Dakota Corps Scholarship

The Dakota Corps Scholarship is a scholarship program funded by private business, non profit corporations and the Governors Office. It was established to encourage South Dakota's high school graduates to:
1. Obtain their post secondary education in South Dakota
2. Remain in the state upon completion of their education and
3. Contribute to the state of South Dakota and its citizens by working in a critical need occupation.

To be eligible for the Dakota Corps Scholarship students must:
- Have graduated from an accredited South Dakota high school with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.8 or greater on a 4.0 scale. Home schooled students will be allowed to provide supplemental information to qualify if the information for this requirement is not available.
- Have 27 ACT Composite or Superscore or greater (or the SAT equivalent).
- Agree in writing to stay in South Dakota and work in a critical need occupation after graduation for as many years as the scholarship was received plus one year.
- Apply for the Dakota Corps Scholarship for a school period that begins within one year of high school graduation, or within one year of release from active duty of an active component of the armed forces.
- Be an incoming freshman at a participating South Dakota college as an undergraduate student in a program that will prepare the student to work in a critical need occupation
Be a U.S. citizen or national