Accounting
Illinios CPA Society Accepting Scholarship Applications
Students who are enrolled in an Illinois college, have plans to pursue the CPA licensure and demonstrate a course of study that reflects this goal are encouraged to apply.
Mar. 08, 2016
The Illinois CPA Society is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2016-17 academic year. Approximately 30 individual tuition and textbook scholarships are available to college students who demonstrate hard work, academic success, and financial need.
Students who are enrolled in an Illinois college, have plans to pursue the CPA licensure and demonstrate a course of study that reflects this goal are encouraged to apply.
In the last four years, the Accounting Scholarship Program has awarded more than $215,000 to 110 students. These scholarships directly benefit a diverse selection of students who represent all walks of life and attend colleges and universities of various sizes all across the state.
Available scholarships include:
• Accounting Tuition Scholarship: Multiple scholarships of up to $4,000 each are available to students enrolled as a senior or graduate student.
• Accounting Textbook Scholarship: Multiple scholarships of up to $500 each are available to students enrolled as a junior, senior, or graduate student.
• Herman J. Neal Accounting Scholarship: Multiple scholarships of up to $4,000 each are available to African-American students enrolled as a junior, senior, or graduate student.
• Women’s Executive Committee Advancing Women in Accounting Scholarship: Multiple scholarships of up to $4,000 each are available to high-achieving female students enrolled as a senior or graduate student.
“I applied for an Illinois CPA Society accounting scholarship and the Society awarded me $4,000! This scholarship eased my worries about how I was going to pay for all of my debt that built up during graduate school. Also, it allowed me to save money for my CPA exam study materials and application fees,” stated Elizabeth Schwindenhammer, 2015 Scholarship Recipient.
The Illinois CPA Society Accounting Scholarship Program is funded by donations to the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2016. For more information, visit the Illinois CPA Society’s student programs page at http://www.icpas.org/students.htm.