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Explore Debt-free Options with Scholarships and Grants

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female teacher standing behind student while pointing to a computer screenNeed-based and merit-based scholarships are awarded for a host of reasons – choice of major, community involvement, special interests, creative talents – and that’s just to name a few. Regardless of your economic situation, take every opportunity to lessen the financial burden of college.
Central Piedmont has over 250 scholarship opportunities available each year. Students can access a number of these opportunities by completing the General Scholarship Application on Academic Works for summer and fall.
Important Deadlines:
  • The Summer 2022 application deadline is April 30, 2022.
  • The Fall 2022 & spring 2023 priority application deadline is May 15, 2022.
  • The Spring 2021 application deadline is November 30, 2020.
Students who complete the general application will automatically be considered for all auto-match scholarship opportunities. Certain opportunities may require supplemental information (i.e. transcripts, essays, letters of recommendation, etc.).

WSOC- TV Report: Many Students Overlook Community Colleges

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Community colleges are often the way you can have it all when it comes to higher education: You can have “the dream without the bill.” That’s how WSOC-TV, the region’s ABC affiliate, described the excellent option of community college for earning a degree without the stress of heavy debt hanging over your head. At Central Piedmont, it’s possible to achieve the dream of higher education minus the nightmare of crippling debt that can sometimes follow.

Getting a high-quality education at an affordable price is a reality for many Central Piedmont students, including alumna Wylena Jones who was recently featured in WSOC-TV’s top news story on the student debt crisis.

Central Piedmont offers high school students several opportunities to get a head start on college by earning tuition-free college credit while still in high school. This was the case for triplets, Kayla, Koby and Keyshawn Brown who got their high school diplomas plus associate degrees, without spending a dime on tuition.

View the full story to learn more about how fellow students were able to achieve the dream of education, without the hefty bill.