# Louisiana — CPA licensure pathway by state

For Louisiana, pathway status is Pathway 3 – Baccalaureate or higher degree; education required for licensure is Baccalaureate or higher degree; total education must include an accounting concentration; experience requirement is two (2) years of qualifying experience, verified against its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State or jurisdiction:** Louisiana _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Pathway status:** Pathway 3 – Baccalaureate or higher degree _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Education required for licensure:** Baccalaureate or higher degree; total education must include an accounting concentration _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Experience requirement:** two (2) years of qualifying experience _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Pathway 3 – Baccalaureate or higher degree; total education must include an accounting concentration and two (2) years of qualifying experience.

## Source

- https://cpaboard.state.la.us/becoming-a-cpa/

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2026-11-29.
Part of [CPA licensure pathway by state](https://referencesource.org/cpa-licensure-pathway-by-state/).