SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS

Scholarships and grants are a great way to reduce your tuition costs. They’re a form of student financial aid often called gift aid because – unlike student loans – they don’t have to be paid back.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Columbia College Hollywood is committed to cultivating, inspiring, and empowering new students enrolling in a degree program for the first time with a variety of need and merit-based scholarships. All incoming students are encouraged to apply.

Each Columbia College Hollywood scholarship has specific eligibility and application requirements. Applications must be submitted by the posted deadline.

Incoming students are welcome to apply for more than one scholarship. Only one scholarship will be awarded per student. An international student studying on an F1 visa may apply for the Greenlight Scholarship only.

Once awarded, these scholarships can be renewed annually, if qualifications are met.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINES

Artists Access Scholarship

The Artists Access Scholarship is a need-based scholarship awarded at the start of each quarter. This scholarship provides tuition assistance to a limited number of newly admitted students with demonstrated financial need who are also hard working, passionate, and committed to learning the art and craft of visual storytelling.

The Artists Access Scholarship awards up to $2,000 per quarter for a total of up to $6,000 per academic year. The scholarship is renewable annually for up to 4 years if the recipient continues as a full-time student and maintains a minimum CGPA of 3.00.

APPLY HERE

Greenlight Scholarship

At the beginning of each academic quarter, Columbia College Hollywood awards the Greenlight Scholarship to a limited number of newly admitted students who are hardworking, passionate, and deeply committed to life as visual storytellers, artists, and filmmakers.

The Greenlight Scholarship is a merit-based award that provides up to $1,000 in tuition assistance per quarter up to a maximum of $16,000 and is renewable annually if the recipient continues as a full-time student and maintains a minimum CGPA of 2.50.

APPLY HERE

Summer Kickstart Scholarship

The Summer Kickstart Scholarship is an automatic, one-time scholarship that provides up to $1,000 in tuition assistance to all newly admitted students who enroll in an on-ground or online degree program for the first time in the Summer quarter.

Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for a $1,000 Summer Kickstart Scholarship, you must:

• Enroll as a first-time, new student in the Summer quarter
• Register full-time for 16 credit hours (4 courses)

To be eligible for a $750 Summer Kickstart Scholarship, you must:

• Enroll as a first-time, new student in the Summer quarter
• Register full-time for 12 credit hours (3 courses)

To be eligible for a $500 Summer Kickstart Scholarship, you must:

• Enroll as a first-time, new student in the Summer quarter
• Register part-time for 8 credit hours (2 courses)

If you defer your enrollment and do not begin classes in the Summer quarter, you are ineligible for the Summer Kickstart Scholarship.

This scholarship may not be combined or awarded with other scholarships. Only one scholarship is awarded per student.

High School Summer Program Graduate Scholarship
Columbia College Hollywood awards an automatic, one-time $500 scholarship to any newly admitted student who has successfully completed a course in the High School Summer Program in any previous session.

High School Summer Program Graduates may combine this award with an applicable Summer Kickstart Scholarship if they enroll for the first time in Summer Quarter.

Outside Scholarships
The Financial Aid department provides assistance to students searching for outside scholarships. For more information and a list of national scholarship resources, students may contact a Financial Aid Coordinator. Information on how to search for outside scholarships is also available on the Federal Student Aid website at studentaid.ed.gov.

GRANTS

Columbia College Hollywood students can take advantage of two need-based federal grants as part of a complete federal student aid package.

Federal Pell Grant
The Federal Pell Grant is awarded to undergraduate students who have exceptional financial need and who have not earned a bachelor’s degree. Unlike a loan, the Pell Grant does not have to be repaid. The amount an individual student may receive is determined by factors including factual information provided on the FAFSA®. A student may receive the Federal Pell Grant for no more than 150% of the average program length. At Flashpoint Chicago, a BFA student may receive a Federal Pell Grant for 18 academic quarters or the equivalent (roughly six years).

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) is awarded as a supplement to other sources of financial aid to undergraduate students who have exceptional financial need and who have not earned a bachelor’s degree. Students receiving Federal Pell Grants receive priority in FSEOG awards. The FSEOG does not have to be repaid.

Go the U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid website for more information.

Other Grants
In addition to the federal grant programs, students may research and apply for grant funds from outside private or nonprofit organizations.