Becker Professional Education is a company that offers educational resources for professionals in the areas of

accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

, and

project management Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. Th ...

. Becker is best known as the largest provider of training for candidates who are preparing to sit for the

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(US) CPA Exam in order to become

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s. Becker offers its CPA Exam Review in the form of live classes (which take place in locations throughout the US and around the world), as well as online courses. Becker no longer offers their course on disc, and instead allows students to download their course for offline use. As a measure of its influence on the accounting industry, the AICPA's '' Journal of Accountancy'' estimated that as many as half of the CPAs in the United States have passed the CPA Exam with the help of Becker's course. Becker is rated by Investopedia as the Best Overall CPA Review course. Originally developed in 1957 by accountant and entrepreneur

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as a training course for fellow employees of

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, Becker CPA Review was launched as an independent company in

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in 1960. The company grew rapidly, and by the 1980s it had classroom locations in more than 90 cities. Becker eventually sold the company to DeVry in 1996, partly due to changes in the industry. In addition to its CPA Exam Review, Becker currently offers exam preparation for a number of other international accounting credentials:

Certified Management Accountant Certified Management Accountant (CMA) is a professional certification credential in the management accounting and financial management fields. The certification signifies that the person possesses knowledge in the areas of financial planning, ana ...

(CMA),

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is the global professional management accounting body based out of the UK. CIMA offers training and qualification in management accountancy and related subjects. It is focused on accountan ...

(CIMA) and Diploma in International Financial Reporting (DipIFR) certifications. Becker also provides continuing professional education (CPE) and project management training. In 2012, Becker acquired Falcon Physician Reviews and expanded into the healthcare education field. Through Falcon, Becker now offers review programs for physicians who are preparing for the

United States Medical Licensing Examination The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is a three-step examination program for medical licensure in the United States sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME). P ...

(USMLE) and the

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(COMLEX). Becker has since discontinued the USMLE & NCLEX programs as Kaplan acquired it. In 2022,

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sold Becker to Colibri.https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220310005837/en/Colibri-Group-Announces-Strategic-Acquisition-of-Becker-Professional-Education-and-OnCourse-Learning

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