CollegeCounts Scholarship

Scholarship Value: $4,000
Awards Available: 50
Award Deadline: Feb 28, 2025

College can be the best time of your life. But paying for college isn’t easy. The CollegeCounts Scholarship can provide funding assistance to Alabama high school students who demonstrate a financial need and are planning to attend an Alabama college.

Eligibility to Apply

Applicants must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for this scholarship:

  • Be a high school senior or first-time college freshman beginning in fall 2025
  • Be a U.S. citizen
  • Be an Alabama resident
  • Planning to enroll in an Alabama eligible educational institution in fall 2025
  • Demonstrate financial need
  • Have a minimum GPA of 2.75
  • Have an ACT score of 29 or below
  • (applicants attending a two-year school will not be required to submit ACT scores)

Award Details

Awards of $4,000 for four-year college enrollees and $2,000 for two-year college enrollees.

Award is one-time, non-renewable and granted on a semester basis in the first academic year.

Application Period

Opens – December 1, 2024 – 12:01 am/CST

Closes – February 28, 2025 – 11:59 pm/CST

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