PepsiCo Foundation Uplift Scholarship Program

The Uplift Scholarship Program: An HCC-PepsiCo Foundation Partnership

The Uplift Scholarship program is a partnership between Houston Community College and The PepsiCo Foundation to tackle education inequalities.

The scholarship program offers a broad range of training and services to help students complete their education and obtain jobs with livable and sustainable wages in high-growth, high-demand fields.

Scholarships will be awarded to qualifying students to offset tuition and other associated costs.

Key Qualification Criteria:

• For credit programs, students must enroll in at least 6 credit hours per semester.
• For those pursuing AAS degree and/or Level 2 certificates must either meet the benchmark scores required for “college-ready” coursework or demonstrate proof of TSI Exemption as referenced HERE
• Current HCC students must have at least a 2.5 GPA and continue to maintain a 2.5 GPA