WACE, on behalf of the nine WACE Partner Institutions, is pleased to announce and sponsor its Eighteenth Annual National Co-Op Scholarship Program.  As the largest independently sponsored merit co-op scholarship program in the United States, WACE will award 160 merit co-op scholarships for a total value of $4.2 million.  These merit co-op scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors and transfer students who plan to participate in college cooperative education at one of the following partner institutions:

• Clarkson University
  •  December 1, 2019- Deadline date for Early Decision applicants
  • January 15, 2020- Deadline date for all other applicants
    
    • www.clarkson.edu  --  ph. 315-268-6400
    • Up to ten $6,000 merit co-op scholarships renewable for up to $24,000 per University criteria
• Drexel University
  • November 15, 2019- Deadline date for Early Decision applicants 
  • February 1, 2020- Deadline date for Early Action and Regular Decision applicants
    
    • www.drexel.edu -- ph. 215-895-2400
    • Up to thirty $6,000 merit co-op scholarships renewable for up to $30,000 per University criteria
• Johnson & Wales University
  • November 1, 2019- Deadline date for Early Decision applicants
  • December 15, 2019- Deadline date for all other applicants
    • www.jwu.edu -- ph. 401-598-2345
    • Up to ten $6,000 merit co-op scholarships renewable for up to $24,000 per University criteria
• Merrimack College
  • November 15, 2019- Deadline for all Early Action 1 and Early Decision applicatns
  • January 15, 2020- Deadline for all Early Action 2 applicants
  • February 15, 2020- Deadline for all Regular Decision applicants
    • www.merrimack.edu -- ph. 978-837-5000
    • Up to fifteen $6,000 merit scholarships renewable for up to $24,000 per University criteria
• Rochester Institute of Technology
  • February 15, 2020- Deadline for all Regular Decision applicants
    • www.rit.edu -- ph. 585-475-6631
    • Up to fifteen $7,000 merit co-op scholarships renewable for up to $24,000 per University criteria
• State University of New York Oswego
  • March 1, 2020- Deadline date for all Regular Decision applicants
    • www.oswego.edu -- ph. 315-312-2250
    • Up to twenty $6,000 merit co-op shcolarships renewable for up to $24,000 per University criteria
• The University of Toledo
  • February 15, 2020- Deadline date for all regular Decision applicants
    • www.utoledo.edu/engineering -- ph. 419-530-8040
    • Up to fifteen $6,000 merit co-op scholarships renewable for up to $24,000 per University criteria
• University of Cincinnati
  • February 15, 2020 Deadline date for all Regular Decision applicants
    • www.uc.edu -- ph. 513-556-2420
    • Up to fifteen $6,000 merit co-op scholarships
• Wentworth Institute of Technology
  • February 15, 2020- Deadline date for all Regular Decision applicants
    • www.wit.edu -- ph. 617-989-4000
    • Up to thirty $6,000 merit co-op scholarships renewable for up to $24,000-$30,000 per Program and University criteria

Qualifications

• Must have a cumulative high school GPA of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale
• Apply for admission for the 2020-2021 academic year a instiution(s) selected on the scholarship application
• Meet other merit scholarship criteria as established by the instiution(s) selected on the scholarship application

To Apply: Applications are only accepted online on the WACE website at www.waceinc.org

WACE encourages minority and femaile students a well as students interested in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM) to apply for this merit co-op scholarship.

Please note the selection of scholarship recipients is decided by each partner institution. All scholarships are non-transferable.  recipients will be notified between March and May of 2020.