Northwest Pathways Scholarship

For students entering Fall 2024 and later

The Northwest Pathways Scholarship is a $1,500 annual award provided to entering first generation students who graduated from select high schools in a four-state region.

Requirements

First-time freshman
First generation student
Minimum 2.75 high school GPA
Graduate from select high schools in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas
Renewable only to those who initially received the award as a first-time freshman or transfer

Award Amount

$1,500 (fall/spring)

Renewal Requirements

2.00 Northwest cumulative GPA and completion of 24 credit hours per academic year
Maximum award: within 4 consecutive academic years for freshman and within 3 consecutive academic years for transfers (awarded fall, spring, summer with fulltime enrollment)

Are You First Gen?

Northwest defines first-generation students as those whose parents did not finish a bachelor’s degree.

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Eligible Schools

Missouri

City	High School Name	HS Code
Caruthersville	Caruthersville High School	260525
Charleston	Charleston High School	260575
Columbia	Frederick Douglass High School	260730
Columbia	Muriel Williams Battle HS	260733
Florissant	McCluer High School	261075
Florissant	Northview High School	991753
Florissant	Hazelwood Central Sr High Sch	261102
Florissant	McCluer North High School	261107
Grandview	Grandview High School	261240
Hayti	Hayti R-II Senior High School	261360
Hazelwood	Hazelwood West Senior High	261109
Independence	Van Horn High School	261720
Jennings	Jennings Senior High School	261575
Kansas City	Allen Village High School	261673
Kansas City	Cristo Rey High School	261659
Kansas City	Crossroads Preparatory Academy	260014
Kansas City	De La Salle Education Center	261625
Kansas City	Ewing Marion Kauffman School	260002
Kansas City	Frontier School of Excellence	261609
Kansas City	Frontier STEM High School	261674
Kansas City	Guadalupe Centers High School	261604
Kansas City	Hogan Preparatory Academy	261634
Kansas City	Manual High School	261660
Kansas City	Northeast High School	261665
Kansas City	Southeast High School	261672
Kansas City	University Academy - Upper	261719
Kansas City	Center Senior High School	261615
Kansas City	Central High School	261620
Kansas City	East High School	261630
Kansas City	Lincoln College Prep Academy	261650
Kansas City	Paseo Academy of Performing Arts	261670
Kansas City	Ruskin High School	261390
Kansas City	Winnetonka High School	261733
Maryland Heights	Pattonville High School	262575
North Kansas City	North Kansas City High School	262445
Overland	Ritenour High School	262515
Puxico	Mingo Puxico Tech High School	262714
Raytown	Raytown High School	262750
Raytown	Raytown South High School	262752
Saint Louis	Beaumont High School	262930
Saint Louis	Carnahan School of the Future	263119
Saint Louis	Central Visual & Performing HS	263118
Saint Louis	Clyde Miller Career Academy	263099
Saint Louis	Collegiate School of Med/Biosc	262918
Saint Louis	Community Access Job Training	991705
Saint Louis	Confluence Preparatory Academy	262923
Saint Louis	Gateway STEM High School	262949
Saint Louis	Grand Center Arts Academy	263130
Saint Louis	Hawthorn Ldrshp Schl for Girls	260023
Saint Louis	Hazelwood East High School	261108
Saint Louis	Imagine College Prep High Sch	262939
Saint Louis	KIPP St Louis High School	260011
Saint Louis	Lift for Life Academy	262932
Saint Louis	McKinley Classical Leadership	263104
Saint Louis	Normandy Senior High School	262440
Saint Louis	Parkway North High School	260594
Saint Louis	Roosevelt High School	263020
Saint Louis	Soldan Intntl Studies High Sch	262984
Saint Louis	STEAM Academy at McCluer South-Berkeley High	260170
Saint Louis	Sumner High School	263100
Saint Louis	The Innovation School at Cool Valley	260020
Saint Louis	Vashon High School	263110
Saint Louis	Metro High School	262994
Saint Louis	Riverview Gardens Sr High Sch	263015
University City	University City High School	263445
Wellston	Eskridge High School	263120

