Bay Area
At Making Waves Education Foundation, we are here to partner with students so college is affordable and graduation is attainable. We are supporting more San Francisco Bay Area students through a new scholarship opportunity!
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A scholarship is just one part of our Making Waves college and career success program. We partner with first-generation students, students of color, and students from low-income backgrounds during their college journeys to support them in achieving their unique goals.
Students receive a comprehensive support system of Making Waves college coaches, financial coordinators, and career specialists. Student support covers academics, career development, financial aid and budgeting, campus community, and wellness.
Our participants graduate from college and land jobs at twice the rate of their peers – and most earn their degrees debt-free.
At Making Waves, we are committed to educational equity. Making Waves Education Foundation is a Bay Area nonprofit that supports Making Waves Academy – a public charter school with more than 1,100 5th through 12th grade students – and leads college and career programming with more than 430 college students.
Knowing the opportunities that come with a college degree, we partner with historically underrepresented and underserved students to help make college affordable and graduation attainable. Centering the journeys of our students, our personalized approach includes college and career coaching, scholarships, and financial planning.
Our alumni network includes more than 730 college graduates, who earn their degrees and land jobs at more than twice the rate of their first-generation, low-income peers, with 85% graduating debt-free.
