Are you a student who loves numbers? Maybe math is your favorite class? If this sounds like you, then accounting may be a great option for a college major. Accounting is all about working with financial data and provides a wide range of career options. Accounting is also a lucrative career, with an average salary of over $70,000 per year. Students interested in accounting as a career should apply to accounting scholarships to help pay for their education.

Jump ahead to:

• Top Accounting Scholarships
• Summary of Accounting Scholarships
• Expired Scholarships

Keep on reading to learn all about the eligibility, deadlines, and amounts for the top accounting scholarships in 2020!

Top Accounting Scholarships in 2020

$1,000 Fund Your Future No Essay Scholarship

• Eligibility: Open to graduate/masters students in accounting, STEM, nursing, and business
• Amount: $1,000
• Deadline: July 31, 2021

AICPA Foundation Scholarship for Future CPAs

• Eligibility: Open to undergraduate or graduate accounting students with a major GPA of 3.0. Students must also have completed 30 semester hours of school.
• Amount: $5,000
• Deadline: March 1 (applications open on December 1)

AICPA Foundation Two-year Transfer Scholarship Award

• Eligibility: Students who are studying at a two year or community college who intend to transfer to a four year college and major in accounting.
• Amount: $5,000
• Deadline: March 1 (applications open on December 1)

AICPA John L. Carey Scholarship Award

• Eligibility: Open to liberal arts and non-business majors who are pursuing a graduate degree in accounting.
• Amount: $5,000
• Deadline: March 1 (applications open on December 1)

AICPA/Robert Half Student Scholarship Award

• Eligibility: Open to undergraduate or graduate accounting students with demonstrated financial need. Students must also have completed 30 semester hours of school.
• Amount: $10,000
• Deadline: March 1 (applications open on December 1)

AICPA Scholarship Award for Minority Accounting Students

• Eligibility: Students who identify as Asian, Black, African American, Hispanic, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander or another ethnic minority who are pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting.
• Amount: $3,000 to $5,000
• Deadline: March 1 (applications open on December 1)

AWSCPA Scholarship Award

• Eligibility: Open to female accounting students as undergraduates or graduates.
• Amount: $5,000
• Deadline: March 1 (applications open on December 1)

GreenPal Business Scholarship

• Eligibility: High school seniors and college students majoring in business, economics, or finance 
• Amount: $2,000
• Deadline: November 15

Hustle Tech & Business News No-Essay Scholarship

• Eligibility: Open to all undergraduate and graduate students who sign up for the Hustle free daily newsletter and share what they learned. 
• Amount: $1,000
• Deadline: November 1

Ted Rollins Eco Scholarship 

• Eligibility: Open to undergraduate students and high school seniors planning on earning a business or sustainability degree
• Amount: $1,000
• Deadline: December 1

Summary of Accounting Scholarships

1. $1,000 Fund Your Future No Essay Scholarship
2. AICPA Foundation Scholarship for Future CPAs
3. AICPA Foundation Two-year Transfer Scholarship Award
4. AICPA John L. Carey Scholarship Award
5. AICPA/Robert Half Student Scholarship Award
6. AICPA Scholarship Award for Minority Accounting Students
7. AWSCPA Scholarship Award
8. GreenPal Business Scholarship
9. Hustle Tech & Business News No-Essay Scholarship
10. Ted Rollins Eco Scholarship 

Expired Scholarships

As accounting scholarships expire, we will list them here!