Easiest routes to CPA and other accounting qualifications

[Robson]

Pretty sure to take the CPA exam as a Delaware candidate you don't even need a bachelor's degree

Taking the exam and being able to get the CPA license are 2 different things. 

https://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCo.../100.shtml

6.2.4 Evidence in a form satisfactory to the Board that the applicant has completed at least 150 semester hours of college education including a Baccalaureate Degree or a higher degree or met the educational requirements of a state that was deemed to be substantially equivalent as of January 1, 2009 and in which the applicant was a CPA examination candidate and passed said exam. The total educational program shall include a concentration in accounting.

6.2.4.1 The applicant also must, upon request, submit proof that the college or university granting the degree was, at the time of the applicant's graduation, accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools or by another comparable regional accrediting association. A degree granted by a college or university not so accredited at the time of applicant's graduation will not be accepted. Graduates of non-United States (U.S.) degree programs will be required to have their credentials evaluated by a credential evaluation service acceptable to the Board, to determine equivalency to U.S. regional accreditation.

6.2.4.2 The concentration in accounting must be completed at an accredited college or university and consist of at least 24 semester hours of courses in accounting principles, intermediate accounting, cost accounting, tax, auditing, advanced accounting, accounting information systems, and law. Courses in other business subjects, such as banking, computer science, economics, finance, insurance, management and marketing will not be accepted as accounting courses for this purpose.

There are also states that allow you to have an unlicensed CPA credential. 

https://www.becker.com/blog/cpa-certific...pa-license

"While all states require that you pass the CPA Exam to become a CPA, only "two-tier" states officially name and issue CPA certification before licensure. "Two-tier" simply means that there are two phases to becoming a CPA: 

1. Sit for and pass the CPA Exam to earn your CPA certification.
   
   
2. Gain additional experience and/or education, then apply for and receive your CPA license. 
   

Nebraska, Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, and Oklahoma are the only two-tier states."