The educational requirement to sit for the CPA Exam in NC is a bachelor’s degree (120 hours) from a college or university accredited by one of the regionally accredited associations in any subject that includes, or is supplemented by, a concentration in accounting. If I transfer my Associates Degree in Accounting into an accounting program at a regionally accredited college will the credits transferred be accepted by NC for exam purposes. I have contacted their office about this but the lady I spoke with seems more confused than I am.
By the way my associates degree is from Penn Foster College which is nationally accredited. If anyone can help me with this I would appreciate it.
My Bachelor's transcript includes a section that is titled "Transfer credit accepted from Quincy College" and it's listed with no letter or numerical grade for GPA purposes. Just my opinion, but I suspect that if you have an RA Bachelor's degree, no one is going to check the sources of your transfer credit.
I can't say I "know" but I agree with Bruce. I think your biggest challenge will be getting an RA school to accept your PF credits. Once that's accomplished I think (optimistically) that your RA BA will get you in the CPA door.
The last I checked, Liberty University would accept NA credits towards their undergrad degree programs, likely a nod to their days of being NA (TRACS) themselves (in addition to RA). Of course, there may be a limit on the allowable transfer credit, or perhaps they no longer do it at all. Certainly worth some emails and/or phone calls. BS in Accounting | Liberty University Online
That's the list from Penn Foster's website of schools that have articulation agreements with PF. So, those would be a decent place to start in looking for an RA school for your bachelors (note that some on that list, like Grantham, Everest and CalCoast, are not RA). You can also have the ACE recommended courses (which is most of the accounting program) sent over to TESC as they align pretty closely with the major requirements for the bachelors in accounting.
I'd be willing to bet that there are even a few more schools willing to take the PF credits, schools that are not a part of the formal articulation agreement. To me this seems a totally workable situation.
It should be OK if you find a RA school willing to accept the credits. Of course you also need the requisite number of business and accounting courses, and should you get into a RA university, you'll need at least 8 upper division courses in accounting in addition to principles, financial and cost accounting, which presumably you got in the AA program. You'll also need to get your 150 to actually become a CPA. There are a number of MAcc programs online that could help you fulfill this requirement. The biggest hurdle, trust me, will be passing the CPA once you get to that point.
