Scholarships
Each year, the MOCPA Educational Foundation awards approximately $40,000 in scholarships to students who are majoring in accounting at Missouri universities/colleges. Please encourage any aspiring CPAs you know to apply. High school seniors are given $500 to use toward their accounting education. Recipients of the college scholarships are awarded $1,000.
Links Needed to Apply
- College Student Scholarship Application
- High School Student Scholarship Application
- Complimentary MOCPA Membership Application--under Membership Type, select "Student Members," then select High School or College
Scholarship Details
Applicants must be:
- MOCPA college or high school student members, which is free of charge and can be obtained online using the link above;
- Missouri residents and a U.S. citizen (or child of a MOCPA member);
- Enrolled in a community college or university in Missouri (high school seniors enrolled upon graduation); and
- Declared as an accounting major.
Scholarship applications will be accepted through Friday, January 16, 2026.
The 2025-2026 scholarship winners will be announced in March 2026 and recognized at a MOCPA event.
Winners are selected based on an evaluation of their personal and academic experiences, and potential of becoming a CPA. Past scholarship recipients are eligible to reapply but must submit a new application.
Click here to meet the 2024-2025 scholarship winners.
If you have any questions, please contact Dena Hull at dhull@mocpa.org or (800) 264-7966.