Our Scholarships

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need.

Young Scholars Program

Offers the most personalized, generous scholarship and educational support to exceptionally promising students from families across the nation who have financial need.

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College Scholarship Program

An undergraduate scholarship program available to high-achieving high school seniors with financial need who seek to attend the nation’s best four-year colleges and universities.

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Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship

A highly-selective scholarship for the nation’s top community college students seeking to complete their bachelor’s degrees at selective four-year colleges or universities.

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$230 Million

Awarded in Scholarships

2,939 Cooke Scholars

Current Scholars and Alumni

$119.5 Million

Awarded in Grants

Initially, I planned on becoming a nurse practitioner. But with the scholarship dismantling the barriers of cost, I started imagining what I would do with my life if I had unlimited resources.

Faith Culhane
Cooke Scholar

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NPEA and the Cooke Foundation are now accepting nominations for the 2022 Awards for Excellence in Educational Access, recognizing leadership in equity among NPEA member programs AND schools! Member schools and programs may self-nominate.

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The Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship application closes TODAY at midnight in your timezone. Don't miss your chance to apply today - community college students looking to transfer to a 4-year college next year are eligible.

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