So what does it take to become an accounting professor in the U.S.?
Well, it depends on what you mean by “accounting professor”
You’ve got:
• Tenuretrack (and tenured) professors
• Fulltime, nontenuretrack professors
• Parttime adjunct professors

Tenuretrack professor of accounting
At most universities you’ll need a terminal degree, which means a PhD in accounting.
But some schools, particularly small liberal arts colleges, might hire you for a tenuretrack position without a PhD in accounting. For example, they might hire you if you have:
• An outofarea PhD
• A DBA
• A JD
• A master’s degree

Adjunct Professor
If you already have a fulltime job and just want to teach a course or two at a local college, then becoming an adjunct is the path for you.
• Both large and small universities hire adjuncts, and they typically seek someone with industry experience and a CPA
• Having a PhD is a plus but it’s not required, as adjuncts aren’t expected to do research.
• You aren’t an employee of the university and won’t receive benefits, and you’ll be paid a lot less than the fulltime faculty
• There’s also no job security, as you’re simply being hired to teach courses on a semestertosemester basis.

Fulltime, nontenuretrack professor
• Generally aren’t required to do much (or any) research
• Have a higher teaching load than tenuretrack and tenured faculty
And while you are a full member of the faculty and will get health benefits, fulltime, nontenuretrack faculty don’t get paid as much as tenuretrack faculty and there is less prestige.
But it’s a great role for someone who absolutely loves teaching and isn’t excited about research. You don’t typically need a doctorate to land these types of jobs, although some of the toptier schools might want someone with a PhD.

If you want to learn more about the requirements for landing a job as an accounting professor, you should look at lots of job postings.
HigherEdJobs and The Chronicle of Higher Education are just two of many places that post accounting faculty positions:
https://www.higheredjobs.com
https://jobs.chronicle.com/

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2:26 Adjunct professors
3:04 Fulltime, nontenuretrack professors
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