HISD’s graduating seniors were offered $92,957,003 in college scholarships this year. That’s $16.2 million more than was offered last year.
HISD students applied for and received 5,158 scholarship offers with many students receiving multiple offers. Of that number, 4551 were offered in academics and 270 were offered in athletics.
Schools and universities offering scholarships include local, state and several prestigious military and Ivy League schools including West Point, Harvard, Yale and Duke University.
More than $17.8 million dollars in college scholarships offers were made to HISD students who will be the first in their family to attend college. In creating a college bound culture, the district is seeing more students offered scholarships than ever before.
Here are the breakdowns of the statistics:
Schools topping $5 Million in Offered Scholarships
DeBakey $11,180,677
HSPVA $9,702,182
Bellaire $8,910,874
Lamar $8,104,092
Westside $7,468,226
Carnegie Vanguard $5,303,088
Scholarships accepted by groups
American Indian $674,836
Asian $9,953,909
Black $31,866,953
Hispanic $25,495,776
White $24,930,529
Colleges/Universities Offering Scholarships
Baylor $3,698,022
Houston Baptist $2,769,121
University of Houston $2,743,978
Texas A&M $2,271,309
University of Texas $1,926,597
Prairie View A&M $904,917
Rice $785,132
West Point $604,000
Yale $197,600
Harvard $100,750
Princeton $84,000
Duke $51,450
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