NextMile Scholarship

Supporting Our Employees & Their Families on the Road to Success

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About the Program

MileOne offers a scholarship program for employees and their families. Both full-time and part-time employees, their spouses and children of employees who are rising high school seniors or who have already earned their high school degrees are eligible for the NextMile Scholarship Program. Qualified recipients will receive a renewable $2,500 scholarship towards their education at an accredited 2 or 4-year college, university or trade school of their choice.

The scholarship is renewable up to three additional years for undergraduate, graduate, or vocational-technical study on the basis of maintaining a cumulative grade point average of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) and continued employment of the MileOne employee.

Applications are accepted between April 14 and June 2. You will receive email notification after submitting your application. Recipients are notified of their award status by July 15. Please email thenextmile@scholarshipamerica.org if you have any questions.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

Be a full-time or part-time employee who has a minimum of one year of continuous employment with the company as of the application deadline, or
Be a spouse or a dependent child* of a full-time employee who has a minimum of one year of continuous employment with the company as of the application deadline. *A dependent child is defined as a biological, legally adopted child, stepchild, or legal ward living in the employees household or primarily supported by the employee.
Be a current high school senior graduating in spring 2025, a high school graduate who plans to enroll, or is currently enrolled in, part-time or full-time undergraduate, graduate, or vocational-technical study at an accredited 2- or 4-year college, university, graduate school, or vocational-technical school located in the United States for the entire 2025-2026 academic year.
Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent).
Not have been convicted of a felony.

The 2025 application window is now closed.

Check back here in April 2026 for next year's application.