Accounting students

The Top 20 Firm will hold an annual summer program designed to recruit, develop and retain minority accounting students with a Diversity Leadership Summit and internship opportunities.

Fifty-one students across the state were awarded academic accounting scholarships this year, worth approximately $136,000.

The state society is looking for student applications for more than 40 scholarships by April 1, 2021.

The Institute of Management Accountants recognized eight more colleges and universities around the world notable in their commitment to students earning the Certified Management Accountant credential.

The 2021 CPA Success Index ranks the 521 largest collegiate accounting programs on how well students progress toward completing all four parts of the CPA Exam.

The annual program provides up to $10,000 and an internship to 10 diverse accounting students pursuing the CPA license.

Deloitte and its Deloitte Foundation announced that a student team from the Missouri university topped eight other schools in presenting an analysis of a detailed tax case.

Mississippi State University's Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy will offer two virtual master's programs, in accounting and taxation, beginning in fall 2021.

Thirty minority students are the latest group to graduate from the state society's annual diversity and internship training program.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy's annual CPA Exam report also ranked CPA candidates by first-time pass rates, average score and sections taken.