Who is eligible for the Detroit Promise?

Detroit Promise funding is non-competitive. Every student meeting the requirements and registering will receive funding if their college identifies an eligible funding gap.

  • All Detroit high schools are eligible (public, private, charter, parochial, etc.)  if the high school has a Detroit address.
  • Students who attended multiple schools are eligible if all of the schools were located in Detroit.

Class of 2024 – Eligibility Updates

Community College Funding

Interested students must meet the following requirements:

  1. Successfully complete and submit the 2024-25 FAFSA and all college financial aid requirements.
  2. Live in Detroit for junior and senior years of high school.
  3. Attend a high school in Detroit for your junior and senior years and graduate. You can complete these years at any combination of Detroit high schools.

*Please note that there is no GPA/Exam Score Required for Community College funding.

University Funding

Some of our university partners have made alterations to the GPA and ACT/SAT requirement for the Class of 2024. What this means is that if you meet all the requirements, you may now be eligible for our four-year funding!

Interested students must meet the following requirements:

  1. Successfully complete and submit the 2024-25 FAFSA and all college financial aid requirements.
  2. Live in Detroit for all four years of high school.
  3. Attend a high school in Detroit for all four years and graduate (this can be any combination of Detroit high schools for all four years.)

In addition, scholars must meet the requirements of the college they are applying to. See below:


If applying to:

    • Central Michigan University
    • College for Creative Studies
    • Eastern Michigan University
    • Ferris State University
    • Grand Valley State University
    • Lawrence Technological University
    • Michigan State University
    • Michigan Technical University
    • Northern Michigan University
    • Oakland University
    • Saginaw Valley State University
    • Siena Heights University
    • University of Detroit - Mercy
    • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    • University of Michigan - Dearborn
    • University of Michigan - Flint
    • The University of Olivet
    • Wayne State University
    • Western Michigan University

 

Exam Score Requirement: Test Optional
GPA Requirement: Have a 3.0 cumulative by March 1, 2024.


If applying to:

    • Albion College (2.7 GPA)
    • Alma College (2.75 GPA)
    • Cleary University (2.0 GPA)
    • Madonna University (2.8 GPA)
    • Rochester University (2.7 GPA)

 

Exam Score Requirement: Test Optional
GPA Requirement: Required GPA in parentheses.


*Test Optional means that students can apply with or without a test score. If you are admitted and meet all other requirements, you will be eligible for Detroit Promise funding.

Walsh College only accepts transfer students. Students must start at a partnering Detroit Promise Community College to be eligible to transfer to Walsh College.

  • Attend any high school in the City of Detroit for all four years of high school and graduate from a Detroit high school in the spring of this school year. This includes schools operated by the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD), as well as self-governing, charter, private, alternative, home, and parochial schools. 
  • Be a Detroit resident for all four years of high school.
  • Have at least a 3.0 overall GPA by February 15 of this school year and through high school graduation.
  • Have at least a 21 ACT or 1060 SAT score by April 30 of this school year. Please note scores will only be accepted from exams that release scores to all test-takers on or before April 30. An exam with a score release date range that includes May 1 or later will not be accepted.
  • Successfully complete and submit the FAFSA by the federal deadline (June 30). 
  • Check TIP eligibility with the State of Michigan Treasury by August 31.
  • Register for the Detroit Promise by December 15, this school year.
  • Be admitted to a participating institution.
  • Sign the Detroit Promise Authorization to Release (AtR) by May 1 of this school year.
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