Back To Scholarship Idaho

Idaho Postsecondary Credit Scholarship

Description

This scholarship is an award-matching program for students who have earned at least ten dual credits before graduating high school. Applicants must have been awarded a separate scholarship that meets all the eligibility requirements for a match as outlined below.

Complete Your General Application

Eligibility Requirements

 

Matching Scholarship Guidelines:

  • Must be from a business or an organization representing a business or industry. This may include, but is not limited to:
    • Scholarships that dictate the recipients must go into a specific field such as nursing, teaching, engineering, etc.
    • Scholarships from a group representing a specific group of businesses such as, chambers of commerce, etc.
    • Scholarships may not be from a postsecondary institution foundation or funds appropriated by the State of Idaho, unless specifically designated as a match for this program
    • Scholarship must be for the current academic year.

 

The Idaho Postsecondary Credit Scholarship will match:

  • Up to $1,000 a year for applicants with 10-19 dual credits
  • Up to $2,000 a year for applicants with 20+ dual credits
  • Up to $4,000 a year for applicants with an associate degree

 

To qualify as a match, the outside scholarship must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Must be from a business or an organization representing a business or industry

 

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Be an Idaho resident
  • Graduated within the last four years or will graduate from an Idaho high school, Idaho home school, or its equivalent (GED/HSE from Idaho)
  •  Must attend full-time during the upcoming academic year (fall semester)
  • Must have a qualifying matching scholarship
  • This scholarship can only be awarded twice. After a student has received this scholarship for two (2) years—either consecutively or non-consecutively—that student is no longer eligible for future consideration.
  • Must Attend one of these eligible idaho colleges or universities (View Schools)

Background

The Postsecondary Credit Scholarship was passed by the Idaho legislature during the 2016 legislative session as a way to incentivize Idaho high school students to take college-level courses while in high school and then enroll in any one of 12 higher education institutions in the state.

Video

FAQ

The Postsecondary Credit Scholarship is a matching program, meaning it will match funds up to certain amounts from another qualifying scholarship.

You are eligible for this scholarship if you meet the following criteria:
  1. You must apply within four years of graduating from an Idaho high school, home school or its equivalent.
  2. You earned ten or more postsecondary credits before graduating high school.
  3. You were awarded a qualifying scholarship. Qualifying scholarships are merit-based, competitive scholarships awarded from a business or industry.
  4. You will attend an eligible Idaho college or university.
  5. Your qualifying matching scholarship is awarded during the current academic year.

This requirement means that the awarded scholarship is from a business or a group representing a business, and not a foundation.

An industry scholarship means that the awarded scholarship directly dictates that you need to be in a specific major such as nursing, teaching, engineering, etc. as an eligibility requirement.

For a scholarship to be considered, it must be for the current academic year.

Scholarships funded by institutional, or state funds are not eligible unless they specifically state that the scholarship is a match for the Idaho Postsecondary Credit Scholarship.

Scholarships funded by institutional, or state funds are not eligible.

Yes.