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The 2025-2026 General Application for Hartnell Scholarships is now open!

Earn free money for college! Each academic year, the General Application opens and offers a variety of scholarships. A single application places students in consideration for a variety of scholarships!

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Applications close March 3rd, 2025.

Learn More About Hartnell General Application Scholarships

Incoming, continuing and transfer students.

The minimum requirements for Hartnell Scholarships are as follows:

  • Maintain enrollment in at least 9 units at Hartnell College during the application semester, as well as the Fall and Spring semesters of the award year. This applies to incoming, continuing, and returning students.
  • Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 by the end of the Fall semester.

Recipients must maintain this requirement throughout the awarded academic year (exceptions may be made in certain cases).

Scholarship/s award could range from $500-$5000.

Some scholarships may be reduced based on a student's aid budget at Hartnell College. For more details, please visit the Overawards and Overpayments page.

If you have any questions, feel free to email scholarships@hartnell.edu.

Please submit your thank you letter/s by the deadline included in your offer letter. If you need an extension, please email scholarships@hartnell.edu.

Failure to submit your thank you letter by the deadline could result in your scholarship/s being re-awarded to the next eligible student or returned to the fund.

Due to Federal Regulations, your scholarship may be reduced if your total financial aid exceeds your student aid budget. If you received a scholarship offer but later found that your funds were reduced for this reason, please contact the Financial Aid Office for more information.

External Scholarship Programs

External Scholarship Process

All external scholarship checks must be processed through the Hartnell Scholarships Office.

1
Scholarship checks should be mailed to:

Hartnell College Scholarships Office
411 Central Ave., Salinas, CA 93901

2
Scholarship Office Verification
Once the check made out to Hartnell College has been received, the Scholarships Office must verify enrollment at Hartnell and eligibility for the scholarship award. If possible, please include the Hartnell Student ID number.
3
Scholarship funds are deposited in your account
Once the verification is complete, the funds are then deposited into the student's account. If the student has an outstanding balance at Hartnell, the scholarship funds will be used to settle that balance.
4
A refund check is mailed to you(if eligible)
If the student is eligible for a refund for any amount remaining of her/his/their scholarship award, a refund check will be mailed to the student in 3-4 weeks from the Hartnell Business Office.

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Contact Us

Scholarship Office
Email:scholarships@hartnell.edu
Phone:(831) 755-6811
  • Monday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Tuesday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Wednesday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Thursday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Friday: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Financial Aid Help
Email:finaid@hartnell.edu
Phone:(831) 755-6806
  • Monday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Tuesday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Wednesday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Thursday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Friday: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm