WHAT ARE THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS TO SIT FOR THE CPA EXAM?
In order to take the CPA exam, you must first meet certain education requirements. The minimum education requirements are as follows: 1. Bachelors Degree requirement. CPA candidates must have a bachelor’s degree from a “recognized” school. 2. Accounting units requirement. CPA candidates must have taken at least 36 quarter units (or 24 semester units) on accounting subjects (e.g., financial accounting, auditing and assurance, forensic accounting, international accounting, managerial accounting, financial statement analysis, and taxation). 2. Business units requirement. CPA candidates must have taken at least 36 quarter units (or 24 semester units) on business subjects (e.g., business law, computer science, finance, information systems, management, marketing, mathematics, and statistics). If the CPA candidate has taken more than 36 accounting units, the excess accounting units count toward fulfilling the business units requirement. CPA candidates who meet these minimum education requirem
