College of DuPage Trustees Scholarship

The College of DuPage’s Trustee Scholarship is a premier merit-based scholarship program for 2025-2026 high school graduates. When students apply for the scholarship, they are evaluated based on their cumulative GPA and their answer to their general application essay question.

Application Criteria:
• Must be a current high school senior who lives in District 502 and attends a U.S. high school *or * a current high school senior who lives out of District 502 but attends a high school in District 502 that will graduate in the 2025-2026 academic year
• Minimum 3.25 GPA/4.0 Scale (weighted or unweighted) – students must submit their high school transcripts showing all completed semester grades. Must have identifiable information for student, ex: name, DOB, high school, gpa, etc.
• Strong writing skills as demonstrated through the general application essay prompt.
• Must submit a FAFSA for 2026-2027 or ALT Application for 2026-2027 OR sign a waiver
• Optional: Students can submit information about their academic achievements, honors, awards, volunteer service, extracurriculars, and/or work experience. (this is already asked in the general application)

Award Information:
• Covers up to 60 credit hours of in district tuition for a maximum of 2 academic years as last dollar funding – if students receive financial aid in the form of federal, state, institutional, or external grants/scholarships; those funds will pay first and any tuition not covered will be used by the Trustees Scholarship
• PTK application fee is waived
• Recipients must be enrolled Full Time (12 credits or more) each semester

  • Recipients must maintain a cumulative 3.25 GPA
    • Recipients must complete 16 credit hours of community service for the first year as approved by Service Learning

Note: In order to apply for this scholarship, login to the portal using your COD email and password, submit the General Application first, and then click apply now for the College of DuPage Trustees Scholarship.

Award
Varies
Deadline
04/15/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. Please upload your current high school transcript, it should include ALL completed semester grades. If you or your school have recently sent your official transcript to College of DuPage, you still need to upload a copy of the file here (unofficial copy is accepted and must contain student identifiable information, i.e. student name, date of birth, address).
  2. I understand all communication will be sent to the COD student email. It is the responsibility of the student to stay updated on all communication.
  3. If selected to be a recipient, I understand that if I have an already established COD GPA (e.g., Dual Credit or Early Admission), the COD cumulative GPA will be considered for review. If my cumulative GPA falls below the required 3.25 GPA, I may be at risk of losing my scholarship at any point.
  4. If selected to be a recipient, I understand that this scholarship is a last dollar funding scholarship that is able to cover up to 60 credit hours of in district tuition for a maximum of 2 years, meaning if I receive any federal, state, institutional, or external aid, those funds will pay first and any tuition not covered will be used by the Trustees scholarship.
  5. If selected to be a recipient, I understand that I have to complete 16 hours of community service for the first year as approved by Service Learning in order to maintain my scholarship.
  6. Please select one of the following for the Financial Aid component
  7. By signing below, I acknowledge that I understand that by submitting this application, there is no guaranteed approval. *Enter your full name below* to acknowledge you have read and agree with the statement.
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