Overview

Key facts:

Yale SOM's specialization in Accounting is designed to develop strong theoretical and empirical skills. There is a heavy emphasis on original research to form a base for sustained scholarship. Co-authored research, with both faculty and fellow PhD students, is encouraged and supported.
Yale University’s accounting program is small (matriculating 1-2 students each year), and involves informal and spontaneous frequent interactions with faculty. The program maintains a 1:1 faculty-to-student ratio. Students interact with emerging research in a host of ways, from conferences held on campus to weekly seminars where faculty and fellow PhD students present and discuss their work.
Candidates tend to pursue a broad range of research interests, helped by courses in accounting as well as in various areas of management, Department of Economics, Yale Law School, and other parts of the University. They develop fruitful relationships with other Ph.D. students, especially from the Finance PhD program.

Programme Structure

Examples of research submitted as dissertations by students in the program:

Intended Benefits and Unintended Consequences of Improved Performance Disclosure
Asymmetric Inefficiency in Market Response to Non-earnings 8-K Information
Real Earnings Management in Nonprofit Organizations
How Does More Frequent Reporting Reduce Information Asymmetry?
Real Earnings Management in the Financial Industry
Accruals and price crashes
Customer-base concentration: Implications for firm performance and capital markets
The Treatment of Special Items in Determining CEO Cash Compensation
Strategic Decentralization, Bargaining, and Transfer Pricing in Supply Chain Efficiency
Keynesian Beauty Contest, Accounting Disclosure, and Market Efficiency

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-12-15 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Accounting View 43 other PhDs in Accounting in United States

Academic requirements

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

Required

English requirements

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

If you have completed your undergraduate degree (bachelor's or equivalent) or will have completed it prior to your intended matriculation date at Yale, you may apply to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).
Applicants are required to take either the GRE or GMAT test.

You will need to provide the following with your application for admission:

A statement of academic purpose.
A list of all the prior colleges or universities you have attended, accompanied by unofficial transcripts from each school. Unofficial transcripts should be uploaded with your application. Official or paper transcripts are not needed at this time.
Three letters of recommendation. Enter the names of your recommenders directly in the application and they will receive a link to upload a letter on your behalf.
Resume/CV

Tuition Fee

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International

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 USD per year during 72 months.
National

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 USD per year during 72 months.
In-State

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 USD per year during 72 months.

All PhD students at Yale receive a fellowship that covers the full cost of tuition, typically for a minimum of five years.

Living costs for New Haven

1380 - 2110 USD /month

Living costs

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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