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Scholarships

KPMG Fund for Excellence in Accounting

The Scholarship Fund for Excellence in Accounting Education by KPMG Partners and Professionals

The Scholarship Fund for Excellence in Accounting Education ("Fund") is established by KPMG Partners and professionals to promote educational excellence in accounting at Pace University's Lubin School of Business' Department of Accountancy ("Pace"). The Fund will provide scholarship awards of $5,000 ($2,500 for the fall semester and $2,500 for the spring semester) each to outstanding students who are enrolled in the Lubin School of Business in a qualified accounting program and who maintain a 3.30 GPA Overall and in Accounting at Pace University. Students eligible for these awards must demonstrate involvement and leadership in either co-curricular activities at Pace or service organizations in their local community or high school.

2024 KPMG Scholarship Recipients

Lubin 2024 KPMG Scholarship Recipients
2024 KPMG scholarship award winners with representatives from KPMG, Pace Faculty and Dean Singleton.
  • Bryll Bautista
  • Josh Joseph
  • Evan Kanterman
  • Maddy Oden
  • Gabrielle Rambharose
  • Natalia Schabus

2023 KPMG Scholarship Recipients

six 2022 KPMG scholarship recipients at the award reception with Professor Barbara Farrell, Dean Singleton, and representives from KPMG.
2023 KPMG scholarship recipients (front row) at the award reception with Professor Patricia Healy (back row, 3rd from left), Dean Singleton (back row, right), and representatives from KPMG.
  • Laura Antonucci
  • Anastasia Bolotowsky
  • Kristi Chen
  • Raquel Gallagher
  • Rowan Kelly
  • Diana Zhylyesko

About the Scholarship

To be eligible for the scholarship, students must belong to any of the following groups at the time of application:

  • Undergraduate students in their third year with a declared major of accounting.
  • Students in their fourth or fifth year of the BBA/MBA combined program in accounting.
  • Students in MBA and MS Accounting programs.
  • Students in the MS Accounting Data Analytics and Technology program.
  • Students in the combined MBA / JD degree program for Accounting or Taxation.
  • Graduate and Undergraduate students with a declared major in Taxation and eligible to sit for the CPA exam or JD degree upon graduation.

Scholarship awards will be granted annually and may be used for tuition and/or related costs. Awards may be renewed through a newly submitted and reviewed application.

Recipients may receive this award for no more than three academic years, during their third, fourth, and/or fifth year of undergraduate study at Pace, as long as they remain eligible according to scholarship criteria. Students must be US citizens to be eligible for this scholarship.

The deadline for KPMG scholarship applications is November 30, 2026.

Applications should be emailed to: KPMG_Scholarship@pace.edu

For questions, please contact:

Ms. Maribel Garcia
Coordinator, Accounting and Finance
Lubin School of Business
4th Floor, One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038
Email: mgarcia7@pace.edu
Phone: (212) 618-6412

Students applying for the scholarship must:

  1. Complete the Scholarship Fund for Excellence in Accounting Education by KPMG Partners and professionals application.
    Download the application (PDF) Download the recommendation form (PDF)
  2. Attach a current resume;
  3. Attach a current transcript;
  4. Submit TWO recommendation forms;
  5. Submit a personal statement (limited to 150 words) stating why you should be granted the Excellence in Accounting Education by KPMG partner and professionals award;
  6. Submit a professional statement on how you see your professional career developing at KPMG.