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

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

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