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Accounting College Scholarships
Accounting remains one the most popular business majors in colleges all around the United States and this number continually rises every year. In the three years between the 2000-2001 school year and the 2003-2004 school year, the number of accounting majors rose in some areas as much as almost 40%. The growing amount of accounting students makes competition for accounting scholarships extremely aggressive.
As with many types of scholarships, accounting scholarships are available on both the national and state level. National scholarships are generally presented by government organizations that are concerned with expanding the population of accountants, like the National Society of Accountants; or those institutions that are concerned with getting minorities and women into the accounting field, like the American Society of Women Accountants or the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting. Since both general accounting scholarships and minority accounting scholarships are readily available to current and prospective accounting students, most students will be able to find a scholarship program for which they qualify.
In addition to national scholarships, there are a lot of state scholarships for accounting students. These are usually presented by state agencies and colleges to provide scholarship monies to students within the given state; some of these institutions are the New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants, and Indiana University at South Bend. The average award amount for a scholarship is between $500 and $2000, though some offer as much as $5000 or as little as $100. The amount of money often depends on the number of awards won and the type granting institution.
List of Accounting Scholarships
- Accountemps/American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Student Scholarship — $2500 awarded each year to 2 undergraduate or graduate students majoring in accounting, finance, information systems.
- American Society of Women Accountants Scholarship — Varied amount to varied number of undergraduate students majoring in accounting .
- Central Intelligence Agency Undergraduate Scholarship Program — Up to $18000 awarded each year to varied number of undergraduate students majoring in accounting and other areas.
- Fifth/Graduate Year Student Scholarship — Up to $4000 awarded each year to 16-22 senior undergraduate student majoring in accounting.
- HSF-ALPA Scholarships — $1250 to $10000 awarded each year to varied number of Hispanic heritage students majoring in accounting.
- Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship — $5000 awarded each year to 1 named minority undergraduate or graduate student majoring in accounting and other areas.
- National Conference of CPA Practitioners — $1000 awarded each year to 1 freshman majoring in accounting to be CPA.
- National Society of Accountants Scholarship — $500 to $1000 awarded each year to 36 undergraduate students majoring in accounting.
- Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship — $1000 awarded each year to 15 undergraduate and graduate students majoring in accounting or criminal justice.
- Sprint Scholarship/Internship — Up to $5000 awarded each year to varied number of junior and senior year students majoring in accounting and other areas.
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