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 2025 – Eligibility Updates
Community College Funding
Interested students must meet the following requirements:
- Successfully complete and submit the 2025-26 FAFSA and all college financial aid requirements.
- Live in Detroit for junior and senior years of high school.
- 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 2025. 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:
- Successfully complete and submit the 2025-26 FAFSA and all college financial aid requirements.
- Live in Detroit for all four years of high school.
- 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.)
*Please note that the scholarship must be used immediately after graduating and cannot be deferred for a gap year if you plan to attend one of our partnering universities.
In addition, scholars must meet the requirements of the college they are applying to. See below:
If applying to:
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- 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, 2025.
If applying to:
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- 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.
