New Scholarships Available!

All scholarships require students to complete:

  • the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application
  • an essay (click here for tips on essay writing)
  • admittance to ACC (click here to apply to the college)

Scholarships cover student costs. Please contact Financial Aid for application, deadlines and other required materials at 303.797.5661. 

To apply, click on the name of the scholarship.

Name of Scholarship
Criteria

The ACC Accounting Scholarship

Amount: $2000/academic year
Criteria: You must be enrolled in the Accounting program, be a Colorado resident, have completed ACC 121 and 122 with a grade of "B" or higher and be involved in community service such as Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).
Also Required: Submit a detailed essay describing your accounting career goals and your community service involvement.

ACC Connect Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Criteria
: You must be a recent high school graduate with 12 ACC credit hours (completed) while concurrently enrolled in high school.

The ACC Foundation Board of Directors Scholarship

Amount: $3500/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Minimum Enrollment: 12 credit hours
Also Required: Submit an essay describing your financial need, educational and career goals, and how you would benefit from this scholarship. You may be asked to interview with the ACC Foundation Board of Directors.

ACC STEM Scholars – (Biology, Chemistry, Math, Physics)

More about the STEM Scholars program

Amount: $4000/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0 or ACT score of 21 or higher
Criteria: You must be a U.S. Citizen and enrolled in the Associate of Science degree.
Minimum Enrollment: 12 credit hours
Also Required: Submit an essay detailing your interest in STEM areas, and a letter of recommendation from a STEM professional/faculty member. Scholarship recipients will be required to meet with an advisor and faculty mentor.

ACC Writers Studio Scholarship

Amount: Up to $500/semester
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Criteria: You must be enrolled in the Associate of Arts degree program and a creative writing class, you must be currently enrolled or completed Introduction to Creative Writing (ENG 221). Must be enrolled half-time – six credit hours
Minimum Enrollment: 6 credit hours
Also Required: Submit a 500-word essay describing your background in writing and how this scholarship will assist you with their personal or professional goals. Submit a portfolio with a minimum of five pages of creative work which may include a selection of prose from fiction, a nonfiction, screenplay or play, or poetry.

Art Faculty Scholarship

Amount: $500/semester
Criteria: You must be enrolled in the Art program, plan to pursue art as a profession, plan to continue art education at the four-year level.
Minimum Enrollment: 6 credit hours

Campus Police Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Minimum GPA: 2.75
Criteria: You must be enrolled in the Criminal Justice Program or Law Enforcement Academy Program.
Also Required: Submit an essay describing why this scholarship is important to your educational goals.

College Launch Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Minimum GPA: 2.0
Criteria: You must be a recent high school Graduate or GED recipient
Also Required: Submit a copy of your high school transcripts and recommendation from Counselor/Teacher/Employer.

Computer Network Technology Scholarship

Amount: $2000/academic year
Minimum GPA
: 3.0
Criteria: Must be enrolled in at least two classes in the Computer Network Technology Program.
Also Required: Submit an essay describing your financial need, educational and career goals, and how you would benefit from this scholarship.

Dr. Karen Cline–Lane Memorial Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Minimum GPA
: 3.0
Criteria: Applicant must be pursuing an ACC certificate or degree program be a Colorado resident, and have a high school diploma or GED. Preference will be given to an African American student or any other under-represented ethnic group from an economically disadvantaged background.
Minimum Enrollment: 6 credit hours
Also Required: Applicant must submit a narrative autobiography.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship

Amount: $500/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Criteria: Must be a Colorado resident.
Minimum Enrollment: 12 credit hours
Also Required: Submit an essay describing how Dr. King's ideals and teachings have influenced your life and your educational and career goals.  Include community or volunteer activities that support your influences. (High school students must submit an official transcript.)

Ellie and Manny Greenberg Scholarship

Amount: $2000/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Criteria: Must be a Colorado resident.
Minimum Enrollment: 12 credit hours.
Also Required: Submit an essay describing how Dr. King's ideals and teachings have influenced your life and your educational and career goals. Include community or volunteer activities that support your influences. (High school students must submit an official transcript.)

First Generation Scholarship

Amount: $1600/academic year
Minimum GPA: 2.25 (Cumulative high school)
Criteria: Applicant must be a recent high school graduate or GED recipient, and neither parent has a bachelor's degree. 
Also Required: Submit a copy of high school transcripts and a recommendation from Counselor/Teacher/Employer.

The Follett Scholarship

Amount: $2500/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Also Required: Submit an essay describing your educational and career goals and how you would benefit from this scholarship.

The Freda T. Roof Memorial Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Minimum GPA: 2.5
Criteria: You must be pursuing a degree or certificate and you are a Colorado resident.
Also Required : Submit an essay describing your financial need, educational and career goals, and how you would benefit from this scholarship.

