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August 15, 2017 at 08:13 AM
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants announced Tuesday that its University Program in Personal Financial Planning (PFP Program) coursework has been integrated into 11 universities’ curriculums.
The coursework focuses on estate, retirement, risk management/insurance, investment and tax planning and targets accounting majors who are earning CPA licenses.
The AICPA said that it has worked with multiple colleges and universities to launch the coursework on campus as well as with several schools whose new or existing coursework aligns with the PFP Body of Knowledge and the PFS (Personal Financial Specialist) credential exam.
To date, the program has been implemented and coursework aligned with the PFP Body of Knowledge and PFS credential exam at the following universities:
- Albertus Magnus College
- Arizona State University
- Chapman University
- East Central University, Oklahoma
- Long Island University
- North Carolina State University
- University of Georgia
- University of Kentucky
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas at Austin
- Washington University in St. Louis
AICPA said it plans to expand the program to other universities in the coming year.
Employment of personal financial planners is projected to grow 30% from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the average for all occupations, primarily due to an aging population with a longer life expectancy, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report cited by the accounting body.
The trillions of dollars that will be transferred from one generation to the next in the coming decades also increases the need for “a strong pipeline of CPA financial planners,” AICPA said.
