Certificate in accounting at UC Berkeley extension or Master of accountancy at golden gate university

Certificate in accounting at UC Berkeley extension or Master of accountancy at golden gate university?
I am a Ph.D in science. I want to change my career to accounting. Both of the programs will allow me to take the CPA exam. But UC Berkeley extension is less expensive, and Berkeley extension is held by a much better university. Will a CPA without accounting degree find a job or intern in current job market? Thank you!
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well, here is the thing to think about, one is a certificate ( from a better school, but still a certificate though), where as the other one is a legit masters degree. Although you may have to give UCB a pass, which is hard, I would go with the GGU masters of accountancy because of the degree, both ways will lead to a CPA test as you said. So I would say that you could a job way faster if you were a CPA and had a masters degree in related fields, I say GGU.