Best CPA Prep Courses

Becker has been in business for over 60 years and has partners in 55 countries. Although the company doesn’t advertise its pass rates, the Watt Sells Award recognized Becker as accounting for 90% of its winners who score a cumulative 95.50 across all four CPA exams. 

Becker’s primary offering is its Pro course which costs $2,199, or $183.25 per month. Its study materials include flashcards, videos, simulated exams, one-on-one tutoring, and a live class option. Although its Premium package is more expensive at $2,999, it includes fewer features, such as no tutoring, live class, or test bank. 

Becker’s Advantage course is just $99.95 per month or $2,399 if you pay in full. It includes everything in the Premium package, except for unlimited access, LiveOnline classroom scheduling, and access to CPA exam success coaches.

If you don’t pass your CPA exam, Becker will let you repeat the review course at no additional tuition cost. The company also offers a 14-day demo so you can test drive the course before you buy. You have unlimited course access for the Pro and Premium packages and 24 months access with the Advantage package.

Founded in 1985, Surgent has offered continuing professional education (CPE) for over 30 years. In 2013, it began offering CPA prep courses. Financing options are provided through Affirm, although it’s not available in every state. You can test-drive Surgent’s CPA prep course with a 15-day free trial. 

Surgent’s main course is the Essentials Pass, which costs $1,599 or $145 per month. It includes AI-powered software to get you exam-ready in less time than the competition. You also get ebooks, lecture study notes, 7,700 multiple-choice questions (MCQs), over 400 simulations, and more than 350 videos. 

Premier Pass includes everything in the Essentials Pass, plus printed textbooks, spiral-bound flashcards, and one-on-one coaching with a CPA exam expert for $2,399 or $217 per month. Finally, Ultimate Pass comes with everything in Premier Pass, plus an integrated test bank with 1,000 extra MCQs, audio lectures, Ultimate customer support, and an Excel certificate course, all for a one-time price of $2,999 or $272 per month.

The purchase of a course through Surgent grants you unlimited access to your course until you pass your CPA exam. It estimates you’ll need to study 46 hours to pass all four components of the CPA exam, far fewer than any other prep course provider. If you only need to study for specific sections, you can purchase prep courses for $599 per section or $55 per month if financed.

Irvin Gleim, then a professor at the University of Florida, wrote his first Gleim CPA Review book in 1974. Since then, Gleim has been a leading provider of CPA exam prep courses and pilot courses. If you’ve purchased a CPA exam prep course from another provider and didn’t pass, you may qualify to save $750.

Gleim’s Test Bank package includes over 10,000 multiple-choice questions (MCQs), more than 560 task-based simulations, unlimited practice exams, and phone and email support, all for $999 or $91 per month financed. 

Its Traditional package costs $1,599, or $145 per month, and comes with digital and printed books, SmartAdapt Adaptive Course, audio lectures, over 10,000 MCQs, 1,300 task-based simulations, unlimited practice exams, final reviews, exam rehearsals, detailed performance reports, and phone and email support. With this package, you also get personal coaching. 

The Premium package costs $1,999 or $181 per month and includes everything in the Traditional package. It also includes Gleim Instruct video series, digital flashcards, accounting experts, and Access Until You Pass guarantee.

While each of the packages offered by Gleim is self-study and there are no live classes, you’re never tackling your CPA exam alone. Two of its packages provide personal coaching and all packages offer email and phone support. The SmartAdapt Technology offered in Gleim’s Premium and Traditional packages make it easy to know what to study and when based on your performance. 

If you only need to pass specific sections of the CPA exam, you can purchase section reviews for $599 ($55 per month) each for the Premium package, $459 ($42 per month) each for the Traditional package, and $250 each for the Test Bank package. The Test Bank package does not offer Affirm financing.

UWorld Roger CPA Review was born out of a college dorm room in 2001 when Dr. Chandra Pemmasani began offering case-based learning questions for others in medical residency. It has since expanded beyond the medical world and now offers courses in finance, nursing, legal, grad school, and high school. 

UWorld Roger’s primary offering is its Premier Package which costs $1,899 or $172 per month. It includes 6,000 MCQs, task-based simulations, practice tests, ebooks, unlimited practice exams, audio and video lectures, a mobile app, and personalized study planners. If you only need certain sections to study for, you can buy single sections for $399 and get the same features as the Premier Package.

For $2,999 (or $272 per month financed), UWorld Roger’s Elite-Unlimited Package offers unlimited access to the course until you pass. It includes everything in the Premier Package and also consists of a four-part cram course, digital flashcards, and printed textbooks. 

You’ll get access to your Premier course for 18 months, and if you need more time, you can pay for an extension. The Elite-Unlimited Package provides unlimited course access until you pass. If you’ve purchased just a single section, you get six months’ access.

Founded in 1977, Yaeger CPA Review started in the classroom but moved to a self-study-only course after the exam format changed. The company also offers two 15-minute phone calls with professional CPA and owner Phil Yaeger to create your study plan and progress review. You can test-drive its software with a free trial.  

Yaeger’s primary offering is the CPA Review Bundle, which costs $999 (or $91 per month with financing). You get over 120 hours of video lectures, online textbooks, a study planner, homework questions, a TestBank Quiz Generator and Exam Simulator, flashcards, and 24 months of access. You can also purchase a printed textbook for $99. 

The CPA Review Bundle + adds unlimited access, audio lectures, printed textbooks, and other resources to help you wrap up your learning in the week before your exam.

* Printed, bound textbook available $99 + s/h 

If you fail your CPA exam, you get a free three-month extension to any failed section. Yaeger recommends studying 15 to 20 hours per week for 12 months if you work full-time.