Cuesta College offers a variety of scholarships to help pay for the costs of attending college. Scholarships are awarded to students based on various special qualifications, such as academic achievement, artistic abilities, demonstrated leadership, athletic talents, or to students who are in particular fields of study, members of underrepresented groups, or who demonstrate a financial need.
Scholarships are provided to Cuesta College students by the generosity of foundations, corporations, and individual donors.
You will find useful information about the Cuesta College Scholarship Application and the Cuesta Promise below. Additionally, you will find links to scholarship databases and information about outside scholarships.
A scholarship is free money that can be used to help you pay for school expenses like tuition, books, and housing. That's right, free money that you do not have to pay back.
In addition to the Cuesta Promise, Cuesta College offers over 100 institutional scholarships through the Cuesta College Foundation. To be considered for any of these scholarships, you must submit a Cuesta College Scholarship Application.
The Cuesta Scholarship Application is open from October 1, 2023 - April 2, 2024 for the 2024 - 2025 award year. Please note that the deadline has been extended from the original date of March 2, 2024.
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT ACUESTA COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
IMPORTANT: Although completing a FAFSA or CADAA is not required to submit a scholarship application, we HIGHLY encourage you to submit a financial aid application because some scholarships are based on need.
Questions? Contact Financial Aid at (805) 546-3143 or email finaid@cuesta.edu.
To receive tuition assistance for the first two years at Cuesta College, students must complete all the Cuesta Promise steps by the August 1st deadline and must have graduated within the appropriate time frame. For more details, visit The Cuesta Promise webpage.
Have you been awarded an outside scholarship? Please review the following document for information on how to send the scholarship to Cuesta College:
Cuesta College Outside Scholarship Policy
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