Ohio Accounting Requirements

Effective February 2, 2004, all candidates must meet one of the following requirements:

I.	An applicant must have completed 150 semester hours of general college education and meet one of the following requirements:
	1.	Received a graduate degree in accounting from an institution recognized by CHEA or accredited by AACSB.
	2.	Received a graduate degree in business from an institution recognized by CHEA or accredited by AACSB with 30 semester hours of specified accounting at the undergraduate level or 18 semester hours at the graduate level (accounting subjects must include financial accounting, managerial accounting, auditing, taxation, and professional ethics).
	3.	Received a baccalaureate degree with 30 semester hours of specified accounting and 24 semester hours in business subjects. (Accounting subjects must include financial accounting, managerial accounting, auditing, taxation, and professional ethics.
II.	Earned, in lieu of completion of 150 semester hours of general college education, a minimum combined score of 1200 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test, conferral of an associate’s or baccalaureate degree, and 30 semester hours of specified accounting courses and 24 semester hours of business courses.
III.	Candidates who have taken the examination as a candidate of another jurisdiction prior to January 1, 2000, may grandfather in Ohio. Contact CPA Examination Services for additional information.
IV.	Public accountants (PA) may also qualify by experience in lieu of education. Only currently licensed PAs can qualify.

Candidates with education credentials earned outside the U.S. must have their credentials evaluated by a member of NACES (www.naces.org), AICE (www.aice-eval.org), or the AACRAO Office of International Education Services (www.aacrao.org).

For further information about Ohio's educational requirements, contact the Accountancy Board of Ohio. The Board's web site is www.acc.ohio.gov.

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