Yep glad you mentioned contacting your state boards. My state of Georgia does not accept community college credit towards a cpa unless they have been transferred to a 4 yr school. Also my state does not accept credits from a online school.
He would have to have his credentials evaluated by an appropriate agency, such as NASBA, then follow similar requirements to US citizens such as take the CPA exam and meet the experience requirements. Information on how to do this can be found here: nasba.org/internationalexam/ 🌎😀
Good question. Ultimately the state board will review when you submit your transcripts for review to sit for the exam. In the video, I mention working with the state board prior to taking a minor course to be sure that the course will qualify prior to you paying for the course. Working with them prior to you submitting to take the exam, by calling or email, is not a requirement. It is a requirement to have your transcripts submitted for review prior to getting for NTS to sit for the exam. Hope that clarifies it for you. 😀
@@cpadiversity @cpadiversity My question is that if I major in accounting and minor in finance or information technology would I be able to complete the 150 credits required for the CPA ? And when you say about checking with the state board before paying for a minor do you mean it in terms of which course we choose as a minor or in terms of the no. of credits? In another video someone said minors aren't sufficient for completing the 150 credits.
To your first question, it depends on your state board. In some states they will say your finance or IT credits associated with your minor qualify towards your 150. However, other state boards may say that they don’t. So it helps to understand what your specific board will allow. That’s why I say research or contact your state board and ask questions so you know you are making the right decision for your specific situation. I minored in management information systems and those credits were accepted. For your second question, mostly to verify that the courses you expect to take are courses that would be considered. In most states, they will only review your transcript when you formally submit to sit for the exam. So when I say contact them, it’s to get someone to give you a sense of what the board will or will not accept. I recommend that you take the finance or IT minor but load up on credits so that you at least have the 150 when you graduate. 😀
@@cpadiversityWhat do you mean by loading up on credits? Like what else can I do apart from taking a minor? you said about taking some extra courses but what courses can they be ? And I am also confused between choosing minors. Should I take finance or Information technology or management information systems or economics.
@@zoyal2523 I am speaking from an undergrad perspective. When you are in college you typically pick a major, which should be accounting for the purposes of our discussion. Your college studies for your major alone should get you about 120 college credits. When you add a minor to you studies, meaning you will have a major and a minor, the additional credits you get with adding a minor should get you close to your goal of 150 credits. I added a minor and ended up with 149 credits when I graduated. So when I say add a minor, I mean, graduate with your major in accounting and minor in another subject. Overall, your graduate with about 150 credits. For your minor, I’m gonna go ahead and say you should pick anything related to information technology, whether that be management information systems cyber security or something else that’s IT related that interests YOU. Finance and economics are also great minors, but if you need me to give you a suggestion for what you should pick, I’m going to point you toward technology. Do your research and make your own decision, but you will be good if you pick something in technology. If you want to talk in more specifics you can also email info@cpadiversity.com
Thanks for this. Question: I currently have a bachelors degree in Exercise Science and would like to be an accountant. I’m currently getting another undergrad in Accounting now. I know I’d meet the 150 hour requirement, but wanted to know if the undergrad degree in accounting would be enough to sit? I currently live in Arizona and luckily have the gi bill and my job to pay for all my education. Any insight would be helpful! hope to hear back. Thanks for the great content!
Considering you already have an undergraduate degree, I think you will qualify to sit. Looks like you only need 120 credit hours to sit for the exam, which you should meet with having two undergraduate degrees. The key for you is the accounting undergrad to help you meet the accounting and business courses you will need that your exercise science degree won’t be able to qualify. Again you have to go to your board of accountancy for them to review your credits and educational background and give you the yes or no or whether you can sit but I think you’re pretty good.
