CHICAGO PROGRAM
About
The Chicago ISA Fund helps One Million Degrees and Noble Schools alumni along with Bottom Line, College Possible , and OneGoal students from the Chicago area cover the costs of earning a bachelor’s degree.
You can apply for ISA funding to help you cover
Tuition
Living Expenses
Books and Supplies
Account balances
Eligibility Requirements
- Student from the Chicago area who is a participant or alumna/us of a BFF partner program:
- Bottom Line
- College Possible
- OneGoal
- One Million Degrees (alumni)
- At least 17 years old
- U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or DREAMer with active DACA status
- Full-time status during the term for which you're seeking funding
- Meeting satisfactory academic progress (SAP) criteria at your school
- Enrolled in or transferring to a bachelor’s degree program at an eligible institution (below) OR enrolled at a City College of Chicago with plans to transfer to a four-year institution to earn a bachelor’s degree.
- Pursuing your first bachelor's degree
- Students from all grade levels eligible
- We may obtain your credit report to check for certain adverse credit events, but will not use your credit score as part of our eligibility process
Institutions*
*Institutions are selected by BFF and its college success partner organizations. Use of an institutional name on this website does not imply that the institution has endorsed BFF or its products.
Funding is available for enrollment at the following institutions in Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Mississippi:
Illinois
City Colleges of Chicago:
Harold Washington College
Harry S. Truman College
Kennedy-King College
Malcom X College
Olive-Harvey College
Richard J. Daley College
Wilbur Wright College
Columbia College Chicago
Concordia University-Chicago
DePaul University
Dominican University
Eastern Illinois
Elmhurst University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois State University
Lakeland University
Loyola University
Monmouth
National Louis University
North Park University
Northern Illinois University
Roosevelt University
Saint Xavier University
Southern IL Univ.-Edwardsville
Univ. of Illinois at Springfield
Western Illinois University
Minnesota
Augsburg University
Bethel University
College of Saint Benedict
Concordia University-Saint Paul
Concordia College - Moorhead
Gustavus Adolphus College
Hamline University
Macalester College
Metropolitan State University
Minnesota State Univ. - Mankato
Minnesota State Univ. - Moorhead
St. Catherine University
St. Cloud State University
St. John’s University
St. Olaf College
The College of Saint Scholastica
Univ. of Minnesota – Rochester
Univ. of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Univ. of Minnesota - Duluth
University of St. Thomas
Wisconsin
Alverno College
Cardinal Stritch University
Carroll University
Lawrence University
Marquette University
Mount Mary College
Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison
Univ. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Univ. of Wisconsin – Parkside
Univ. of Wisconsin – Platteville
Univ. of Wisconsin - River Falls
Univ. of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
Univ. of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Mississippi
Jackson State University
North carolina
North Carolina A&T
Questions?
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