Other Accounting Scholarships

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Scholarships

The accounting industry provides hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships to students pursuing accounting degrees. Below is a listing of some of those scholarships. You can also search the Internet for other scholarship and financial aid opportunities.

Accountemps/AICPA Student Scholarship
Sponsor: Accountemps, AICPA
Recipient: Five AICPA student affiliate members pursuing studies in accounting, finance or information systems. CPAs are not eligible for scholarship.
Amount: Five $2,500 scholarships
AICPA website

AICPA Scholarships for Minority Accounting Students
Sponsor: AICPA/Minority Initiatives Committee
Recipient: Minority accounting student at undergraduate level or in an approved graduate program.
Amount: $3,000
Information: (212) 596-6223
AICPA website

Arthur Andersen Scholarship Program for Minorities
Sponsor: Arthur Andersen LLP Foundation
Recipient: Must be enrolled in participating school as an undergraduate, graduate or upper level student. Must be a US resident and African American, Hispanic American or Native American.
Amount: $4,000
Information: (507) 931-1682
AICPA website

Ritchie Jennings Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Recipient: Full-time students enrolled in accounting, business administration, finance or criminal justice programs. Graduate or undergraduate students.
Amount: $1,000 - $10,000
Information: (800) 245-3321
ACFE website

Daniel B. Goldberg Scholarship
Sponsor: The Government Finance Officers Association
Recipient: Graduate student in state and local government finance.
Amount: $10,000
Information: (312) 977-9700
GFOA website

Vets covered for CPA exam
Sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs 
Recipient: Veterans in any state can take and have the expense of the CPA exam eligible for reimbursement.
Amount: up to $2,000
Department of Veterans Affairs website

Doctoral Fellowship Program
Sponsor: Deloitte & Touche Foundation
Recipient: Doctoral program accounting student at an accredited university who has completed two or more semesters or the equivalent.
Amount: Up to ten doctoral students receive $25,0000, dispersed in four payments over two years.
Information: (203) 761-3000
Deloitte website
AICPA website

Educational Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting: American Society of Women Accountants and the American Women’s Society of CPAs
Recipient: Accounting major with 60 completed semester hours. Need not be a member of ASWA.
Amount: $1,000 - $5,000
Information: AWSCPA - (610) 407-9229
EFWA website
Information: ASWA - (800) 326-2163
ASWA website

Fellowships for Minority Doctoral Students
Sponsor: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Recipient: Minority doctoral program students who show significant potential to become accounting educators.
Amount: Up to $12,000 per year
Information: (212) 596-6223
AICPA website

Frank L. Greathouse Government Accounting Scholarship
Sponsor: The Government Finance Officers Association
Recipient: Undergraduate or graduate accounting student preparing for a career in state and local government finance.
Amount: $5,000
Information: (312) 977-9700
GFOA website

George A. Nielsen Public Investor Scholarship
Sponsor: The Government Finance Officers Association
Recipient: Employee of a local government or other public entity who is enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in public administration, finance or business administration.
Amount: $5,000 (may be two amounts of $2,500 each)
Information: (312) 977-9700
GFOA website

John L. Carey Scholarship
Sponsor: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Recipient: Liberal Arts degree holders pursuing graduate studies in accounting.
Amount: $5,000 per year
Information: (212) 596-6221
AICPA website

Military Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) 
Sponsor: Department of Defense
Recipient: Military spouses of active duty service members.
Amount: up to $4,000 in financial assistance toward education and testing 
MyCAA website

Minority Doctoral Student Program
Sponsor: KPMG Peat Marwick Foundation
Recipient: African-American, Hispanic American and Native American students in full-time accounting doctoral programs.
Amount: $12,000
Information: (201) 307-7932
AICPA website

Minorities in Government Finance
Sponsor: The Government Finance Officers Association
Recipient: Upper-division undergraduate or graduate student with outstanding performance who is preparing for a career in state or local government finance.
Amount: $5,000
Information: (312) 977-9700
GFOA website

NABA National Scholarship
Sponsor: National Association of Black Accountants
Recipient: An ethnic minority who is an undergraduate or graduate business major and a NABA member who maintains an overall GPA of 3.3 and an accounting GPA of 3.5.
Amount: $3,000
Information: (301) 474-NABA
NABA website

 MNCPA Scholarship Program 
Sponsor: The Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants (MNCPA)
Recipient: Schools are asked to select the recipients based on the following criteria:
1) students must be Minnesota residents,
2) sophomore, junior, or senior level (going on to graduate school), and
3) have at least a 3.0 grade point average in accounting.
Recipients’ participation in activities and honor programs is also considered.
Amount: The MNCPA Scholarship Task Force awards $25,000 in scholarships annually. Each scholarship is worth $1,000.
Information: Check your school’s accounting department or career center for an application.
MNCPA website

National Society of Accountants (NSA) Scholarship Foundation
Sponsor: National Society of Accountants (NSA) Scholarship Foundation
Recipient: Undergraduate accounting student with at least a 3.0 grade point average.
Amount: $500 - $2,000
Information: (800) 966-6679
NSA website

TDC Scholarship
Sponsor: National Association of Black Accountants
Recipient: NABA member who maintains an overall GPA of 2.5 and accounting GPA of 2.0, sophomore or higher completed accounting credits. 
Amount: $1,000
Information: (301) 474-NABA
NABA website