Top Accounting Scholarships in 2021
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.
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Keep on reading to learn all about the eligibility, deadlines, and amounts for the top accounting scholarships!
Top accounting scholarships in 2021
$1,000 Fund Your Future No Essay Scholarship
- Eligibility: Graduate/masters students in accounting, STEM, nursing, and business
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: July 31, 2021
Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship
- Eligibility: Women of any age pursuing a business program with major field of specialization in accounting, economics, finance, business management, marketing, and more
- Amount: $8,000
- Deadline: Contact your local club for the deadlines, which are usually between April and August of each year
Ted Rollins Eco Scholarship
- Eligibility: Undergraduate students and high school seniors planning on earning a business or sustainability degree
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: December and June 1st of each year
CMA Scholarship Program
- Eligibility: Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate program or individuals planning to attend a graduate degree program may apply for the scholarship.
- Amount: $1,000 to $5,000
- Deadline: Rolling (year round)
Summary of accounting scholarships
- $1,000 Fund Your Future No Essay Scholarship
- Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship
- Ted Rollins Eco Scholarship
- CMA Scholarship Program
Upcoming accounting scholarships
$1,000 WayUp Aspiring Accountant Scholarship
- Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in accounting or a recent graduate who hopes to begin an accounting career.
- Amount: $1,000
AICPA Foundation Scholarship for Future CPAs
- Eligibility: 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
- Opens: December 1, 2021
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
- Opens: December 1, 2021
AICPA John L. Carey Scholarship Award
- Eligibility: Liberal arts and non-business majors who are pursuing a graduate degree in accounting.
- Amount: $5,000
- Opens: December 1, 2021
AICPA/Robert Half Student Scholarship Award
- Eligibility: Undergraduate or graduate accounting students with demonstrated financial need. Students must also have completed 30 semester hours of school.
- Amount: $10,000
- Opens: December 21, 2021
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
- Opens: December 1, 2020
AWSCPA Scholarship Award
- Eligibility: Female accounting students as undergraduates or graduates.
- Amount: $5,000
- Opens: December 1, 2021
Lily Pabilona Emerging Entrepreneur Scholarship
- Eligibility: Asian American high school, graduate and post-graduate students pursuing a career in entrepreneurship
- Amount: $1,000 to $5,000
