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Scholarships

Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive can help you achieve your edu­ca­tion­al goals. We offer three schol­ar­ship pro­grams: Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Foun­da­tion Aca­d­e­m­ic Schol­ar­ships, Tech­ni­cal Col­lege Schol­ar­ships, and the Wal­ter Har­ri­son Schol­ar­ship.

Coastal Electric Cooperative Foundation Technical College Scholarship

With 80% of today’s new jobs requir­ing some sort of tech­ni­cal post edu­ca­tion, Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive offers the gate­way to need­ed train­ing in engi­neer­ing, aero­space, bio­med­i­cine, tech­nol­o­gy, logis­tics, robot­ics and oth­er evolv­ing voca­tions impor­tant to Georgia’s employ­ers through­out the state. Our schol­ar­ship pro­grams offer stu­dents access to the train­ing and skills need­ed to com­pete in the glob­al mar­ket. They are one of the ways we sup­port our local com­mu­ni­ties and rep­re­sent a sig­nif­i­cant invest­ment by our mem­bers.

We are pleased to offer this renew­able tech­ni­cal col­lege schol­ar­ship to stu­dents of all ages pur­su­ing a diplo­ma, degree or cer­tifi­cate pro­gram from any of the 88 cam­pus­es of the Tech­ni­cal Col­lege Sys­tem of Geor­gia (TCSG) or a rec­og­nized elec­tric line­man school in Geor­gia.

Dead­line: Tech­ni­cal school schol­ar­ships are accept­ed year-round.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty: Appli­cant must meet the admis­sion cat­e­go­ry require­ments of a “Reg­u­lar Sta­tus” stu­dent or a “Pend­ing Admit Sta­tus” (high school seniors only), meet all require­ments for admis­sion into a select­ed pro­gram, and be eli­gi­ble to take all cours­es in the pro­gram cur­ricu­lum at any of the 88 cam­pus­es of the Tech­ni­cal Col­lege Sys­tem of Geor­gia or a rec­og­nized elec­tric line­men school in Geor­gia,

Appli­cant must have a home mail­ing address with­in Coastal Elec­tric Cooperative’s ser­vice area, which is south Bryan, Lib­er­ty, Long, or McIn­tosh coun­ties. The appli­cant does not have to be a cus­tomer of Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive.

Full-time enroll­ment in a cer­tifi­cate or diplo­ma pro­gram is not required and stu­dents are not required to grad­u­ate from high school with a spe­cif­ic GPA. How­ev­er, they must have a post­sec­ondary cumu­la­tive 2.0 GPA, at cer­tain check­points, in order to main­tain eli­gi­bil­i­ty for schol­ar­ship renew­al.

Pur­pose: This renew­able tech­ni­cal col­lege schol­ar­ship is avail­able to stu­dents of all ages pur­su­ing a diplo­ma, degree, or cer­tifi­cate pro­gram from any of Georgia’s tech­ni­cal col­leges. Schol­ar­ship is eli­gi­ble for renew­al for up to a $10,000 life­time amount.

Judg­ing: Appli­ca­tions are judged on the basis of the applicant’s state­ments in their appli­ca­tion and finan­cial need.

Apply or Renew Online

Coastal Electric Cooperative Foundation Academic Scholarship

The Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Foun­da­tion awards six $5,000 schol­ar­ships annu­al­ly.

Pur­pose: The $5,000 schol­ar­ships are for under­grad­u­ate stud­ies only and are eli­gi­ble for renew­al up to a $20,000 life­time amount.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty: Only grad­u­at­ing high school seniors who attend school in our ser­vice area or are mem­bers of Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive are eli­gi­ble to apply.

Dead­line: Sat­ur­day, March 7, 2026 (closed for the year)

Judg­ing: Appli­ca­tions are judged on the basis of the applicant’s com­mit­ment to com­mu­ni­ty, integri­ty, account­abil­i­ty, inno­va­tion, and finan­cial need.

Fund­ing: Funds for the schol­ar­ship are raised, in part, by Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive through Oper­a­tion Round Up®, a pro­gram in which mem­bers vol­un­tar­i­ly allow their month­ly pow­er bill to be round­ed up to the near­est whole dol­lar. Those nick­els and dimes are turned over to the Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Foun­da­tion, which uses the funds to sup­port local pro­grams relat­ed to food, health, shel­ter, safe­ty, and edu­ca­tion.

New Appli­ca­tions Not Cur­rent­ly Accept­ed OR
Renew Online Year-Round

Walter Harrison Scholarship

About the Schol­ar­ship: Wal­ter Har­ri­son, a native of Millen, GA was known across the state and nation as “Mr. Rur­al Elec­tri­fi­ca­tion” for his pio­neer­ing efforts in the elec­tric coop­er­a­tive indus­try and his life­long ded­i­ca­tion to improv­ing life in rur­al areas.

In 1985, Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive joined with oth­er elec­tric coop­er­a­tives of Geor­gia in found­ing a schol­ar­ship to hon­or the late Wal­ter Har­ri­son. Coastal Elec­tric selects three nom­i­nees to com­pete for the $1,000 statewide schol­ar­ships.

Since 1985, Georgia’s elec­tric coop­er­a­tives have award­ed more than $236,000 to 247 stu­dents via the Wal­ter Har­ri­son Schol­ar­ship pro­gram. Georgia’s elec­tric coop­er­a­tives will award 14 Wal­ter Har­ri­son Schol­ar­ships in 2022 to stu­dents with exem­plary aca­d­e­m­ic records. Grade point aver­age, SAT scores, aca­d­e­m­ic stand­ing, scholas­tic hon­ors, and finan­cial need are con­sid­ered when deter­min­ing a student’s eli­gi­bil­i­ty.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty: Res­i­dents of south Bryan, Lib­er­ty, and McIn­tosh coun­ties who are grad­u­at­ing seniors, col­lege stu­dents, or adult stu­dents return­ing to school are eli­gi­ble to apply. The recipient’s pri­ma­ry res­i­dence must be the house­hold of a Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive mem­ber or employ­ee.

Pur­pose: The $1,000 schol­ar­ships are for under­grad­u­ate stud­ies and are non-renew­able.

Dead­line: Jan­u­ary 31, 2026

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