This study examines how college accounting educators in New York State view membership in accounting professional organizations and what influences their decisions not to join. Based on an on-line survey, we find that accounting educators generally agree that belonging to and participating in accounting professional organizations is important. They tend to be neutral regarding statements about benefits outweighing the costs of membership and that organizations such as the AICPA and the NYSSCPA have lost their significance for accounting educators. In giving the main reason for not being a member of the NYSSCPA, respondents most often indicated cost of dues and that the organization did not meet their needs.