Iowa

City	High School Name	HS Code
Bettendorf	Rivermont Collegiate	161105
Cedar Rapids	Metro High School	160677
Columbus Jct	Columbus Community High School	160915
Davenport	Mid City High School	161100
Davenport	North High School	161111
Denison	Denison High School	161160
Des Moines	Des Moines Public Schools Virtual Campus	160003
Des Moines	East High School	161195
Des Moines	Hoover High School	161203
Des Moines	Lincoln High School	161180
Des Moines	North High School	161205
Des Moines	Roosevelt High School	161215
Fairfield	Maharishi School	161553
Iowa City	Elizabeth Tate High School	162153
Iowa City	West High School	162172
Marshalltown	Marshalltown High School	162775
Perry	Perry High School	163505
Postville	Postville High School	163600
Sioux City	North High School	164056
Sioux City	West High School	164040
Storm Lake	Storm Lake High School	164170
Tama	South Tama County High School	164240
Waterloo	East High School	164495
Waterloo	Expo High School	164496
Waterloo	West High School	164520
West Liberty	West Liberty High School	164635

Kansas

City	High School Name	HS Code
Coffeyville	Field Kindley High School	170620
Deerfield	Deerfield High School	170735
Dodge City	Dodge City High School	170783
Emporia	Emporia High School	170923
Garden City	Garden City High School	171065
Johnson	Stanton County Community HS	171505
Junction City	Junction City High School	171510
Kansas City	Bishop Ward High School	171555
Kansas City	Fairfax Learning Center	171527
Kansas City	F L Schlagle High School	171537
Kansas City	J C Harmon High School	171536
Kansas City	Sumner Academy Arts & Science	171550
Kansas City	Turner High School	172960
Kansas City	Washington High School	170310
Kansas City	Wyandotte High School	171560
Kismet	Southwestern Heights High Sch	171620
Liberal	Liberal High School	171770
Satanta	Satanta Jr-Sr High School	172690
Syracuse	Syracuse High School	172875
Topeka	Capital City High School	172929
Topeka	Hope Street Academy	172911
Topeka	Topeka High School	172925
Topeka	Highland Park High School	172910
Topeka	Topeka West High School	172928
Ulysses	Ulysses High School	172975
Wichita	Wichita East High School	173206
Wichita	Wichita Heights High School	173212
Wichita	Wichita North High School	173207
Wichita	Wichita Northeast Magnet School	173183
Wichita	Wichita Northwest High School	173214
Wichita	Wichita South High School	173211
Wichita	Wichita Southeast High School	173208
Wichita	Wichita West High School	173209

Nebraska

City	High School Name	HS Code
Boys Town	Boys Town High School	280295
Crete	Crete High School	280585
Grand Island	Grand Island Sr High School	280955
Grand Island	Northwest High School	280953
Kearney	West Kearney High School	281235
Lexington	Lexington High School	281290
Lincoln	Lincoln High School	281305
Macy	Umo N Hon Nation Public School	281382
Madison	Madison High School	281385
Minatare	Minatare High School	281520
Niobrara	Isanti High School	281611
Niobrara	Niobrara Secondary School	281610
Omaha	Central High School	281705
Omaha	Harry A Burke Sr High School	281716
Omaha	Omaha Street School	281686
Omaha	South High School	281760
Omaha	William Jennings Bryan HS	281772
Omaha	Benson High School	281690
Omaha	North High School	281720
Omaha	Northwest High School	281722
Ralston	Ralston High School	281980
Schuyler	Schuyler Central High School	282095
South Sioux City	South Sioux City High School	282180
Wakefield	Wakefield High School	282450
Walthill	Walthill School	282460
Winnebago	Winnebago High School	282550