Apply for Scholarships
Cuyahoga Community College offers a broad range of scholarship opportunities for incoming freshmen, high school graduates, and returning and transfer undergraduate students. Many of our scholarships are provided through the generosity of donors who share our commitment to making college possible for students throughout our region. Tri-C also receives a wide variety of scholarship opportunities from external donors and outside resources.
Scholarships are a form of aid that assists students with paying for their education. Generally, scholarships are awarded to students with special qualifications, such as academic, athletic, or artistic talent. Scholarship consideration criteria include program of study, hours of registration, community service, extracurricular activities, residency, campus/club organization, financial need, and grade point average. You may be matched with one out of 200+ available scholarship opportunities by submitting the General Scholarship Application and uploading a personal statement. Interested applicants should complete a 2024-2025 FAFSA and have an admissions application on file.
For questions, contact Student Financial Aid & Scholarships at (216) 987-6000, Option #2, or email at financialaid@778jz.com.
Financial Education virtual workshops are available weekly.
Disclaimer: Current Tri-C employees, visiting, non-degree seeking, and College Credit Plus students are ineligible to apply.
How to Apply for Tri-C Scholarship Opportunities
- Complete the online admission application to Cuyahoga Community College.
- Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and include the federal student aid code for Tri-C (003040).
- Complete the online scholarship application. Please note that the online scholarship application requires the upload of an essay, which can be either a Word or PDF document.
- Applicants must have at least a 2.0 or higher cumulative grade point average and register in at least 6 credit hours per semester for the entire scholarship period.
- All scholarship recipients are asked to submit a Thank You letter to donors acknowledging the award.
- Student should check my Tri-C space for the status of their scholarship application or login to your application.
- Notifications of the awards will be sent to the student's Tri-C email address.
Program Specific Opportunities
| Business and Accounting |
| Creative Arts |
| Engineering and STEM |
| Health Careers and Nursing |
| Honors and Scholars |
| Hospitality |
| Information Technology |
| Noncredit Workforce |
| Veterans |
Transfer Scholarship Opportunities
| Transfer Scholarships |
| Alzada Singleton Davis Scholarship |
External Scholarship Opportunities
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External Foundation |
Amount |
Deadline to apply |
| Phi Theta Kappa | varies | varies |
| College Now | varies | varies |
| Opportunities for Ohioan with Disabilities (OOD) | varies | varies |
