CPA Exam Eligibility Requirements

If you plan to sit for the CPA exam in the State of Texas on July 1, 2005 or later, you will need to meet the following requirements by the time you apply to sit for the exam:
• A total of 150 semester hours of college credit
• 30 upper-division or graduate hours in accounting (beyond elementary such as ACC 311 and 312; no more than 12 hours in tax and no more than 12 hours in accounting systems)
• 24 upper-division or graduate hours in business (economics and business statistics at any college level will count as upper division courses; no more than 6 hours from the same discipline)
• 3 hours of an approved ethics course (such as LEB 380.1 or 380.17)
• Completion of your BBA degree (for Integrated MPA tax track students, this includes your LEB electives)*

*Special note for Integrated MPA students: completion of your BBA degree will not be reflected on your transcript until after you graduate. As a result, our office will provide an affidavit that will verify to the State Board that your BBA degree is complete. In order to receive this affidavit, we require that you have good academic standing for your MPA degree (your graduate overall GPA is a 3.00 or better, and your graduate accounting GPA is a 3.00 or better). Please note that this requirement is unique to the Integrated MPA program only.

If you plan to sit for the CPA exam in a state other than Texas, please refer to that state board's CPA exam requirements, as requirements vary from state to state. Links to the state boards can be found on the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy web site: http://www.nasba.org/nasbaweb.nsf/exam.