Texas State Board of Public Accountancy · Preflight

Texas CPA transcript requirements, decoded for 2026.

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150-hour rule checked30 accounting / 24 business / 3 ethicsUpper-level hours verifiedSources cited with dates

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Rule pack v2026.1
Accounting
30 / 30 hrs
Business
30 / 24 hrs
Business communications
0 / 3 hrs
Ethics
3 / 3 hrs
Total credit
90 / 150 hrs
Accounting coursework
Ready
30 / 30 hrs · 24 upper-level
ACCT 2301 · 3hACCT 2302 · 3hACCT 3311 · 3hACCT 3312 · 3hACCT 3313 · 3hACCT 4310 · 3hACCT 4325 · 3hACCT 4335 · 3hACCT 4390 · 3hACCT 4395 · 3h

Must include financial, managerial/cost, taxation, auditing, and accounting information systems. Subject-area coverage is decided by TSBPA.

TSBPA — Accounting Courses (board rules)· accessed 2026-08-07 · eff. 2025-10-01 · sha256:0a4d55a8e7
Business coursework
Review
30 / 24 hrs
ECON 2301 · 3hECON 2302 · 3hBCIS 1305 · 3hMATH 1324 · 3h · proofBLAW 3301 · 3hFIN 3310 · 3hMGMT 3303 · 3hMKT 3310 · 3hBSTAT 3321 · 3h · proofMGMT 4380 · 3h

30/24 hours, but 2 of 10 course(s) matched by title only — verify syllabus: MATH 1324 Mathematics for Business and Economics; BSTAT 3321 Business Statistics. Must span economics, finance, marketing, management, business law, business communications, and computer/quantitative areas.

TSBPA — Exam Requirements (Oct 2025)· accessed 2026-08-07 · eff. 2025-10-01 · sha256:1b5e66b9f8
Business communications
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0 / 3 hrs

No qualifying coursework detected. Part of the 24 business hours. Shown as its own category because it is the single most common silent gap — candidates assume a general speech/writing course counts and it often does not.

TSBPA — Exam Requirements (Oct 2025)· accessed 2026-08-07 · eff. 2025-10-01 · sha256:1b5e66b9f8
Ethics coursework
Review
3 / 3 hrs
PHIL 3306 · 3h · proof

3/3 hours, but 1 of 1 course(s) matched by title only — verify syllabus: PHIL 3306 Business Ethics. A qualifying ethics course. Whether a specific course counts is determined by TSBPA.

TSBPA — Exam Requirements (Oct 2025)· accessed 2026-08-07 · eff. 2025-10-01 · sha256:1b5e66b9f8
Total semester hours (150 rule)
Gap
90 / 150 hrs

Short by 60 semester hours. Texas requires 150 semester hours for licensure (developmental/sub-1000-level courses are excluded automatically). You may sit for the Uniform CPA Exam with fewer hours. Remedial and PE-activity hours may also be excluded by TSBPA — verify borderline coursework.

TSBPA — Exam Requirements (Oct 2025)· accessed 2026-08-07 · eff. 2025-10-01 · sha256:1b5e66b9f8

This preflight is NOT an official determination. The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA) makes all final decisions, including whether specific course content counts.

UNKNOWN means evidence is incomplete — we never auto-classify ambiguous coursework. Provide syllabus proof or request TSBPA review.

Each rule cites its source, the date it was last verified, and a content hash. Re-verify before submitting to TSBPA.

Generated 2026-08-07

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