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Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TXCPA)/Accounting Education Foundation Scholarships
Amount: $2,500
Sponsor: Texas Society of CPAs
Program Overview
The generosity of Texas CPAs allows the Accounting Education Foundation to fund scholarships to Texas college students. Recipients are accounting majors at a Texas college or university and have the intent of becoming a Texas Certified Public Accountant and entering the accounting profession upon graduation. GPA and perform well in accounting classes. Recipients receive $2,500 for the academic year.
Requirements
Attend a college or university which participates in Accounting Education Foundation programs and be nominated by the chairperson of the accounting department of the university.
Have satisfactorily completed at least 110 semester credit hours of college-level courses by August 31. A recipient will normally be classified as a 5th year student or graduate student in the fall semester or quarter.
Be an accounting major with the intent of becoming a Texas Certified Public Accountant and entering the accounting profession upon graduation. The student is expected to be enrolled as a full-time college student (at least 12 semester credit hours each semester for undergraduate students/at least 9 semester credit hours each semester for graduate students).
File an Application of Intent to sit for the CPA Exam with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.
Have an Accounting GPA of 3.6 or more on a 4.0 scale.
Have completed 21 semester credit hours of accounting courses required of accounting majors with a grade of B or better in each course by August 31.
Submit an official cumulative college transcript through the end of summer of the current academic school year to include semester or quarter hours earned and cumulative GPA. If the applicant has attended more than one university, the cumulative college transcript should show grades and credit received for all previous schools. If such transcript does not show a previous record, then a separate transcript (or transcripts) will be required.
Information: Applicants must be nominated by the chair of their accounting department. The application link will be sent by the chair.
Questions about this scholarship program can be directed to: Emily Stupnik at estupnik@tx.cpa or (917) 220-0611 ext. 1051
website: www.tx.cpa/resources/become-a-cpa/accounting-student-scholarships
