Scholarship Support
Your scholarship support enables our students to dedicate their time to their studies and succeed at school. Your help also decreases the amount of funds our students may otherwise need to borrow in student loans, so they are not saddled with debt just as they are getting their new careers off the ground.
Furthermore, most of the students at Cañada College, College of San Mateo, and Skyline College live and work locally during and after college. Your scholarship support gives community members the opportunity to prosper, and our entire community thrives as a result.
To make a gift to scholarships, please contact us for more information or donate now online. For a list of all scholarships currently available to students, visit the academicworks site.
Scholarships are awarded annually to students. Recipients may be entering from high school, continuing their studies at one of our colleges, or transferring to a four-year institution. Awards range from $200 – $2,000 or higher. Scholarship Committees at each of the colleges review the scholarship applications and select the award recipients based on the established criteria for each scholarship. Payments are made to recipients upon verification of enrollment at one of the SMCCCD colleges or at a transfer institution.
To support our students through scholarships, you can make an immediate gift online. You may also use cash, checks, stocks, bonds, real property, an endowed fund, or a planned gift (bequest) to make your gift. See our Ways to Give page or contact us for more information. To create a new scholarship, download one of our forms: Named Scholarship (minimum commitment is $1,500 per year over at least three years) or Endowed Scholarship (minimum commitment of $20,000). You may also fill out the Named Scholarship form online on our website.
Students applying for scholarships should visit the Cañada College, College of San Mateo, and/or Skyline College websites.