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.