TXCPA Accounting Education Foundation Scholarship

The generosity of Texas CPAs allows the TXCPA 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. They must have a high cumulative college GPA and perform well in accounting classes.

To be considered for an Accounting Education Foundation scholarship, a student must:

• Attend an eligible college or university in Texas or be enrolled in an accounting program at a community college in Texas that has been awarded the designation to offer Qualifying Education Credit for CPA Examination by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA)
• Be nominated by the chair (or their chosen designee) of school currently attended.
• 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). A student enrolled in an approved community college program is expected to be enrolled in at least 9 semester credit hours.
• Have satisfactorily completed at least 110 semester credit hours of college-level courses by August 31, 2022 and graduate no earlier than spring 2023.
• Have completed 21 semester credit hours of accounting courses required of accounting majors by August 31, 2022.
• Have an Accounting GPA of 3.6 or more on a 4.0 scale.
• File an Application of Intent to sit for the CPA Exam with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.
• Be a Student Member of the Texas Society of CPAs (TXCPA) or have submitted a new Student Member application.
  
  Submit an Application

Questions?
Stephanie King
sking@tx.cpa