The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s scholarship programs are designed to encourage and support outstanding students who work hard and have financial need. Their scholarships provide financial assistance and academic support to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.
The Cooke Foundation is offering scholarships to exceptionally high achieving, low-income students. Scholars receive up to $40,000 a year to cover tuition, living expenses, books and other fees. Cooke Scholars come from every state with no restriction on background, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, political affiliation or citizenship status.
There is no nomination process, although each of the scholarships has rigorous eligibility criteria, including minimum GPAs and, in some cases, minimum standardized test scores. Financial eligibility for all of our scholarship programs require a student's family income generally not exceed $95,000 per year. The average family income of Cooke Scholars is $35,000 a year and many Cooke Scholars are eligible to receive Pell Grants.
In addition to assisting in covering tuition and expenses, Cooke Scholars receive:
- Academic advising
- Access to internship stipends
- Opportunities to study abroad
- Networking with alumni and community of scholars
The TWO scholarships that are currently open for application are:
Cooke College Scholarship
This scholarship is available to 12th graders. Applications are due by November 3, 2015. The Cooke College Scholarship is an undergraduate scholarship available to high-achieving high school seniors with financial need. They may enroll in any accredited state or private four-year college and university. For more information, click here.
Cooke Community College Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
The scholarship is available to community college students. Applications are due by December 15, 2015. The Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship makes it possible for the nation's top community college students to complete their bachelor's degrees by transferring to a four-year college or university. For more information, click here.
Source: The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
About The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation:
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a private, independent foundation dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. The Foundation supports exceptional students from elementary school to graduate school through scholarships, grants, direct service, and knowledge creation and dissemination.
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. By offering the largest scholarships in the country, in-depth academic counseling and other direct services, the Cooke Foundation seeks to help high-performing, low-income students to develop their talents and excel educationally. Cooke Scholars are selected from a national pool using such factors as exemplary academic achievement, financial need, grit, determination and social commitment. In addition to providing students both counseling and financial support from middle school to graduate school, the Cooke Foundation provides significant grants for noteworthy and innovative initiatives that support high-performing, low-income students.
