Invest in Your Future with a TXCPA Scholarship
The TXCPA Accounting Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to empowering future accounting and finance professionals by providing access to the education and resources they need to succeed. Becoming a CPA is more than earning a degree—it’s about unlocking opportunities, building a strong career and making a lasting impact.
Our scholarships go beyond financial assistance—they connect you to a community of experienced professionals committed to your success. As a scholarship recipient, you’ll gain valuable support, career guidance and lifelong connections with CPAs who are invested in your future.
Applications for the 2025 scholarship cycle will open in Fall 2025. Stay tuned for details on how to apply!
Why Apply?
- Financial support for your studies: $2,500 in Scholarships for 4-year universities and $1,000 for the five community colleges approved to offer the additional 30 hours for licensure.
- Professional Mentorship: Connect with experienced CPAs who can help guide your career path.
- Exclusive Networking Opportunities: Be part of a community committed to helping you succeed.
To be considered for an Accounting Education Foundation scholarship, a student must:
- Be a current TXCPA member. (Student membership is FREE: Join here)
- Be an accounting major with the intent of becoming a Texas Certified Public Accountant and entering the accounting profession upon graduation.
- Attend a college or university in Texas that offers a bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting and graduate students each year or attend one of the five Texas community colleges approved to offer the additional 30 hours for licensure. (Note: applicants will select their school from a list of approved schools on the online application.)
- Submit the name and contact information for an accounting professor or department chair to provide a reference as part of their application.
- Be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate college student (at least 12 semester credit hours each semester)
OR
Be enrolled as a full-time graduate or community college student (at least 9 semester credit hours each semester) or as a part-time graduate or community college student (at least 6 semester credit hours each semester and must have completed the 120 hours required to sit for the CPA Exam and are currently employed to meet the CPA licensure work experience requirement) - Have satisfactorily completed at least 90 semester credit hours of college-level courses by August 31 of the year of application and graduate no earlier than spring semester of the same academic year.
- Have completed 15 semester credit hours of accounting courses required of accounting majors by August 31 of the application year.
- Have an Accounting GPA of 3.25 or more on a 4.0 scale.
Accounting Excellence Award
Awarded since 1969, the Accounting Excellence Award bestows honor to an outstanding accounting student at Texas colleges and universities participating in the programs of the Accounting Education Foundation.
Every recipient has his or her name and year engraved on an individual plate for the permanent Accounting Excellence Award plaque at their school. In addition, an individual recognition plaque is presented to the recipient at the local TXCPA chapter meeting. This ceremony gives the recipient a chance to meet working CPAs in the vicinity and allows these CPAs the opportunity to congratulate and encourage the award winner.
Support Future CPAs
Your tax-deductible contribution provides the funding that supports these opportunities to invest in the future of the accounting profession. This is the time to help ensure that your firm or business has the workforce it needs in the coming years.
Making Dreams a Reality
“While facing tuition for my grad school that was almost double that of my undergraduate studies, the Accounting Education Foundation scholarship made such a big difference.”
- Kim Crawford, CPA-Fort Worth and Partner In Charge for the TXCPA annual audit
”Becoming a CPA has been one of the best, most rewarding decisions I ever made, and I can’t thank the past benefactors of the TXCPA Accounting Education Foundation Scholarship enough for the opportunities their scholarship provided me. All I can do is pay it forward, give future CPAs the same helping hand I was given, and encourage others to do the same.”
- Charlotte Jungen, CPA, CFP and Accounting Education Foundation Trustee
“Thanks to your generous support, I am one step closer to becoming the first in my family to attain a college degree.”
- Heather Finley, 5th year accounting student @ the University of North Texas
“Your scholarship came at the point in my degree plan when I was in much need of the funds and you made it possible to complete my Master’s degree.”
- Sarah Gauteson, 5th year accounting student @ Sam Houston State University