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State Meets Licensure Requirements License Title Board/Agency Contact Last Reviewed
Alabama
No

Requires at least 33 upper-level credit hours in accounting; Bethel currently has 23 and would need to add additional credit hours in upper-level accounting courses to meet this requirement. To sit for an exam, a student must have 24 credit hours in upper-level accounting and must have the full 33 credit hours in order to be certified.

Certified Public Accountant Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy Sep 27, 2024
Alaska
Yes

Requires at least 24 credits in accounting to meet, which the Bethel curriculum meets said requirement.

Certified Public Accountant Alaska Board of Accountancy Oct 3, 2024
American Samoa
Yes

Requires at least 12 upper-level accounting-related credit hours which the Bethel curriculum fulfills.

Certified Public Accountant American Samoa Territorial Board of Public Accountancy

Office of the Governor A.P. Lutali Executive Office Building Pago Pago, American Samoa, 96799
Oct 6, 2024
Arizona
No

Requires at least 30 upper-level accounting credits and 36 accounting credits to meet. Bethel presently has 23 upper-level accounting credits and 31 total accounting credits, so additional credit hours would need to be added to meet this requirement.

Certified Public Accountant Arizona State Board of Accountancy Sep 27, 2024
Arkansas
No

Requires at least 30 upper-level accounting credits to meet. Bethel presently has 23 upper-level accounting credits, so additional credit hours would need to be added to meet this requirement. Further mandates candidates to have taken an accounting information systems course.

Certified Public Accountant Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy (ASBPA) Sep 27, 2024
California
Yes

Requires at least 24 credit hours of accounting-related courses, 24 credit hours in business-related courses, and 10 units of ethics study, which are fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum. Does not require a minimum amount of upper level Accounting courses.

Certified Public Accountant California Board of Accountancy (CBA) Oct 3, 2024
Colorado
No

Requires at least 33 upper-level accounting-related credit hours, of which Bethel only has 23. Also mandates 6 hours in auditing (Bethel has 4) and 3 specific ethics-related credit hours.

Certified Public Accountant Colorado State Board of Accountancy Sep 27, 2024
Connecticut
No

Requires at least 36 total credit hours in accounting to fulfill the requirement; Bethel presently has less than that amount of accounting credit hours, so additional accounting-related credit hours would need to be added to meet the criteria for this state.

Certified Public Accountant State Board of Accountancy - Connecticut Sep 27, 2024
Delaware
Yes

Requires 24 credit hours of accounting courses including accounting principles, intermediate accounting, cost accounting, tax, auditing, advanced accounting, accounting information systems, and law as possibilities along with 150 credit hours in total. Bethel meets those requirements.

Certified Public Accountant Delaware State Board of Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
District of Columbia
No

Requires at least 24 credit hours in accounting which the Bethel curriculum meets. Additionally, requires 3 credit hours of commercial law to fulfill the requirements, Bethel includes 2 credits of business law.

Certified Public Accountant Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) District of Columbia Board of Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
Federated States of Micronesia N/A None found None found

N/A
Oct 6, 2024
Florida
No

Requires at least 30 credit hours of upper-level accounting courses to meet the criteria; Bethel curriculum contains 23 upper-level credit hours, so additional credits would need to be added in order to meet the requirements of this state.

Certified Public Accountant Florida Board of Accountancy (FLBOA) Oct 6, 2024
Georgia
No

Requires at least 30 credit hours of upper-level accounting courses to meet the criteria; Bethel curriculum contains 23 upper-level credit hours, so additional credit hours would need to be added in order to meet the requirements of this state.

Certified Public Accountant Georgia State Board of Accountancy (GSBA) Oct 6, 2024
Guam
No

Requires at least 24 upper-level credit hours in accounting-related courses, which are not fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum which includes 23 upper-level credits.

Certified Public Accountant Guam Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Hawaii
Yes

Requires at least 24 credit hours in accounting, 18 of which must be upper-level, to fulfill the requirements, which the Bethel curriculum meets.

Certified Public Accountant Hawaii Board of Public Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Idaho
Yes

Requires at least 30 business administrative credits and 20 credit hours to be from accounting-related courses, which the Bethel curriculum fulfills.

Certified Public Accountant Idaho State Board of Accountancy (ISBA) Oct 6, 2024
Illinois
No

Requires 3 hours in a specific business ethics course, which the Bethel curriculum does not fulfill, although recent experience with petition was successful to achieve this requirement.

Certified Public Accountant Illinois Board of Examiners (ILBOE) Oct 7, 2024
Indiana
Yes

Is met through 150 semester credits, at least 24 of which are in accounting.

