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Financial aid helps you cover the costs of your college education.
Most financial aid is given on the basis of eligibility or need,
which is determined by the school you are attending, information you
provide about you and your family’s ability to pay for your
education and a set of formulas established by law.
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
Information:
AICPA Web site
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: Up to $5,000
Information: (212) 596-6223
AICPA Web site
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 Web site
Ritchie Jennings Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Recipient: Full-time students enrolled in accounting and auditing,
fraud examination or criminal justice programs. Graduate or
undergraduate students.
Amount: Fifteen $1000 scholarships
Information: (800) 245-3321
ACFE Web site
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 Web site
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 Web site
AICPA Web site
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 Web site
ASWA - (800) 326-2163 ASWA Web site
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 Web site
Frank L. Greathouse Government Accounting Scholarship
Sponsor: The Government Finance Officers Association
Recipient: Undergraduate accounting student preparing for a career
in state and local government finance.
Amount: $3,500
Information: (312) 977-9700
GFOA Web site
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 Web site
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 Web site
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: $10,000 per year for up to five years
Information: (201) 307-7932
AICPA Web site
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 Web site
NABA National Scholarship
Sponsor: National Association of Black Accountants
Recipient: An ethnic minority who is an undergraduate business major
and a NABA member who maintains an overall GPA of 3.3 and an
accounting GPA of 3.5.
Amount: $500 - $6,000
Information: (301) 474-NABA
NABA Web site
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 and includes
a free one-year Student membership.
Information: Check your school’s accounting department or career
center for an application.
National Society of Accountants (NSA) Scholarship Foundation
Sponsor: National Society of Accountants (NSA) Scholarship
Foundation
Recipient: Undergraduate accounting student.
Amount: $500 - $2,000
Information: (800) 966-6679
NSA Web site
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 Web site |
