Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast Scholarship Program
Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast has established a scholarship program to assist children of employees who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.
Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast Scholarship Program
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Eligibility
Applicants to the Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast Scholarship Program:
- Be Dependent* children of full-time domestic employees who have a minimum of one year of employment as of the application deadline.
*Dependent children are defined as natural and legally adopted children or stepchildren living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee. - High school seniors.
- Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.
Relatives of officers of Coca-Cola Beverages of Northeast are ineligible to receive $5,000 awards.
Awards
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $2,000 or a $5,000 award.
- Up to 27 awards of $2,000 will be granted.
- Up to 3 awards of $5,000 will be granted.
Awards may be renewed for up to three additional years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first. Renewal is contingent upon satisfactory academic performance (maintaining at least of 2.5 GPA) in a full-time course of study, and continuation of the program.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
Notification
All applicants will be notified by the end of May.
Notifications are sent via email. When setting up your account, avoid using a school or work email. Instead, use an active, personal email address that you will continue to have access to.
Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address as safe senders in your email contact list.
Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast.
Payments will be distributed in August.
Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
- Academic performance
- Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
- Work experience
- A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
- Unusual personal or family circumstances
- An online recommendation
Financial need is not considered.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast play a part in the selection.
Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.
Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.
All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Requirements
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
- A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
- Student name
- School name
- Grades
- Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than March 20, 2026 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
