Scholarships

The Department of Accounting & Information Systems offers many scholarships annually to accounting students.  Applications are due on-line to the Undergraduate Programs Office.  Click here for an application.

Additional information is available at the Office of Student Financial Services.

Outside organizations also award scholarships directly to accounting students in addition to departmental awards.   Separate applications directly to these organizations are required.  

Scholarships include PwC Minority Scholarship, National Society of Scholarships Foundations,  and others listed below.  If a hyperlink is not available, stop by the Department of Accounting Office for additional information.

WICPA Undergrad Scholarship Applications:  WICPA Undergrad / WICPA Minority Undergrad

WICPA Minority Masters Application:  WICPA Minority Masters

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants w/ Robert Half International/Accountemps offers scholarships to two AICPA student affiliate members. Applicants must be undergraduate or graduates pursuing studies in accounting, finance, or information systems. The scholarship is $2,500 for one year. Application deadline is April 1. Applications are available on the AICPA web site.

AICPA John L. Carey Scholarships Program offers scholarships for liberal arts students wishing to pursue graduate accounting study. Application deadline is April 1. Applications are available at www.aicpa.org/members/div/career/edu/jlcs.htm

National ALPFA Scholarship .  Fifty (50) students from across the United States will be selected to receive scholarships, all of whom will be invited to attend the National ALPFA Conference in Scottsdale, AZ August 10 – 14, 2008, at no cost to them.  Application deadline is March 15. 

Additional scholarships are available through the National Society of Accountants at www.nsacct.org.  Review the NSA Scholarship Foundation tab for the application and awards information.   Applications must be received no later than March 10, 2009.

Following is a listing of scholarships awarded through the Department of Accounting & Information Systems.  This list may not be comprehensive and it is subject to change.  Other donors have also generously contributed funds for discretionary use by the accounting department.  Thanks to the contributors!  Click here for an application.


Undergraduate Scholarships offered through the Department of Accounting

  • Beta Alpha Psi Scholarship 
  • BDO Seidman
  • Bollom Family Accounting Scholarship
  • Lindsay R. Boyle Scholarship 
  • Paul A. Carlson Scholarship 
  • Deloitte Scholarship 
  • Ralph & Elizabeth Ebbott Study Abroad Scholarship
  • F.H. Elwell Scholarship 
  • Ernst & Young Scholarship 
  • Earl G. Frank Scholarship
  • George E. Frazer Scholarship 
  • Harold O. Frobach Memorial Scholarship 
  • Grant Thornton Scholarship 
  • SC Johnson  Scholarship 
  • KPMG Scholarship 
  • Lawrence J. Larson Excellence Award 
  • McGladrey & Pullen Scholarship 
  • Leonard T. Nelson Scholarship 
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholarship
  • Floyd and Ruth B Radel P.A. Scholar 
  • David M. Sarnoff Accounting
  • Wesley G. Scheibel, Sr./Arthur Andersen Scholarship 
  • Harry H. Vernon Scholarship 
  • Virchow, Krause & Co. Scholarship 
  • Kenneth B. Wackman Scholarship 
  • Velna A. Wells Scholarship
  • Wipfli Scholarship 

Graduate Scholarships

  • Andersen Scholars 
  • Norman Basset Foundation Scholarships 
  • Ernst & Young Scholar
  • Lindsay R. Boyle
  • Jere D. Fluno Graduate Scholarship 
  • Jay H. Price, Jr. Scholar
  • Robert W. Taplick Scholar
  • WICPA Educational Foundation Scholarship