantly, the solutions you devise to these challenges will be informed by a deep sense of ethics strengthened during your time at Notre Dame.
TAPping into your expertise—and your servant’s heart
Through the Tax Assistance Program (TAP) you’ll have the opportunity to provide tax preparation services to low-income individuals. In the process, you’ll gain real-world experience—and help local community residents receive much-needed tax refunds.
Once a Domer, always a Domer
The strength, accessibility and engagement of the Notre Dame alumni network are virtually unparalleled. We take care of own, during and after your time on campus.
This wealth of diverse experiences creates accomplished—and satisfied—graduates. In fact, Notre Dame ranks No. three on national alumni satisfaction surveys. There we go with the numbers again.
Department Administration
Brad Badertscher
Deloitte Foundation Department Chair of Accountancy
Brad Badertscher is the Deloitte Professor of Accountancy. Brad teaches an accounting research class as well as Corporate Financial Reporting, an elective in the MBA program. Badertscher earned his MBA and PhD in Accounting from the University of Iowa.
Brad researches financial accounting issues, focusing on financial report quality. In recent papers, he examined fair value accounting, tax aggressiveness, and private firm accounting. Brad has published in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting & Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Management Accounting Research, and Accounting Horizons. Brad was a former Editor at The Accounting Review and reviews for many of the top accounting and finance journals.
Contact: (574) 631-5197 or bbaderts@nd.edu
Colleen Creighton
Assistant Department Chair and Associate Teaching Professor
Colleen Creighton is an Associate Teaching Professor and an instructor for undergraduate and graduate tax and accounting courses in the undergraduate and Master of Accountancy programs. She currently teaches the Introductory Managerial Accounting course, Wealth Planning Taxation, Partnership Taxation, Tax Accounting Periods and Methods and is the director of the Tax Assistance Program.
She is a Certified Public Accountant with more than 35 years of professional experience including 30 years with Deloitte Tax LLP. Her professional experience outside public accounting included the management of the financial consulting group within a large financial institution and the management of the trust department within a private family office.
Colleen has a BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Science in Taxation from DePaul University. She also has a Certified Financial Planning certificate.
Contact: (574) 631-3299 or ccreight@nd.edu
Barb Westra
Administrative Assistant
Contact: (574) 631-7324 or bwestra@nd.edu