The New Jersey Society of CPAs introduced it’s accepting functions from native highschool seniors and faculty accounting majors for its 2022 accounting scholarships.
The NJCPA will present $1,500 scholarships to college-bound New Jersey highschool seniors desiring to main in accounting or get hold of a focus in accounting, with a minimum of 24 accounting credit.
New this yr is a $1,500 Minority Scholarship, funded by Deloitte, to draw extra college students of shade to accounting careers. The 4 New Jersey excessive faculties chosen as a part of the scholarship’s pilot program embrace Rahway Excessive College, West Orange Excessive College, New Brunswick Excessive College and East Facet Excessive College in Newark. Minority highschool seniors from the 4 excessive faculties should intend to main in accounting in faculty to obtain the scholarship. Six to eight candidates from every highschool are anticipated to obtain the award.
“We’re grateful to Deloitte for making the brand new minority scholarship a actuality for a lot of deserving college students, and we’re happy, as at all times, with the generosity of our members in making an accounting profession extra reasonably priced,” mentioned Ralph Albert Thomas (pictured), CEO and government director of the NJCPA, in an announcement.
The deadline to submit functions for each highschool scholarships is Dec. 10, 2021.
The NJCPA can be accepting functions for its $6,500, one-year scholarships for accounting college students presently attending New Jersey schools or universities who’re of their junior or senior yr and coming into an accounting graduate program.
Moreover, faculty sophomores who’re persevering with their accounting schooling at a four-year New Jersey faculty are inspired to use for a brand new $2,000 scholarship
Each faculty scholarship awards have an software deadline of Jan. 7, 2022.
All winners can be notified in early March. For extra data, head to the NJCPA’s web site right here.
NJCPA CEO and government director Ralph Albert Thomas.