Professional Accounting Coalition Expresses Strong Opposition to Draft Regulation Excluding Accounting from Professional Degree Designation

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), together with eight other professional accounting organizations representing approximately 1.5 million accounting and finance professionals, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education expressing strong opposition to any draft regulation which would exclude accounting programs from a professional degree designation and urging that accounting programs be included as a professional degree in the proposed rule.