UW-Whitewater students continue excellence on CPA exam

WHITEWATER ­ Accounting students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
continue to excel on the Uniform CPA Exam. In 2006, UW-Whitewater ranked in
the top 25 for candidates passing all four parts on the first attempt,
according to the latest candidates performance listing by the National
Association of State Boards of Accountancy.  The only other Wisconsin school
to rank in the top 25 was the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

UW-Whitewater ranks 22nd with approximately 55 percent of first-time
candidates passing all four parts of the exam.

³We are particularly proud of the length of time that our accounting
programs have been successful,² said Robert Gruber, accounting department
chair. ³Other programs flash into the top 25 once in a while, but we¹re
consistently ranked with national powers like UW-Madison, the University of
Illinois at Champagne, the University of Texas at Austin, Brigham Young
University and Wake Forest University.²

Impressively, UW-Whitewater students rank No. 6 in the nation on the
³Financial Accounting and Reporting² section of the exam with nearly 78
percent of first-time candidates passing.  Additionally, the students rank
No. 8 in the nation on the ³Business and Environmental Concepts² section
with 81 percent of candidates passing.

³In 2005, we ranked nationally No. 8 and No. 6 on the ŒAuditing and
Attestation¹ and ŒRegulation¹ sections of the Uniform CPA Exam,² Gruber
added. ³Not only do our students do well overall, but they also excel on
each individual section of the exam.²

Closer to home among Wisconsin universities, UW-Whitewater continues to lead
the state in the number of CPA candidates taking and passing the exam. In
2006, approximately 43 percent of UW-Whitewater students passed all sections
taken compared to the national average of 28.8 percent.

For more information on the 2006 Uniform CPA Exam results or about
UW-Whitewater¹s accounting program, contact Gruber at 262-472-5463 or
gruberr@uww.edu.