{"id":50,"date":"2025-04-24T16:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/university-park-partnership-new\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:52:44","slug":"scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/university-park-partnership\/scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Clark Scholarships for neighborhood students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For more than two decades, Clark University has offered the University Park Partnership Scholarship to any eligible resident of Worcester who has lived in the University Park neighborhood for at least five years prior to enrolling at Clark. The scholarship provides free tuition for four years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Students must meet Clark\u2019s admissions guidelines and complete applications for federal and state scholarship grant programs. After any grants are awarded, Clark will make up the difference up to 100 percent tuition.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Supporting city students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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From 2000 to 2022, Clark awarded 165 UPP scholarships to Worcester students.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Since the fall of 2000, Clark has invested $12,665,424 in the UPP Scholarship Program.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Approximately 58% of UPP scholars come from the University Park Campus School.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The expansion of the UPP zone makes an additional 1,100 Worcester Public School students eligible for UPP scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Current Worcester Public School teachers who have graduated from Clark\u2019s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Graduates of Clark\u2019s MAT program who are currently teaching in Main South schools.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n