Tuition & Financing Scholarships

SCHOLARSHIPS

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* Scholarships are available at both institutions.

  • California Institution
  • New Mexico Institution

Take Advantage of CIAT Scholarship Opportunities

CIAT’s goal is to make sure your education is as affordable as possible. With your success in mind, we offer a variety of scholarship opportunities to help you reach your academic goals.

CIAT offers many different scholarship opportunities for students, including:

  • Merit-& need-based scholarships
  • Transfers & Community College Partner Scholarships
  • Career Transition Scholarships
  • Corporate Scholarships
  • and more!
Enrollment Deadline: September 11th, 2026
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Earn Up to $15K in Scholarships!

Earn up to $15k in scholarships when transitioning from your Associate’s Degree completion to a Bachelor’s Degree.

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CIAT Career Launch Scholarship

The CIAT Career Launch Scholarship provides up to $2,500 based on a student's financial need in their certificate of associate degree program.

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  • California Institution New Mexico Institution
CIAT Graduation Scholarship

The CIAT Graduation Scholarship provides up to $5,000 based on a student's financial need after completing graduation requirements for a certificate or associate degree program.

  • Availability:
  • California Institution New Mexico Institution
CIAT Returning Graduate Scholarship

The CIAT Returning Graduate Scholarship offers up to $7,500 based on a student's financial need while pursuing a secondary associate or bachelor's degree program.

  • Availability:
  • California Institution New Mexico Institution
CIAT Workforce Grant

For Employers who meet CIAT’s minimum required annual tuition assistance benefit amount, CIAT agrees to extend institutional aid through the CIAT Workforce Grant designed to enable eligible employees to complete their selected CIAT program of study without incurring student loan debt.

  • Availability:
  • California Institution New Mexico Institution
Tuition Match

For Employers who do not meet CIAT's minimum required annual tuition assistance benefit amount, CIAT agrees to extend tuition assistance through a Tuition Match, equaling the amount of contribution provided by Employer. CIAT Tuition Match funds will be applied to tuition and fees at the Preferred Tuition Rate if the Employer is approved in the CIAT Preferred Employer Network.

  • Availability:
  • California Institution New Mexico Institution
Bachelors Graduation Scholarship

The Bachelor's Scholarship offers up to $15,000.00 based on the financial need in the last two years in the Bachelor’s degree program.

  • Availability:
  • California Institution New Mexico Institution
Pell Grant Match Scholarship

CIAT will match the amount students would have qualified for in Pell Grants.

  • Availability:
  • California Institution New Mexico Institution
CIAT ServiceNow Scholarship

This scholarship will be provided to all students enrolled in the Certificate in Workflow Deployment program to build awareness around our academic partnership with ServiceNow.

  • Availability:
  • California Institution New Mexico Institution
$2,500 Cisco Scholarship

This scholarship will be provided to all students enrolled in the Cisco Certified Network Associate certificate program.

  • Availability:
  • California Institution New Mexico Institution

Scholarships FAQs

Students are eligible to receive scholarships between $400 – $15,000, depending on the length of their program. Click on each scholarship link above to learn more about the eligibility requirements and maximum scholarship potential.

We strive for a quick turnaround in our scholarship review process, with an average response time between 2 – 5 business days. All scholarship applications will be reviewed and awarded before the financial clearance deadline of the term you are enrolling in.

You're welcome to apply for more than one scholarship. However, students will only be awarded a single scholarship per enrolled program. To make the best use of your time, your Admissions Advisor will guide you through each of the scholarship eligibility guidelines so that you're applying for the scholarship where you have the best shot of a positive outcome.

You may combine multiple scholarships if you have completed one program and are enrolling in a secondary program. However, scholarship amounts can be at most $2,500 per student up to the Associate's level and can be at most $15,000 combined up to the Bachelor's level.

Yes, even if you have been awarded a Federal Pell Grant, you can still apply for CIAT scholarships.

For the associate degrees and Certificate programs, scholarship awards will be applied evenly every term, depending on the length of the program.

For example, for a Certificate program containing 8 courses, $200.00 will be applied to each class, totaling $1,600.

The Bachelor's scholarship will be applied evenly in the last two semesters of the program.

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New Mexico Institution

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