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The 2025 Coca-Cola Scholars Program Application is NOW OPEN!

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SUBMISSION DEADLINE

5 p.m. Eastern Monday, September 30, 2024

(The deadline to complete the required eligibility quiz - the first step of the application - is 4 p.m. Eastern on Monday, September 30, 2024.)

Learn about the Coca-Cola Scholars selection process and timeline.


Applicants who submit this Phase 1 application by the deadline can expect notification by the end of October.

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To begin, click "Sign Up" to create your profile.

We strongly recommend that you use the same email address in all locations of this application (in the log-in set-up and in the subsequent profile creation) and that it be a non-school email address.

Many school firewalls block delivery of messages from the coca-cola.com domain. If you have to use a school-based email, check your junk/spam filters regularly.


Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be:

  • Current high school/home-schooled students attending school in one of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or select DoD schools who will graduate high school during the 2024-2025 academic school year (students graduating from an American or expat school abroad are not eligible for this award; individuals who have already graduated from high school are not eligible)

  • U.S. Citizens (not Temporary Residents), U.S. Nationals, U.S. Permanent Residents, Refugees, Asylees, Cuban-Haitian Entrants, OR Humanitarian Parolees - based on the guidelines utilized by U.S. Department of Education for Federal Financial Aid eligibility

  • Planning to pursue a degree at an accredited U.S. college or university

Applicants may not be:

  • Children or grandchildren of current employees, officers, or owners of Coca-Cola bottling companies, The Coca-Cola Company, Company divisions or subsidiaries

  • Children or grandchildren of former employees, officers, or owners of Coca-Cola bottling companies, The Coca-Cola Company, Company divisions or subsidiaries who are currently receiving retirement benefits from those entities

  • Students attending school outside of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico (with the exception of students attending select DoD schools; 

    students graduating from an American or expat school abroad are not eligible

     for this award, even if they meet the citizenship criteria above)

  • High school graduates (if you received a high school diploma prior to the 2024-2025 school year, you are not eligible)

  • Temporary Residents (if your permanent legal residence is outside the U.S., you are not eligible)


Useful Resources

Download a sample application.

Read about the 2024 Coca-Cola Scholars.

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