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Columbia College Scholarships

If you are a current Columbia College student SUBMIT YOUR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION HERE by using  your college e-mail address to log in.

The Columbia College Foundation works with dozens of community donors to offer scholarships and awards to Columbia College students. Scholarships and award opportunities are available for students in all fields of study. GPA and other selection criteria vary. With our online scholarship application, students can apply for more than 80 opportunities with one online application.

NEW - The Amy Nilson Completion Scholarship - This scholarship is in honor of the retirement of the Columbia College Foundation Executive Director Amy Nilson, and is intended to enable Columbia College students to complete their chosen certificate or degree at Columbia College. This scholarship will provide 20 awards of $1,500 this academic year. Requirements: students must be able to show that they are within two semesters of completing their educational goal at Columbia, and that a scholarship will help them with their next step in education or chosen career.  Students must demonstrate recent record of progress.  Scholarships will be awarded in January of 2025 and will require that students submit a graduation application.

CCC Finish Line Scholarship now at Columbia! The  CCC Finish Line Scholarship is a significant opportunity to help Columbia College students who are at least halfway to their educational goal at Columbia and can complete their desired certificate(s) and degree(s) if they attend fulltime over the next one or two semesters. The Columbia College Foundation is offering 20 awards of $2,500 per semester , in partnership with the California Community College Finish Line Scholars program. Requirements: Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5, qualify for California Promise Grant fee waiver, at least halfway to desired goal of a certificate and/or associate degree, enroll fulltime (or equivalent) during period of support. Financial need will be considered.

Questions? Call the Columbia College Foundation at (209) 588-5065

Help for applicants:

For hands-on assistance with your Columbia College Scholarship Application:

  • Welcome Desk (Student Ambassadors) - Upper Manzanita Lobby - (209) 588-2194
  • Career & Transfer Center staff - Upper Manzanita - (209) 588-5273
  • Academic Achievement Center - Upper Tamarack - (209) 588-5088
  • For additional information, contact the Foundation office via email at ccfscholarships@yosemite.edu or call (209) 588-5065.

Off-Campus Scholarship Opportunities

The Columbia College Foundation Scholarship Office provides the information listed as a courtesy. We do not promote, validate, or maintain the websites for Outside Non-Columbia College Foundation Scholarship opportunities.                      

eQuality Scholarship Collaborative - $6,000 scholarship to recognize service to the LGBT+ community. For graduating high school and community college students in northern and central California. NOW OPEN - Closes January 31, 2025

Grants for Single Moms - Applicaiton deadlines and awards vary.

HBCU Scholarship  - Opportunities for students who plan to study communications at an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities).  2025 application is NOW OPEN for students pursuing a communications degree 

Hope for Healing Scholarship -- $5,000 scholarship for students students who have been accepted to a four-year institution with a planned course of study in the area of of mental and behavioral health or psychiatric nursing as demonstrated by a major or minor course of study. 2025 application is NOW OPEN.

Live Your Dream Award -- Opportunities for women (head of household) offered by local Soroptimist Clubs. Calaveras County residents please contact Debbie Morris at 209-890-3178 for more information. Contact Gloria Winton for information at 209-743-5762, gjwinton@aol.com.

Scholarships for Women - Application deadlines and awards vary.

Tuolumne County Women's Network -- Opportunities for women. 

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