Careers That Work! Scholarship

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The Careers That Work! program was launched in 1999 in Washington.  Each year, every high school in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington (public and private) are given five $1000 tuition scholarships ($500 tuition scholarships are available for programs taking less than six months to complete) to award to graduating students headed to one of the participating career colleges.

Seniors awarded the Careers That Work! by their high school are not restricted to colleges within their home state.  That means seniors graduating in Idaho, Oregon, or Washington may be awarded the scholarship for attendance at any participating private career college in any of those three states.

Scholarship recipients are identified and awarded by the high school. The high school must complete the award process via the online application found on this page, to the right.

Scholarships are tentative, pending the student’s acceptance for admission and commencement of study at the college. If accepted, the scholarship will be credited to the student’s tuition, generally in equal disbursements during their first academic year, in accordance with the college’s scholarship award policy. Students should talk with their college to determine when their scholarship will be applied.

All awards must be submitted online by the high school. Awards submitted without complete information will be rejected until a completed award record is received.

• Scholarship info and certificates will be provided to the counselors before October 2025.
• All awarded students are encouraged to contact their career college immediately upon receiving notice of award.
• The student is advised to bring the scholarship certificate when arriving at the college.

Submission Deadline: June 12, 2026

Student acceptance to the college:   July 10, 2026

Scholarships not redeemed by December 31, 2026 are void unless special arrangements are made with the college.

 Contact the NWCC Idaho at 208.861.1723 or bdehaan@nwccidaho.org

Careers That Work! Application

Scholarship Brochure

The Northwest Career Colleges Idaho thanks all of the high schools and member colleges that participate in the Careers That Work! scholarship program. 

Recipients will be contacted directly if they are selected for an award. Awards for the 2026 graduating class have started and the recipient list will be updated as they are notified. 

For the 2025 graduating class, 178 students were awarded scholarships.