Great Clips Great Scholarship Program
Offered by Great Clips, Inc.
About this scholarship
The Great Clips Great Scholarship Program helps students training for cosmetology or barbering careers pay school tuition. Great Clips states that it distributes more than $100,000 through the program each year, with individual scholarships worth up to $5,000. Applications are accepted throughout the year and reviewed for two award periods; the published fall deadline is September 1. The program is open to high school and post-high-school students who are enrolled in a cosmetology or barbering program in the United States or Canada. The current official scholarship page specifically notes that the application no longer requires an essay, reducing the submission burden for vocational students. Applicants use the dedicated Great Clips scholarship portal rather than a general careers or salon page. Because the award is described as tuition reimbursement, candidates should keep enrollment and tuition records available and carefully follow the payment instructions provided to selected recipients. Great Clips salons are independently franchised, but this scholarship is administered as a Great Clips, Inc. program; applying does not require salon employment. Students can apply at any time, but submission by September 1 is necessary for the upcoming fall selection period.
Eligibility
- Be a high school or post-high-school student
- Be enrolled in a cosmetology or barbering program
- Attend the qualifying program in the United States or Canada
- Complete the dedicated Great Clips online scholarship application
- Provide accurate enrollment and tuition information requested by the application
- Submit by September 1, 2026 for the fall award period
- No essay is required for the current application