For majoring in accounting should I go to Georgetown university? Because it doesn't provide topics such as managerial/cost accounting and intermediate financial accounting in its curriculum and so it doesn't provide a well rounded accounting education. Or should I instead go to Washington university in st loius for accounting? But then comes the prestige factor of Georgetown. Please guide me Sir. If in this university the focus is more on international relations n politics then why do people major in accounting here given it accounting isn't a very specialized degree here? Moreover some people are saying that finance has long working hours which burn us out but then some also say that accountants are leaving accounting for finance roles because of low working hours and better work life balance. This is very confusing.
There are a lot of factors that go into deciding which college to go to so you really need to see with yourself and your circumstances to decide which university you choose is best for you and your goals in your personal life. If you go to Georgetown and major in accounting and graduate with an accounting degree from Georgetown, you will still be able to get accounting work opportunities using your bachelors degree from Georgetown alone . If you are looking to get the 150 credit hours, you need to get your CPA license then you will have to find additional ways to get credits for those courses that are missing from the Georgetown curriculum. It may just require that you take the managerial cost accounting courses, and any other courses that are not in the Georgetown curriculum at another institution or online. it is doable so don’t let that be a deterring factor for selecting Georgetown as your university of choice. As for the work hours working in accounting or working in finance can definitely have long work hours, but that’s not totally a bad thing . Long work hours me more money and more experience, which is something that you’re going to need when you’re starting out in your career. Don’t be afraid of the long work hours embrace them. Long work hours also depends on where you work too so those are questions. You should ask during the interview process. Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions. 😁😁 💪🏾
I wish there was just a work experience requirement before taking the cpa instead of getting more expensive education for the heck of it for the exam
Yep glad you mentioned contacting your state boards. My state of Georgia does not accept community college credit towards a cpa unless they have been transferred to a 4 yr school. Also my state does not accept credits from a online school.
So what did you do? Did you minor?
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Honestly the 150 is unnecessary. 120 and using that extra time with work experience/internship is more than enough
In hindsight after going through the process myself, I agree. Thanks for sharing 😀
So that internship would count as a credit?
@@zoyal2523 Not necessarily. You need work experience under a licensed CPA to meet the experience requirement.
Hello, A friend of my have a Master in account and financial management from Uk. How can he get his CPA in USA ?
He would have to have his credentials evaluated by an appropriate agency, such as NASBA, then follow similar requirements to US citizens such as take the CPA exam and meet the experience requirements. Information on how to do this can be found here: nasba.org/internationalexam/ 🌎😀
@CPA Diversity Do we also have to check with our state board if we are doing a minor or is it not necessary? An answer would be highly appreciated.
Good question. Ultimately the state board will review when you submit your transcripts for review to sit for the exam. In the video, I mention working with the state board prior to taking a minor course to be sure that the course will qualify prior to you paying for the course. Working with them prior to you submitting to take the exam, by calling or email, is not a requirement. It is a requirement to have your transcripts submitted for review prior to getting for NTS to sit for the exam. Hope that clarifies it for you. 😀
@@cpadiversity @cpadiversity My question is that if I major in accounting and minor in finance or information technology would I be able to complete the 150 credits required for the CPA ? And when you say about checking with the state board before paying for a minor do you mean it in terms of which course we choose as a minor or in terms of the no. of credits? In another video someone said minors aren't sufficient for completing the 150 credits.
To your first question, it depends on your state board. In some states they will say your finance or IT credits associated with your minor qualify towards your 150. However, other state boards may say that they don’t. So it helps to understand what your specific board will allow. That’s why I say research or contact your state board and ask questions so you know you are making the right decision for your specific situation. I minored in management information systems and those credits were accepted.
For your second question, mostly to verify that the courses you expect to take are courses that would be considered. In most states, they will only review your transcript when you formally submit to sit for the exam. So when I say contact them, it’s to get someone to give you a sense of what the board will or will not accept.