Certified Public Accountant Indiana Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Iowa
No

Requires a minimum of 24 semester hours in upper-level accounting courses excluding internships, which the Bethel curriculum does not meet, as 3 of its 23 accounting hours come from the internship course.

Certified Public Accountant Iowa Accountancy Examining Board Oct 6, 2024
Kansas
No

Bethel does not meet specific course specifications per the Kansas CPA coursework necessities with an example being managerial accounting beyond an introductory course.

Certified Public Accountant Kansas Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Kentucky
Yes

Requires a minimum of 27 credit hours in accounting courses and 39 credit hours in other business courses, which the Bethel curriculum meets.

Certified Public Accountant Kentucky State Board of Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
Louisiana
No

Requires an above basic level course on cost accounting which Bethel's curriculum does not meet.

Certified Public Accountant State Board of Certified Public Accountants of Louisiana Oct 7, 2024
Maine
Yes

Requires a minimum of 15 credit hours in accounting-related courses, 3 of which must be earned in auditing, which the Bethel curriculum meets.

Certified Public Accountant Maine Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Maryland
No

Requires 3 credit hours of managerial/cost accounting of which Bethel has 2 credit hours along with not having an ethics class. Bethel's curriculum currently does not fill requirements.

Certified Public Accountant Maryland State Board of Public Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Massachusetts
Yes

Requires at least 30 total credit hours in accounting courses, supplemented by 24 credit hours in related business courses, which the Bethel curriculum meets.

Certified Public Accountant Massachusetts Board of Public Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
Michigan
Yes

Requires at least 3 credit hours in auditing, 21 credit hours in accounting, and 24 credit hours in general business subjects, which are fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum.

Certified Public Accountant Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Minnesota
Yes

Requires 24 semester hours of intermediate, advance, or graduate-level courses which can be suplemented by business-related subjects as well. Bethel covers this criteria by including more than one of these business-related subjects to meet the 24 semester hour requirement. (Tax, Economics, Finance, Information Systems)

Certified Public Accountant Minnesota Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Mississippi
No

Requires 48 upper-level business courses (24 of which must be accounting courses). Bethel has 23 upper-level accounting credits

Certified Public Accountant Mississippi State Board of Public Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Missouri
Yes

Requires at least 24 accounting credits along with 24 other business-related credits which Bethel meets. Our courses meet the listing of possible courses and therefore all courses given with the accounting and finance degree qualify.

Certified Public Accountant Missouri Board of Accountancy (MOSBA) Oct 3, 2024
Montana
No

Bethel's curriculum currently does not have an above introductory-level class in managerial accounting and therefore does not cover requirements.

Certified Public Accountant Montana Board of Public Accountants Oct 7, 2024
Nebraska
No

Requires at least 30 upper-level credits in accounting, which are not met by the Bethel curriculum that contains 23 upper-level credits in accounting; additional credits of this nature would need to be added to meet this criterion.

Certified Public Accountant Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
Nevada
No

Requires at least 30 upper-level credits in accounting, which are not met by the Bethel curriculum that contains 23 upper-level credits in accounting; additional credits of this nature would need to be added to meet this criterion.

Certified Public Accountant Nevada State Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
New Hampshire
Yes

Requires at least 30 credit hours in accounting as well as 24 credit hours in other business-related courses, which are fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum due to being an accredited university.

Certified Public Accountant New Hampshire Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
New Jersey
Yes

Requires at least 24 credit hours in accounting-related courses and 24 credit hours in business-related courses along with the university being certified AACSB, which are fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum.

Certified Public Accountant New Jersey State Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
New Mexico
Yes

Requires at least 30 credit hours in accounting or audit (3 of which may be from a business law course), which are fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum.

Certified Public Accountant New Mexico Public Accountancy Board Oct 7, 2024
New York
No

Requires at least 33 credit hours in accounting, which are not fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum that presently contains a total of 29 credits.

Certified Public Accountant New York State Board for Public Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
North Carolina
Yes

Requires at least 30 credit hours in accounting-related courses and 24 credit hours in general business courses, which are fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum. We do also cover 8 out of the 10 fields required to be certified in the state of North Carolina.

Certified Public Accountant North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners Oct 7, 2024
North Dakota
No

Requires at least 24 upper-level accounting-related credit hours and 24 business-related credit hours, which are not fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum (23 upper-level credits in accounting).

Certified Public Accountant North Dakota State Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Northern Mariana Islands
No

Requires at least 24 upper-level accounting-related credit hours which is not fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum which has 23.

