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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$304 Million
Awarded in Scholarships
3,400 Cooke Scholars
Current Scholars and Alumni
$136 Million
Awarded in Grants
Ryan Liu

The Cooke Scholarship opened up so many doors for me in my higher education. I was able to go to Yale debt-free. I was able to be involved on campus. And the Cooke Foundation scholarship allowed me to pursue graduate school. I don’t think I’d be where I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunity that my community college and the Foundation gave me. To be able to get a good job, save up money, and now be able to buy my parents a home for the first time in America.

Ryan Liu
Cooke Scholar
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Ryan Liu

Ryan Liu

The Cooke Scholarship opened up so many doors for me in my higher education. I was able to go to Yale debt-free. I was able to be involved on campus. And the Cooke Foundation scholarship allowed me to pursue graduate school. I don’t think I’d be where I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunity that my community college and the Foundation gave me. To be able to get a good job, save up money, and now be able to buy my parents a home for the first time in America.
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