While growing up, we’ve all dreamed of what we could accomplish for ourselves and our communities after finishing school. The Arkadelphia Promise can help with your goal of earning a college degree and thereby pursuing a future career. It is a promise to remove financial obstacles of higher education so you can continue to dream big and work hard after high school.

Watching your child grow up, you’ve worked hard to provide them with every opportunity to accomplish great things for themselves and their community. The Arkadelphia Promise can help with his or her goal of earning a college degree and thereby pursuing a future career. It is a promise to help remove the financial obstacles of higher education so he or she can continue to dream big and work hard after high school.

If you receive state or federally funded financial aid (example: Pell Grant, GO! Scholarship, etc.), those awards will be applied to tuition and mandatory fees first, followed by the Arkansas Academic Challenge (Lottery) Scholarship. IF there is a balance after those awards have been applied then the Arkadelphia Promise will pay up to $3,000 per semester for freshmen. The Arkadelphia Promise will help minimize the cost of attending college and help Arkadelphia students through the college-going process. Please refer to the chart on the Students page for more details.

Students may not choose the order in which aid is applied to their bill (for example, you cannot apply the Arkansas Academic Challenge scholarship and the Promise scholarship together to pay for tuition and mandatory fees and use the Pell grant to pay for room and board). Federal/state laws and universities dictate how financial aid is stacked.

In general, all graduates of Arkadelphia High School, beginning with the 2011 graduating class who receive the Arkansas Academic Challenge (Lottery) Scholarship from the State of Arkansas are eligible. See the Specific Qualifications section below for more detail. The Arkadelphia Promise Scholarship will assist in paying tuition and fees, after the Arkansas Challenge and federal aid is applied to your bill. The Arkadelphia Promise can be used to help pay tuition and mandatory fees at any accredited two-year or four-year public or private college or university in the United States. The Arkadelphia Promise Scholarship does not pay for room and board or books. The Arkadelphia Promise also helps those who qualify through certificate programs. For example, welding, cosmetology, or diesel mechanic certificates.

Yes. A special provision has been made for students attending an out of state school since the Arkansas Academic Challenge (Lottery) Scholarship applies only to Arkansas schools. For students attending accredited public or private colleges or universities outside of Arkansas, the Arkadelphia Promise scholarship will pay up to the same amount it would have paid had the student attended an Arkansas institution.

Students attending out of state colleges or universities must meet the same minimum academic requirements as students attending in state college or university.

The Arkadelphia Promise Scholarship provides up to four continuous years of tuition and mandatory fees for post-secondary education. To maintain continued eligibility for the Arkadelphia Promise Scholarship, Arkadelphia High School graduates must adhere to the following:

• Enter any accredited two-year or four-year college or university, or approved certificate program, in the United States immediately following graduation from high school (unless deferred by military service).

• Receive and maintain the Arkansas Academic Challenge (Lottery) Scholarship. If after entering a college or university, the student loses the Arkansas Academic Challenge (Lottery) Scholarship, he or she will also lose the Arkadelphia Promise Scholarship. Once a student loses the Arkadelphia Promise Scholarship, he or she will not be eligible for reinstatement.

The Arkadelphia Promise Board of Directors will determine the maximum scholarship and the scholarship will be based on the student’s years of contiguous attendance in the Arkadelphia School District.

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K-12 100%
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1-12 95%
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2-12 95%
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3-12 95%
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4-12 90%
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5-12 85%
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6-12 80%
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7-12 75%
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8-12 70%
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9-12 65%
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10-12 or less None
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• Graduate from Arkadelphia High School.
  

• If attending an in-state college, qualify and receive the Arkansas Academic Challenge (Lottery) Scholarship from the State of Arkansas.
  

• If attending an out-of-state college or certificate program, qualify for the Arkansas Academic Challenge (Lottery) Scholarship from the State of Arkansas.
  

• Maintain eligibility for the Arkansas Academic Challenge (Lottery) Scholarship throughout college.

• Must be a graduate of Arkadelphia High School
  

• Must apply for and receive the Arkansas Academic Challenge (Lottery) Scholarship
  

• Must provide a letter of admission at an approved institution of higher education in a program of study that leads to a baccalaureate degree, associate’s degree, qualified certificate or a nursing school diploma
  

• Must be an Arkansas resident and US citizen or lawful permanent resident
  

• Must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Government aid received will be reduced from the amount of the Arkadelphia Promise Scholarship
  

• Must provide documentation of application and awards of all federal and state financial aid available as well as additional applicable scholarships offered by colleges, universities and private funders
  

• Must achieve at least a 19 on the ACT
  

• Must apply for 2 scholarship opportunities outside of state, federal or Arkadelphia Promise funding. Awards are not required but proof of application is to be documented.

  Funding for the Arkadelphia Promise Scholarship is provided by Southern Bancorp and the Ross Foundation. This Program was conceived and developed by the Clark County Strategic Plan.