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Educational Scholarships

Scholarship Winners

Your Future Starts Here with a County Federal Credit Union Scholarship

Now accepting applicants for the Santa Clara County Federal Credit Union Scholarship

educational scholarships

At County Federal, we believe in the growth of our community through higher education. The County Federal Credit Union Scholarship is now accepting applications. Let us take care of some of your college fees!

Starting February 1st, County Federal will accept applications for educational scholarships. Up to twelve one-year educational scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors, and post-secondary students enrolled in an accredited university or community/technical college, full or part-time. Awards range from $1,000 - $2,000 for community/technical colleges and four-year colleges.

Scholarship recipients will be announced in June. Scholarships are distributed in August before the fall semester.

All participating students are required to complete an application, write an essay and attach a copy of a current high school/college transcript to the application. Scholarships will be judged on cumulative GPA (10%), community and high school involvement (20%) and an essay (70%).

The following are required of all applicants:

  • Applicants must be a member of County Federal whose account is in good standing as of the application deadline date.
  • Applicant must be a graduating high school senior or post-secondary student.
  • Applicant must be in good standing with their high school/college, may not be on disciplinary or academic probation, have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.
  • Applications must be submitted on or before April 22, 2024.
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Santa Clara County Federal Credit Union 2024 Educational Scholarship Winners Announced

At County Federal, we believe in the growth of our community through higher education. Thank you to all who took the time to apply for the Educational Scholarship Program. All participating students were required to complete an application, write an essay, and provide a copy of their current high school/college transcript with the application. Scholarships were judged on cumulative GPA (10%), community and high school involvement (20%), and an essay (70%).

From February 1st through April 22nd, 2024, County Federal accepted applications for educational scholarships. One-year scholarships were awarded to the following graduating high school seniors and post-secondary students enrolled full or part-time in an accredited university or community/technical college.

2024 Educational Scholarship Winners

Graduating High School Seniors

1st Place – Julia Martin

2nd Place – Kevin Stovich

3rd Place – Tina Sinaki

4th Place – Nicholas Kann

Community or Technical College

1st Place – Andrea Loera

2nd Place – Isaiah Meza

3rd Place – Paola Villasenor-Carrillo

University or Four-Year College

1st Place – Lisa Fung

2nd Place – Delilah Navarro

3rd Place – Alyssa Chuor

Thank you to all the 2024 County Federal Educational Scholarship applicants, and congratulations again to our 2024 Scholarship Recipients! We applaud every one of you for your hard work and accomplishments. We are excited to see what you achieve in the future.

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