Hoff Miller, Ltd. Scholarship

Amount: $250/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Criteria: Applicants must be Colorado residents, enrolled in the ACC Interior Design program, with a minimum of 30 credit hours completed
Minimum Enrollment: 6 credit hours
Also Required: Submit an essay describing how this scholarship will help you complete your Interior Design degree; also describe your career plans after college.

James McKechnie Memorial Scholarship funded by the Littleton Rotary Foundation, Inc.

Amount: $1500/academic year
Criteria: Must be a Colorado resident.
Also Required: Submit an essay describing a community service experience and how it has affected your life. You may be asked to attend a Littleton Rotary Club meeting to receive the award.

Japanese Firms Association of Colorado/Japanese School of Denver Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Also Required: Submit an essay describing how this scholarship will help you achieve your educational goals.

Judith Ganschaw Accounting Scholarship

Amount: $500/academic year
Criteria: Applicants must be declared AAS degree candidates majoring in accounting, have earned an "A" in Accounting 121 and 122 and in one other accounting course required for the AAS accounting major. Applicants must be enrolled in any subsequent accounting course required for the AAS degree in accounting.
Also Required: Submit a letter of recommendation from an ACC accounting faculty member.

The Kingdom Enlightenment Scholarship

Amount: $3500/academic year
Minimum GPA: 2.5 (cumulative high school)
Criteria: You must be a recent graduate of a Colorado public high school.
Minimum Enrollment: 12 credit hours
Also Required: Submit an essay describing your financial need, educational and career goals and how you would benefit from this scholarship.

Legacy Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Criteria: You must provide proof of child in daycare
Minimum Enrollment: 12 credit hours

Liberal Arts Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Criteria: You must be enrolled in Philosophy/Liberal Arts program
Also Required: Submit an Argumentative essay regarding Philosophy or an essay on Liberal Arts.

Lido Wine Merchants Humanities Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Criteria: The scholarship may be utilized to pay for tuition, fees and books.
Also Required: Submit a Philosophy Argumentative Essay (3-5 pages, topic determined by Philosophy Faculty) or Humanities Essay (topic determined by Humanities Faculty).

Littleton Sunrise Rotary Club Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Criteria: You must be a Colorado resident.
Also Required: Submit an essay on why this scholarship is important to your educational goals.

Mark Hopton Memorial Scholarship

Amount: $500/academic year
Criteria: Applicants must be enrolled in the Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) program, Colorado resident, and completed at least 6 credit hours of MLT coursework.
Also Required: Submit an essay describing your interest and reasons for pursuing a career in MLT. Include your short-term and long-term goals in the laboratory profession.

The Mark J Smith Scholarship

Amount: $2000/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Criteria: You must be enrolled in a business-related program. Preference will be given to students who were raised in a single parent household
Also Required: Submit an essay describing why this scholarship is important to your educational goals.

President's Scholarship

Amount: $1800/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.25 (cumulative high school)
Criteria: Applicants must be recent high school graduates
Also Required: Complete essay questions; provide copies of your high school transcripts.

President's Success Scholarship

Amount: $1800/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.25
Criteria: Applicants must have completed a minimum of 27 credit hours during their first year at ACC and received a President's scholarship the prior year.

Ray and Marilyn Art Scholarship

Amount: $650/academic year
Minimum GPA: 2.4 (cumulative high school)
Criteria: You must be a U.S. Citizen, Colorado Resident, a first-year college student and a graduate from Chatfield, Columbine, Dakota Ridge, Heritage or Littleton High School.
Also Required: Submit an essay describing your financial need, educational and career goals and how you would benefit from this scholarship. A reference from an art teacher is also required.

The Rockley Family Foundation Scholarship

Amount: $1000/academic year
Criteria: Applicants must be taking at least one music class
Also Required: Submit an essay describing how this scholarship will help you achieve your educational goals.

Service Above Self-Centennial Rotary Scholarship

Amount: $1300/academic year
Minimum GPA: 2.5
Criteria: You must be able to demonstrate your interest in volunteer work with charities or community service organizations.
Also Required: Submit an essay describing a community service project that could be implemented by the Centennial Rotary Club. The successful candidate is expected to work with the Centennial Rotary Club on one or more of its community service projects.The time commitment is estimated at 6-9 hours during the academic year in which the scholarship applies.

The Thom Sorensen Scholarship

Amount: $500/semester
Minimum GPA: 2.5 (cumulative) at ACC
Criteria: Applicants must have passed PSY 101 at ACC with a "B" or better, and have a 3.0 GPA for all ACC psychology classes taken.

Western Welcome Week Scholarship

Amount: $700/academic year
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Criteria: You must be enrolled in an Event Management course (credit or non-credit).

ACC provides financial assistance to all eligible students regardless of race, sex/gender, religion, age, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation or disability. If you need accommodations, please inform us when you contact our office.