College Tuition Available at No Cost for Tulsa County’s 2012 High School Graduates
For families on a budget, a free college education for their children can be a dream come true. All Tulsa County high school seniors who are residents of Tulsa County are eligible for up to 63 hours of college tuition at no cost through the Tulsa Community College Tulsa Achieves program. The deadline to apply for the fall is April 30.
is currently accepting applications from students interested in its Tulsa Achieves scholarship program. Now in its fifth year, Tulsa Achieves is a county-wide, publically funded free tuition program which pays up to 100 percent of tuition and mandatory fees (up to 63 college credit hours) for eligible students living in Tulsa County.
Students must be graduating from a public or private high school with a 2.0 grade point average or better. Home schooled students also qualify.
“Tulsa Achieves is an incredibly innovative way to provide a college education to our local students. We have made college accessible to thousands of Tulsans who might not otherwise who have been able to attend. College should be for those who can achieve, not just those who can afford the cost of degree. ,” said Tom McKeon, president of Tulsa Community College.
created Tulsa Achieves in 2007 to help eliminate the financial burden of attending college by providing additional funding to fill the gap between financial aid and the cost of attending college. The program continues to meet its goals of encouraging high school completion, increasing access to college for more students, and increasing the number of college graduates in Oklahoma. It has been praised by the Oklahoma Governor and local government officials and has made higher education a reality for the more than 5,000 students who have applied in the last four years.
Tulsa Achieves students begin their coursework the fall semester after high school graduation and may continue in the program for 63 credit hours of three years, whichever comes first.
In addition to their course work, Tulsa Achieves students are asked to give 40 hours of volunteer service to their community each academic year. More than 84,000 volunteer hours have been contributed by Tulsa Achieves students since the program launched.
Applications for Tulsa Achieves can be downloaded at www.tulsacc.edu/tulsaachieves and are due by April 30.
For more information on TCC’s Tulsa Achieves program, call 918-595-7834 or email tulsaachieves@tulsacc.edu.
Updated 04-22-2012
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