I recommend that you take the finance or IT minor but load up on credits so that you at least have the 150 when you graduate. 😀
@@cpadiversityWhat do you mean by loading up on credits? Like what else can I do apart from taking a minor? you said about taking some extra courses but what courses can they be ? And I am also confused between choosing minors. Should I take finance or Information technology or management information systems or economics.
@@zoyal2523 I am speaking from an undergrad perspective. When you are in college you typically pick a major, which should be accounting for the purposes of our discussion. Your college studies for your major alone should get you about 120 college credits. When you add a minor to you studies, meaning you will have a major and a minor, the additional credits you get with adding a minor should get you close to your goal of 150 credits. I added a minor and ended up with 149 credits when I graduated. So when I say add a minor, I mean, graduate with your major in accounting and minor in another subject. Overall, your graduate with about 150 credits.
For your minor, I’m gonna go ahead and say you should pick anything related to information technology, whether that be management information systems cyber security or something else that’s IT related that interests YOU. Finance and economics are also great minors, but if you need me to give you a suggestion for what you should pick, I’m going to point you toward technology. Do your research and make your own decision, but you will be good if you pick something in technology. If you want to talk in more specifics you can also email info@cpadiversity.com
Thanks for this. Question: I currently have a bachelors degree in Exercise Science and would like to be an accountant. I’m currently getting another undergrad in Accounting now. I know I’d meet the 150 hour requirement, but wanted to know if the undergrad degree in accounting would be enough to sit? I currently live in Arizona and luckily have the gi bill and my job to pay for all my education. Any insight would be helpful! hope to hear back. Thanks for the great content!
Considering you already have an undergraduate degree, I think you will qualify to sit. Looks like you only need 120 credit hours to sit for the exam, which you should meet with having two undergraduate degrees. The key for you is the accounting undergrad to help you meet the accounting and business courses you will need that your exercise science degree won’t be able to qualify. Again you have to go to your board of accountancy for them to review your credits and educational background and give you the yes or no or whether you can sit but I think you’re pretty good.
@@cpadiversity Thanks so much for the reply!
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Great video
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 😁
the educational requirements for CPA's are extremely stupid.....i feel like its unconstitutional at this point
Thanks for sharing. A lot of people agree with you. I think they could be revisited considering the severe talent shortage in the profession 😀
For majoring in accounting should I go to Georgetown university? Because it doesn't provide topics such as managerial/cost accounting and intermediate financial accounting in its curriculum and so it doesn't provide a well rounded accounting education.
Or should I instead go to Washington university in st loius for accounting? But then comes the prestige factor of Georgetown. Please guide me Sir. If in this university the focus is more on international relations n politics then why do people major in accounting here given it accounting isn't a very specialized degree here?
Moreover some people are saying that finance has long working hours which burn us out but then some also say that accountants are leaving accounting for finance roles because of low working hours and better work life balance. This is very confusing.
There are a lot of factors that go into deciding which college to go to so you really need to see with yourself and your circumstances to decide which university you choose is best for you and your goals in your personal life.
If you go to Georgetown and major in accounting and graduate with an accounting degree from Georgetown, you will still be able to get accounting work opportunities using your bachelors degree from Georgetown alone .
If you are looking to get the 150 credit hours, you need to get your CPA license then you will have to find additional ways to get credits for those courses that are missing from the Georgetown curriculum. It may just require that you take the managerial cost accounting courses, and any other courses that are not in the Georgetown curriculum at another institution or online. it is doable so don’t let that be a deterring factor for selecting Georgetown as your university of choice.
As for the work hours working in accounting or working in finance can definitely have long work hours, but that’s not totally a bad thing . Long work hours me more money and more experience, which is something that you’re going to need when you’re starting out in your career. Don’t be afraid of the long work hours embrace them.
Long work hours also depends on where you work too so those are questions. You should ask during the interview process.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions. 😁😁 💪🏾
@@cpadiversity Thank you soooo much!!! You are a gem. A youtuber who actually cares about their viewers.🙌
Good vid
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