Certified Public Accountant Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Accountancy Board

PO Box 504053 Saipan, CNMI 96950 Phone: 671-727-3362 Fax: 671-632-1209 Email: burger@pticom.com
Oct 6, 2024
Ohio
Yes

Requires at least 24 accounting-related credit hours and 24 business-related credit hours, which are fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum.

Certified Public Accountant Accountancy Board of Ohio Oct 7, 2024
Oklahoma
No

Requires at least 30 upper-level credits in accounting, which are not met by the Bethel curriculum that contains 23 upper-level credits in accounting; additional credits of this nature would need to be added to meet this criterion.

Certified Public Accountant Oklahoma Accountancy Board Oct 7, 2024
Oregon
No

Requires at least 24 upper-level accounting-related credit hours and 24 business-related credit hours. Bethel has 23 upper-level accounting credits.

Certified Public Accountant Oregon Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Pennsylvania
Yes

Requires at least 24 credit hours in accounting and auditing, business law, finance or tax subjects, which are met by the Bethel curriculum.

Certified Public Accountant Pennsylvania Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Puerto Rico
No

Requires at least 32 accounting-related credit hours, which are not fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum that contains 29; additional credit hours would need to be added to meet this criterion.

Certified Public Accountant Puerto Rico Board of Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
Republic of Palau Yes Certified Public Accountant Palau Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Republic of the Marshall Islands N/A None found None found

N/A
Oct 6, 2024
Rhode Island
Yes

Requires at least 24 accounting-related credit hours and 24 business-related credit hours, which are fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum.

Certified Public Accountant Rhode Island Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
South Carolina
No

Requires at least 36 accounting-related credit hours, which are not met by Bethel's curriculum that contains 29; additional credit hours would need to be added to fulfill this requirement. Bethel also does not meet the 24 credit hour minimum at the junior-level or above for accounting courses as the curriclum contains 23 upper-level credits.

Certified Public Accountant South Carolina Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
South Dakota
Yes

Requires at least 24 accounting-related credit hours and 24 business-related credit hours, which are fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum.

Certified Public Accountant South Dakota Board of Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
Tennessee
No

Requires at least 30 total credit hours in accounting-related courses, 24 credit hours in general business courses, and 24 upper-level credit hours in accounting-related courses, which are not fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum due to Bethel only having 23 upper-level credit hours in accounting-related courses and 29 credits total.

Certified Public Accountant Tennessee State Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Texas
No

Requires at least 30 upper-level credits in accounting, which are not met by the Bethel curriculum that contains 23 upper-level credits in accounting; additional credits of this nature would need to be added to meet this criterion.

Certified Public Accountant Texas State Board of Public Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
U.S. Virgin Islands
Yes

Requires the achievement of an accredited accounting baccalaureate degree alongside 150 hours and 24 business credits and 24 accounting specific credits, which Bethel fulfills.

Certified Public Accountant Virgin Islands Board of Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
Utah
No

Requires at least 24 upper-level credit hours in accounting-related courses and 30 credit hours in general business courses, which are not fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum due to having 23 upper-level credit hours in accounting-related courses.

Certified Public Accountant Utah State Board of Accountancy Oct 7, 2024
Vermont
No

Requires at least 30 credit hours in accounting and business, specifically pertaining to financial accounting, auditing, taxation, and business law, which are fulfilled by Bethel curriculum. However, curriculum must include 3 credits of US business law and Bethel only includes 2.

Certified Public Accountant Vermont Board of Public Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
Virginia
Yes

Requires 24 credit hours of accounting including courses Bethel's curriculumn covers along with 24 other business credits. Bethel meets these criteria.

Certified Public Accountant Virginia Board of Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
Washington
Yes

Requires at least 24 (15 upper-level) accounting-related credit hours and 24 business-related credit hours, which are fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum.

Certified Public Accountant Washington State Board of Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
West Virginia
No

Requires at least 30 upper-level credit hours in accounting, which are not fulfilled by the 23 included in the Bethel curriculum. Also mandates the presence of a business ethics course along with six credit hours from audit and/or accounting information systems.

Certified Public Accountant West Virginia Board of Accountancy Oct 6, 2024
Wisconsin
No

As of June 1, 2021, applicants must complete a specific Accounting Information Systems course to fulfill the AIS requirement, which the Bethel curriculum does not meet.

Certified Public Accountant Wisconsin Accounting Examining Board Oct 7, 2024
Wyoming
No

Requires at least 24 upper-level accounting hours, which are not fulfilled by the Bethel curriculum (23).

Certified Public Accountant Wyoming Board of Certified Public Accountants Oct 7, 2024