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EDUCATION
Below are the requirements to apply for a CPA license in New Jersey. The requirements differ depending on the date you completed your education.
If you completed your education BEFORE July 1, 2000:
In order to be eligible under the “old rules,” ALL of the following requirements must have been completed prior to July 1, 2000:
- Bachelor’s degree
– Twenty-four (24) semester hours in Accounting
– Six (6) semester hours in Business Law
– Six (6) semester hours in Finance
– Six (6) semester hours in Economics
– Eighteen (18) semester hours in business-related subjects
– Sixty (60) semester hours in liberal arts courses
If you completed your education AFTER July 1, 2000:
- One hundred and fifty (150) semester hours of education
Plus ONE of the following options:
Option 1:
- Graduate degree with a concentration in accounting from an accounting program which has been granted accreditation by AACSB or ACBSP program
Option 2a:
- Graduate degree in business from an accredited AACSB or ACBSP program
- Fifteen (15) semester hours in accounting at the graduate level to include financial accounting, audit, tax and management accounting
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Option 2b:
- Graduate degree from a business school or college of business which has been granted accreditation by AACSB or ACBSP
- Twenty-four (24) semester hours in accounting at the undergraduate/graduate level
Option 3:
- Bachelor’s degree from a business school or college of business which has been granted accreditation by AACSB or ACBSP
- Twenty-four (24) semester hours in accounting (undergraduate/graduate) to include financial accounting, audit, tax and management accounting
- Twenty-four (24) semester hours in business related subjects at the undergraduate level
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Option 4:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Thirty (30) semester hours in accounting to include financial accounting, audit, tax and management accounting
- Twenty-four (24) hours in business-related subjects at the undergraduate or graduate level
FEES
- Initial – $65
- Transfer of Grades – $75
- Reciprocal – $75
INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES
Applicants who obtained their education outside the United States must have their educational credentials evaluated by NASBA International Evaluation Services.
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