NEW This Year: AkSCA is Offering TWO New Scholarships!!

AkSCA Scholarships:

AkSCA College Scholarship - $2,000 Scholarship for a graduating senior who will begin an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree at a college in Alaska in 2025-2026 academic year  Scholarship will be paid directly to school/training program for tuition, fees and housing.

AkSCA CTE Scholarship  - $2,000 Scholarship for a graduating senior who will begin a CTE training program in Alaska in the 2025-2026 academic year.  Scholarship will be paid directly to the school/training program for tuition, fees and housing.

Alaska Career College- Five individual $500 tuition waivers for Allied Health Programs (Medical Assisting, Phlebotomy Technician, Medical Coding and Billing, and Massage Therapy) & five $1000 tuition waivers for Business Administration, Computer, Accounting and Human Resources Diploma and Degree Programs.  These ACC Scholarships are available to students graduating this year and to those who have graduated in the past 3 years.

AVTEC – Alaska Vocational Technical Center- Two AVTEC tuition Waivers for one term programs (Construction, Plumbing & Heating, Refrigeration, Culinary Arts, Industrial Machine and Maintenance).  No tuition waivers available for Industrial Welding and Diesel Heavy Equipment Technology. – Students will be responsible for Room & Board, books, supplies and any other fees.

Please visit the link below to access specific information about this year’s application.  Once on the site, click on the "Other Awards" button. Then click on “2025 AKSCA Scholarships” to find the current application instructions; it is a file that will need to be downloaded.     aksca.schoolcounselorawards.org

Applications must be submitted by May 24th, 2025 at 10pm Alaska time. All documents should be saved as a single pdf and uploaded to aksca.schoolcounselorawards.org Applicants will need to create a login to upload their application. 

Winners will be announced the week of June 7.

Questions can be directed to the Scholarship Committee Chair, Sarah Swanson, sswanson@bssd.org or 907-744-0170.