Achieving your CPA certification makes you an attractive hiring choice among top employers and opens doors to a wide range of career options! Let OSCPA help you focus on the journey to become a CPA.
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Scholarships
Find out about scholarships that may be available to help you complete your accounting education!
The OSCPA Educational Foundation offers scholarships to full-time college accounting students who plan to pursue a career as a CPA in Oregon. Learn more about The OSCPA Educational Foundation scholarships
Requirements to Become a CPA
Here's what it takes to become a CPA in Oregon:
- Meet the education requirements described in ORS 801-010-0050, which includes 150 semester hours or 225 quarter hours and a bachelor's degree from an accredited college
- Complete one year of experience in accounting
- Pass the Uniform CPA Examination
- Pass the Ethics Examination
Passing the Uniform CPA Examination
Is the CPA Exam hard? Yes. Can you do it if you are determined and work hard? Yes. Here are some tools to help get you through:
- Uniform CPA Exam – Understanding Oregon requirements
- CPA Exam Review Options – Several CPA Review Courses are available from well-respected online providers, several of which offer substantial discounts to OSCPA Student Members.
- 10 things you probably don't know about taking the CPA Exam
- CPA Exam Blueprints – Review these blueprints, effective July 1, 2018
Career Development
OSCPA provides great opportunities to build your professional network and enhance your career development.
Career Showcase
At the annual fall Career Showcase, students meet with employer representatives from public accounting, government, and business for potential internships or employment. Exhibitors – that is, employers! – are eager to meet motivated accounting students – that's you! – who would be assets to their organizations.
Circle of Excellence
The spring Circle of Excellence annual awards program honors individuals at each stage of their accounting career – from college students who’ve earned OSCPA Educational Foundation scholarships and top accounting students, to top scorers on the CPA Exam, newly certified CPAs, and members who've achieved milestone membership status.
The Coaching Program
The Coaching Program is a one-on-one experience that pairs OSCPA member volunteers with college students who want to pursue a career in accounting. Coach and student pairs are determined in April, and pairs meet a suggested minimum of four times during the May to August program timeline. Learn more
Meeting topics:
- The Profession: public and private options
- Building your professional network
- The CPA Exam
- Recruitment, interviewing, and resume tips