Nevada Promise Scholarship

DFEADLINE TO APPLY:   OCTOBER 31st

https://www.tmcc.edu/nevada-promise-scholarship

https://www.csn.edu/promise

https://www.gbcnv.edu/scholarships/nvpromise/

 https://wnc.edu/advising/promise.php

 

About the Program

The Nevada Promise Scholarship (NPS) is a state-supported financial aid program established by the Nevada State Legislature for Nevada high school graduates to attend community college at a substantially reduced cost. As a last-dollar scholarship, the NPS covers up to three years of the base registration and certain other mandatory fees not covered by other state and federal aid received by the student.

Currently the participating institutions are all Nevada public community colleges, CSN, GBC, TMCC, WNC. Nevada Promise Scholarship is a “last dollar scholarship” which means it will cover costs for registration fees and other mandatory fees that are not covered by other gift aid program. Examples of other gift aid programs would be the Pell grant, the Millennium Scholarship, and SSOG. With this program, a student could attend for up to three years at no cost.

The eligibility and requirements for this program are:

• Students must enroll in a minimum of 12 semester credit hours in an associate degree program, a bachelor’s degree program or a certificate of achievement program at their home school for each semester of the school year immediately following the school year in which the student graduates from high school.
• Students must be bona fide residents of the state of Nevada.
• First-time recipients must be less than 20 years of age.
• Award amount varies based on amount of remaining registration fees and other mandatory fees after all other gift aid has been applied.
• Students who have earned a prior associate or bachelor’s degree do not qualify.
• Students must complete 20 hours of community service 
• Mentoring is required.
• Students must not be in default or owe a refund to and federal financial aid program.

The program does have a special application. The deadline to file the application was
October 31. Please see the institutional website for additional eligibility and application information.