West Virginia Accounting Requirements

Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements at the time of making application to sit for the CPA examination.

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

  • Of good moral character

  • Meet the 150-hour Academic Requirement.

150-Hour Academic Requirement 
Course Title
Hours
Accounting Courses
Financial or Intermediate Accounting
6
Auditing (minimum of 3 hours in Auditing required) 
6
or 
 
Auditing (3 hours) and  Accounting Information Systems (3 hours)
 
Taxation
3
Cost, Managerial, Governmental or Not-For-Profit Accounting
3
Accounting Electives
9
Accounting Courses Total
27
 
Business Law
Business Law
6
Business Law Total
6
 
Business Courses
Economics
3
Finance
3
Marketing
3
Statistics
3
Management
3
Business-Related Electives
12
Business Courses Total
27
 
Other Courses (total of all hours not reflected above)
90
Grand Total
150

For more information, click here to visit the West Virginia State Board of Accountancy.

Click Here to Download a List of Post University Courses That Can Be Used to Meet West Virginia's Course Requirements