
Scholarships
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: The AICPA Foundation Legacy Scholars program is meant to help students of different backgrounds become CPAs by assisting with the cost of their college education. It offers several scholarships. The AICPA Foundation Scholarship for Future CPAs offers $5,000-$10,000 awards to undergraduate or graduate degree students interested in pursuing the CPA
Amount: Up to $5,000. About: The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) offers Worldstudio DxD Scholarships that benefit underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students studying photography, illustration, and design disciplines in colleges and universities in the United States. Students must have at least a 2.0 GPA and may be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree. Eligible
Amount: $15,000. About: The AICPA Foundation Fellowship for Accounting Doctoral Students is meant for “CPAs with recent accounting experience who want to serve as role models and mentors to young people in the academic environment.” Each year, the foundation awards multiple $15,000 fellowships to CPAs who are starting or are already pursuing a full-time accounting
Amount: $2,000. About: Named in honor of the late Agnes Jones Jackson who was a long-time NAACP member from the San Francisco branch, the Agnes Jones Jackson Scholarship is one of many awards available to Black students through NAACP’s Inspire Initiatives. Each year, $2,000 is awarded to 22 outstanding students pursuing undergraduate degrees. Applicants must
Amount: $1,500-$5,000. About: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) offers annual scholarships to graduate students interested in aerospace engineering. Applicants must be AIAA members, have completed at least one semester of graduate-level study and have a research topic approved at an accredited U.S. college or university, be studying to enter the field of
Amount: $500-$4,000. About: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the largest trade union of public employees in the United States, offers a scholarship for current and retired participating members from the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada, and their spouses and dependent children. Applicants are