Scholarships at UCCS

Scholarships and Grants for Students Ready to Fuel the Future

We offer many scholarships and grants to students who are ready to earn their degrees and achieve success. Between both UCCS-offered and external scholarships, our students earned more than $10 million in scholarship awards last year alone.

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UCCS Chancellor’s Award

This $10,000 award is automatically awarded over four years to highly-achieving first-time, freshman and transfer students from Colorado and WUE states.

Chancellor’s Award

UCCS Peak Award

This $25,000 award is automatically awarded over four years to highly-achieving first-time, out-of-state (non-WUE) freshmen and transfer students.

Peak Award

UCCS Scholarships

It’s our goal to make your scholarship search easy. We’ve assembled a tool to assist you in your search of hundreds of UCCS-awarded and private scholarships.

Scholarships

Opportunities for Hardworking Students

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Work study and student employment opportunities abound.

Thousands of students work in various roles at UCCS each year, including need-based work study, non-need-based work study and on-campus hourly positions. These students learn real-world skills and are still afforded every opportunity to put their degree first.

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