The RISE Financial Progress Scholarship awards five $5,000 scholarships each year to students who demonstrate a desire to improve their financial knowledge and educate others about personal finance.
At RISE, our customers – hardworking college-educated professionals – have fewer options to make progress financially because they have low credit scores. While we offer tools and resources to improve their financial futures, we know that the best way to avoid these challenges is to not suffer from a low credit score in the first place.
We’ve developed the RISE Financial Progress Scholarship to help hardworking students achieve their dreams while also teaching as many students as possible what they need for long-term financial success.
The RISE Financial Progress Scholarship awards five $5,000 scholarships each year to students who demonstrate a desire to improve their financial knowledge – by taking a financial course – and sharing what they learn – through a scholarship essay.
Scholarship recipients may use the scholarship money to help pay for educational expenses, including tuition, fees, housing, textbooks, or even a new computer.
The RISE Financial Progress Scholarship is open to students from a variety of backgrounds.
Eligibility Criteria
To qualify for the RISE Financial Progress Scholarship, you must:
Step 1: Eligible students must complete the RISE Financial Progress Course.
Step 2: After completing the course, eligible students must then write a 500-word essay on the following topic:
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The RISE Financial Progress Scholarship is open to college applicants once each year.
You can complete the financial course and submit an application within the following timeframe:
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Click and follow the button below to the Rise Financial Progress Course. Upon completion of the course you will be directed to the application to submit your essay.
Have a question? You can reach us at rise-scholarship@scholarshipamerica.org.
*Employees of RISE Credit, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and suppliers, (collectively the “Employees”), and immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of Employees are not eligible to apply for the RISE Financial Progress Scholarship.