The Bearcat Advantage covers up to 100 percent of tuition and mandatory fees for qualifying BCPS graduates at eligible four-year universities or colleges in Michigan, eligible Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country, or one of several eligible top private universities in Michigan thanks to our partnership with Michigan Colleges Alliance.
Check below for a list of eligible schools:
Michigan Public Colleges and Universities
- Central Michigan University
- Eastern Michigan University
- Ferris State University
- Grand Valley State University
- Kendall College of Art & Design of Ferris State University
- Lake Superior State University
- Michigan State University
- Michigan Technological University
- Northern Michigan University
- Oakland University
- Saginaw Valley State University
- University of Michigan
- Wayne State University
- Western Michigan University
Michigan Private Colleges and Universities
The Bearcat Advantage scholarship amount is limited to the student’s eligibility award for the published cost of tuition and mandatory fees for a Michigan resident taking the same number of credit hours in the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science & the Arts.
Michigan Colleges Alliance: Michigan Colleges Alliance Current Initiatives focus on three areas: building awareness about educational options offered within the collective, enhancing affordability for students attending our campuses, and connecting students to fulfilling Michigan career opportunities through statewide corporate partnerships.
- Andrews University
- Aquinas College
- College for Creative Studies
- Hillsdale College
- Kettering University (NEW for 2026-2027)
- Madonna University
- The University of Olivet
- Spring Arbor University
- University of Detroit Mercy
Learn more about the Michigan Colleges Alliance partnership with the Bearcat Advantage, offering additional funding for eligible scholarship recipients to cover up to 100% of tuition and fees at select top private colleges and universities in the state.
Bearcat Advantage Direct Partnerships: These select Michigan private colleges also offer additional funding for eligible scholarship recipients to cover up to 100% of tuition and fees.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
The scholarship amount is limited to the student’s eligibility award for the published cost of tuition and mandatory fees for a Michigan resident taking the same number of credit hours in the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science & the Arts.
- Alabama A & M University
- Alabama State University
- Albany State University
- Alcorn State University
- Allen University
- American Baptist College
- Arkansas Baptist College
- Benedict College
- Bennett College
- Bethune-Cookman University
- Bluefield State College
- Bowie State University
- Central State University
- Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
- Claflin University
- Clark Atlanta University
- Clinton College
- Coppin State University
- Delaware State University
- Dillard University
- Edward Waters College
- Elizabeth City State University
- Fayetteville State University
- Fisk University
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- Florida Memorial University
- Fort Valley State University
- Grambling State University
- Hampton University
- Harris-Stowe State University
- Howard University
- Huston-Tillotson University
- Interdenominational Theological Center
- Jackson State University
- Jarvis Christian College
- Johnson C Smith University
- Kentucky State University
- Lane College
- Langston University
- Le Moyne-Owen College
- Lincoln University (Missouri)
- Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
- Livingstone College
- Medical College
- Miles College
- Mississippi Valley State University
- Morehouse College
- Morgan State University
- Morris College
- Norfolk State University
- North Carolina A & T State University
- North Carolina Central University
- Oakwood University
- Paine College
- Paul Quinn College
- Philander Smith College
- Prairie View A & M University
- Rust College
- Saint Augustine’s University
- Savannah State University
- Shaw University
- Simmons College of Kentucky
- South Carolina State University
- Southern University and A & M College
- Southern University at New Orleans
- Southwestern Christian College
- Spelman College
- Stillman College
- Talladega College
- Tennessee State University
- Texas College
- Texas Southern University
- Tougaloo College
- Tuskegee University
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- University of the District of Columbia
- University of the Virgin Islands
- University of the Virgin Islands-Albert A. Sheen
- Virginia State University
- Virginia Union University
- Virginia University of Lynchburg
- Voorhees College
- West Virginia State University
- Wilberforce University
- Wiley College
- Winston-Salem State University
- Xavier University of Louisiana