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Education Requirements

What's required?

If you are interested in sitting for the CPA Exam in Indiana, you must meet Indiana’s education requirements.

To apply for the Uniform CPA Examination in Indiana, you must meet the following requirement:

IC 25-2.1-3-2 Examination; qualifications; education requirement

Sec. 2. (a) A first time examination candidate must have at least one hundred twenty (120) semester hours (or the equivalent if a different grading period is used) of college education that includes an accounting concentration or equivalent as determined by the board to be appropriate.

To apply for the CPA license in Indiana, you must meet the following requirements:

(b) A candidate for an initial issuance of a certificate must have:

(1) at least one hundred fifty (150) semester hours (or the equivalent if a different grading period is used) of college education; and

(2) a baccalaureate or higher degree conferred by a college or university acceptable to the board. The educational program must include an accounting concentration or equivalent as determined by the board to be appropriate.

As added by P.L.30-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.87-1996, SEC.4; P.L.6-2003, SEC.1; P.L.59-2021, SEC.1.

All educational transcript(s), Certificates of Enrollment, and/or international evaluation reports are required to be submitted at the time of application to CPA Examination Services directly from the academic institution(s).

NOTE: You will be required to have a U.S. Social Security Number to be licensed in the state of Indiana.