Roosevelt University Master of Business Administration, Accounting Forensics Concentration: Our 2027 Review

This is the Roosevelt option if you want a general management degree with a fraud specialty built in. Your 33-credit Master of Business Administration (MBA) is accredited by ACBSP and includes a three-course Accounting Forensics concentration, and you can earn it online, in a hybrid format, or in Chicago and Schaumburg.

Roosevelt University is a private nonprofit university in Chicago, Illinois, and this concentration sits inside the Custom-Built MBA at its Heller College of Business. The idea is that you graduate with broad leadership skills and a focused specialization that reflects what you want to do next.

Your degree is 33 credit hours: seven core courses, three courses in your concentration and one elective. Roosevelt also offers a stand-alone Master of Science in Accounting Forensics. In that 30-credit degree, you'll take all five forensic courses. The MBA concentration blends three of them with a management core.

Your 33-credit MBA is ACBSP-accredited. The Heller College says its accounting forensics curriculum helps prepare you to test for the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) credentials.

Faculty include Professor Husam Abu-Khadra, who is certified as both a Fraud Examiner and a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics, and the school describes its faculty as a mix of scholars and industry leaders from Chicago and across the U.S.

A full suite of career services helps you land an internship or full-time role, and the Heller College formed a student chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).

Where this degree can lead: Forensic Accounting Jobs, Certified Fraud Examiner Certification.

• Future managers who want fraud knowledge alongside leadership training, since the concentration sits inside a full business degree.
• Students who like options, because you pick any three from six concentration courses.
• Readers who want a choice of setting, with online, hybrid and in-person options in Chicago, Schaumburg and McHenry County College.
• Hands-on learners who would like a supervised accounting internship, which counts as one of the concentration choices.
• Learners who value personal attention, with small class sizes and career services.

Your seven core courses build the general business foundation. The concentration then adds nine credit hours, and you'll choose three courses from Fraud Examination, Financial Statements and Fraud, Anti-Money Laundering, Computer Forensics & Auditing, Topics in Business Forensics, and Professional Accounting Internship.

That menu lets you tailor the specialty. Fraud Examination is the place to start if you want the fraud basics, including embezzlement, asset misappropriation and corruption. In Financial Statements and Fraud, you'll go through real corporations where statement fraud turned up.

In Anti-Money Laundering, you'll follow the laws and agencies built to stop it. Computer Forensics & Auditing works through actual computer fraud cases, and in Topics in Business Forensics you'll meet Benford's law and the tests behind corporate fraud work.

The internship option is a supervised professional learning experience at a business or nonprofit site. The overall learning style leans practical, with case studies, real-world projects and internship experiences across the MBA. You'll round out the 33 credit hours with one elective.

Courses the School Names

• Fraud Examination
• Financial Statements and Fraud
• Anti-Money Laundering
• Computer Forensics & Auditing
• Topics in Business Forensics

Standout Features

• Concentration is three courses (9 credits) chosen from five fraud and forensics courses plus an accounting internship

Heller College of Business graduate tuition is listed at $1,100 per credit hour for 2026 to 2027, and you'll take 33 credit hours for the MBA. Roosevelt describes the program as cost-competitive relative to other accredited MBA programs in Chicago and beyond. Ask admissions about scholarships, and whether transfer credit applies to your plan.

You can complete the Custom-Built MBA fully online or through hybrid courses, on a full-time or part-time basis. Full-time, it's a two-year program of online or hybrid course meetings. Part-time takes 2.5 years, and the catalog also lists a one-year degree map if you want a faster route.

If you'd rather attend in person, you can choose Chicago, Schaumburg or the McHenry County College University Center. You can complete your application entirely online. You'll send transcripts, and you'll add a letter of intent and resume only if your grade point average is under 2.75.

The full rubric is on the methodology page.

• A 2013 Roosevelt release reported that nearly a dozen Heller College accounting majors had already passed the Certified Fraud Examiner exam.

  Source: ENewsPF (Roosevelt press release, 2013)

• A 2015 school release says forensic accounting students won eight of nine scholarships from the ACFE Chicago Chapter's new scholarship fund.

  Source: ENewsPF (Roosevelt press release, 2015)

• The Heller College started the first student ACFE chapter in Chicago and the second in the state, according to a school release.

  Source: ENewsPF (Roosevelt press release, 2015)

• Which three concentration courses do students usually pick, and how do the choices change the career focus?
• How does the supervised accounting internship work, and can it count toward the concentration?
• How does the one-year degree map work, and who qualifies for it?
• Which format fits my goals best: fully online, hybrid, or in person in Chicago or Schaumburg?
• How do the concentration courses line up with the CFE, CIA and CMA exams?
• What career services are available to MBA students who choose the Accounting Forensics concentration?

• Best Forensic Accounting Programs Rank 24 of 27, master's
• Best Master's Programs Rank 24 of 27, master's
• MBA With Forensic Concentration Rank 6 of 6, master's
• With Internships Rank 4 of 5, master's

• Master of Science in Accounting Forensics

  M.S., Master's

  Fully Online Score 67.7

• University of New Haven

  Master of Science in Accounting, Forensic Accounting Concentration

  Connecticut $1,185 per credit Score 61.4

• Pfeiffer University

  Master of Business Administration in Financial Fraud

  North Carolina $400 per credit Score 64.7

• Tiffin University

  Master of Business Administration, Forensics and Fraud Examination

  Ohio $755 per credit Score 65.6

• University of Scranton

  Master of Accountancy, Forensic Accounting Specialization

  Pennsylvania $895 per credit Score 56.4