74% of college students have jobs, but 40% still drop out—often for expenses under $1,000.
These realities are frequently left out of the headlines and perceptions of today’s college students. But the truth is, 3 million students annually leave college due to unmet financial needs.
A small investment in emergency aid often prevents a much greater crisis, such as increased loan defaults or the economic loss of an unfinished degree.
We need your help more than ever! Funding an emergency aid scholarship can change a student's life forever.
Students need your help now more than ever.
For Maria, Will, Bella and Alana, their college and career dreams almost came to an end due to sudden financial crises. But with emergency scholarship funding provided quickly through Scholarship America and their schools, all four were able to persist toward their degree.
Creating an emergency scholarship fund means giving directly to life-changing interventions, like covering a $300 license fee that allows a student to secure employment or helping a student avoid eviction with a $500 grant.
Studies report that 82% of emergency aid recipients say the funding directly improved their chances of graduating—showcasing measurable, tangible outcomes for every dollar contributed.
"Emergency funding [meant] I could go grocery shopping. My world got better in that moment."
—Will MacKay, Nicolet College
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