What is the Online Option?
CPAexcel's Video Gold Medal Course, our most popular and full-featured CPA review course, is the basis for the online option we offer to our university partners. The course is delivered online with the most powerful combination of features, bundled together at a very economical price. The course is for those who learn best using a mix of video lectures and reading, plus want the flexibility to study on, or away from the computer. Students receive personalized guidance and study plans with prompt answers from subject-expert professors online. See the full list of key features and benefits below.
Student Price
$1,195 Complete, $400 per Section Available up to 12 months after graduation date.
Alumni Price
$1,495 Complete, $500 per Section Available to alumni, faculty and employees.
Key Features and Benefits:
The course uses CPAexcel's course materials and learning tools with the most up-to-date study text, video lectures, professor mentoring, textbooks and more:
Video Lectures and Printable Lecture Slides
Within each Bite-Sized LessonSM, ten leading subject-expert professors present key concepts and principles, heavily weighted exam topics, and topics that often give students trouble on the CPA Exam. Each video lecture is accompanied by slides that you can print out and use to take notes while viewing the lecture. » Learn More
Video Course includes (1) 1 set of DVDs containing the Video Lectures and Printable Slides, (2) free streaming video delivery for three years from date of purchase (cost is $25 for an additional 3 years), and (3) free updates of the content of the Video Lectures until you pass the CPA Exam. Updated DVDs may be purchased for a small charge.
Proficiency Questions
Over 5,400 questions designed to 'Quiz' and test your reading comprehension and basic subject knowledge. Set yourself up for success by assessing your basic knowledge before tackling exam questions. No other review course offers Proficiency Questions.
Electronic Study Text
Over 3,000 pages of exam-targeted study text written by professors at some of the top accounting schools in the country (UT Austin, Northern Illinois, CSU Sacramento).
Past Exam Questions
5,100 AICPA Exam questions with full rationales explaining precisely why each choice is either wrong or right.
Digital CPA Flash cards
More than 3,400 electronic flash cards cover crucial testing points in each exam section. Created by former CPAexcel student Christine Howard who was the first person in history to get a perfect score on all four exam sections on the first try. We continue to update Christine's cards regularly for our students. Perfect for quickly reinforcing and testing your knowledge in all exam areas.
Efficient Learning System
CPAexcel's Efficient Learning System (ELS) enables students to learn more per study hour. By learning more per study hour, students answer more exam questions correctly and pass the CPA Exam at higher rates.
Study Strategy Support
Since the CPA Exam covers a massive amount of material and your study time is precious, CPAexcel helps you select a study strategy that best suits your current knowledge level and available time.
- The Study Course strategy lets you move through the course materials from A to Z, ensuring a complete review of the entire course.
- The Diagnostic Exams strategy provides an initial assessment of your knowledge by pulling a random sampling of past exam questions.
- The Exam Tutor strategy allows you to build a custom exam by choosing how many questions you wish to see, what subjects they cover and whether you have seen them before.
Simulated CPA Exams
Minimize exam anxiety by taking the CPA Exam ahead of time! Simulated CPA Exams mirror the actual exam all the way down to the number, type and mix of questions, time-limits and break policies. Take it as often as you want. Each time you'll get new questions and a full report of your scores detailing your strengths and weakness in every topic.
Simulations
46 full 40 to 50 minute simulations delivered through an exact replica of the user interface you will encounter on the CPA Exam.
Free Software & Content Updates
Our students benefit from the simplest, most generous guarantee in the marketplace. We deliver free software and content updates to our students until they pass the CPA Exam. No conditions, no exceptions.
Final Review
Much like a dress rehearsal before going on-stage opening night, CPAexcel's Final Review includes the Exam Tutor and Simulated CPA Exams to fine-tune your performance and boost your scores before the CPA Exam.
Printed CPA Flash cards
(Extra Cost Option)
Over 3,400 electronic and 1,000 Printed CPAexcel’s Flash Cards written by Christine Howard, one of CPAexcel's Gold Medal winners and the first person in history to get a perfect score on all four parts of the CPA Exam on her first try. Christine created these flash cards for her own use to cover every testable point that might appear on the CPA Exam, and we continue to update them regularly for our students.
Textbooks
CPAexcel textbooks include Study Texts identical to those included in the CPAexcel Self-Study Course, organized into 3 to 10 page lessons that follow the same sequence as our courseware.
Other Benefits
- Tested study schedules guaranteed to have you ready for the CPA Exam by a date you choose.
- Exam-targeted content provides types of questions and level of detail necessary to answer exam questions correctly.
- You will receive personalized mentoring by highly experienced exam review experts.
- We are the ONLY courseware provider to unconditionally guarantee free updates and course repeats until you pass.
System Requirements
Check the minimum system requirements for running CPAexcel on your computer.
Student Benefits
Students preparing with CPAexcel pass the exam at almost twice the national average. From 2004-2009, the average pass rate has been 87% for CPAexcel students, versus the national average of 46%, reported by the AICPA.
Exceptional course savings for students and alumni. Students save more than $1,000 over other national review courses.
Course content is authored and presented by top CPA Exam review experts from leading accounting schools in the nation.
CPAexcel's unique Efficient Learning System enables students to learn and retain more information per study hour, using bite-sized, interactive lessons.
Unconditional guarantee: Students receive free course updates and repeats until they pass the exam. There is no expiration date for using the course material.
"The material is presented in a concise, well organized fashion."
"CPAexcel played a critical role in my success on the CPA Exam. The large bank of past exam questions, presented in a testing format similar to the actual computerized exam, were an especially critical part of my preparation. The material is presented in a concise, well organized fashion. I would highly recommend CPAexcel to anyone preparing to take the CPA Exam."
Austin, TX
AUD - 96, BEC- 90,
FAR - 95
"... clear and concise explanations of matters that had previously seemed much more complex to me."
"I relied on CPAexcel to refresh my memory on individual taxation issues and to educate me on entity-related tax issues. The U.S. federal tax code encompasses so many topics, yet I was pleasantly surprised to see that CPAexcel had boiled the main topics down to a relatively small number of study units. The study units themselves were manageable in length and logically organized. They contained clear and concise explanations of matters that had previously seemed much more complex to me."
Winner of the 2008
Elijah Watt Sells Award
Eagle Mountain, UT
AUD - 99, BEC - 94,
FAR - 99, REG - 98
"... CPAexcel held my interest and helped me to relate the topics to one another."
"CPAexcel's self study product is great! The product allowed me to study on my own time and gave me the confidence that I needed for the real exam. Unlike several CPA textbooks that I tried, CPAexcel held my interest and helped me to relate the topics to one another. As a result, I was able to not only just memorize facts but also learn and build upon the accounting knowledge that I already had. This helped me tremendously when I was faced with unfamiliar questions on exam day. CPAexcel is a large reason why I was able to earn 89 on FAR, 89 on BEC, 82 on REG, and 98 on AUD on my first try! If you are still working on passing the CPA Exam , hang in there. With CPAexcel's help, you will make it. Thank you CPAexcel."
Mentor, OH
AUD - 98, BEC - 89,
FAR - 89, REG - 82
"I want to thank CPAexcel for the great assistance, materials and simulations that helped me to pass the CPA exam ..."
"Passing the CPA exam was easier by using CPAexcel materials and Simulations. The way they have the ideas organized it really helped me to understand the subjects and to know how should I think and how to take the exam, I want to thank CPAexcel for the great assistance, materials and simulations that helped me to pass the CPA exam ..."
Dokki, Giza, Egypt
AUD - 92, BEC - 85,
FAR - 81, REG - 77
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