Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development Announces Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship Application Now Open

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The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development has announced the Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship application is now open for the fall 2025 and spring 2026 semesters, providing eligible students with tuition and fee coverage for dual credit and dual enrollment courses. This scholarship aims to help students pay for a college education while still in high school, allowing them to jumpstart their postsecondary education and potentially accelerate their degree completion and reduce overall costs.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship application is now open for the fall 2025 and spring 2026 semesters.
  • The scholarship helps eligible students cover the tuition and fees of dual credit and dual enrollment courses.
  • To be eligible, students must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and a Missouri resident, have a minimum unweighted 2.5 cumulative grade point average, and meet one or more indicators of financial need.
  • Students may apply for both semesters at the same time, and the application deadlines are December 1, 2025, for the fall 2025 semester and April 1, 2026, for the spring 2026 semester.
  • Dr. Bennett Boggs, Commissioner of the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, encourages students to apply for the scholarship, stating, "Participating in dual credit and dual enrollment courses allows students to jumpstart their postsecondary education."
  • Students can apply for the Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship online through the State Financial Aid Portal.
  • The scholarship is designed to help students earn high school and college credit simultaneously, with dual credit courses taught by a high school instructor and dual enrollment courses taught by a postsecondary faculty member.

Statistics:

  • 2.5: Minimum unweighted cumulative grade point average required for eligibility.
  • December 1, 2025: Deadline for applications for the fall 2025 semester.
  • April 1, 2026: Deadline for applications for the spring 2026 semester.
  • 2025: Start of the fall semester for which applications are now open.
  • 2026: Start of the spring semester for which applications are now open.

Sources:

  • Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. (2023). Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship Application Now Open.