El Dorado Promise
What is the El Dorado Promise?
El Dorado Promise is a unique scholarship program. The Promise provides graduates of El Dorado High School a tuition scholarship that can be used at any accredited Arkansas public university or community college, or any accredited private or out-of-state university.
El Dorado Promise
Who is Eligible?
All students who graduate from El Dorado Public School, reside in the district, and have been an EPS student since at least the ninth grade. (Enrollment and residency must be continuous.)
Is El Dorado Promise Need-Based?
No.
What are the Terms of the Scholarship?
El Dorado Promise provides up to five years of tuition and mandatory fees for undergraduate post-secondary education for students entering college immediately following high school (unless interrupted by military service).
What is the Amount of the Scholarship?
The El Dorado Promise maximum is set by the maximum level resident tuition payable at an Arkansas public university.
How is the Amount of Scholarship Determined?
Scholarship amounts will be paid based on length of attendance in the El Dorado Public School District. For example, graduates who attend all 13 years at EPS will receive 100 percent of the scholarship. See sidebar.
What are the Program Requirements?
Admitted to and enrolled at a two- or four-year college or university accredited by one of the U.S.'s six regional accrediting bodies. Must be making progress toward a bachelor's or associate's degree. Must maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average at post-secondary institution. Must enroll in a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester, and complete at least 24 credit hours each academic year.
For more information please vist ElDoradoPromise.com