AlamoPROMISE Program
A well-educated workforce is the key to a prosperous San Antonio community.
The Alamo Colleges District and its partners are committed to ending poverty, enhancing economic and social mobility and meeting workforce demands in our City by joining forces to help more students complete college and obtain the necessary skills to hold high-wage, high-demand jobs.
Through AlamoPROMISE, the Alamo Colleges District is working to ensure access to education for all local students by providing for the first two years of tuition to eligible graduating senior from the San Antonio area.
The AlamoPROMISE eliminates financial barriers to higher education, making a college degree a reality.
Working with local government and community partners Alamo PROMISE provides the first two years of community college to eligible students who plan to earn an associate degree, certification, courses for transfer or workforce training.
Alamo PROMISE is more than a new program of the Alamo Colleges District, it is a new community-wide initiative.
AlamoPROMISE will provide last-dollar scholarship funding to fill the gap between a student’s financial aid award and the cost of tuition and fees for their first two years at one of the Alamo Colleges District’s five colleges.
In the initial phase of the program, graduating high school seniors from one of 25 local high schools (listed in the table below) are eligible.
To be eligible, students must:
- Sign a pledge to participate in the program
- Submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or Texas Application for State Financial Aid and list at least one college of the Alamo Colleges District
- Complete the Alamo Colleges Foundation scholarship application
- Apply for admission to one of the district’s colleges through Apply Texas
- Complete registration at one of the district’s colleges
- Participate in a Summer Bridge and Career Bootcamp (if their high school GPS is below 2.5)
- Maintain a 2.0 GPA and complete at least 18 credit hours per academic year
Participating Schools
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Brackenridge Harlandale Highlands Holmes Houston Jay Jefferson John F. Kennedy Judson |
Lanier Legacy Lee McCollum Memorial Roosevelt Somerset South San Southside Southwest Wagner Young Women's Leadership |
AlamoPROMISE will be available to eligible students in the fall of 2020. By the fall of 2021, it will be available to all students at any public high school in Bexar County.
The Alamo Colleges District’s partners in AlamoPROMISE are contributing funds and additional monies are being contributed by businesses and foundations.
The core partners are the UP Partnership, the San Antonio Education Partnership and SA Works.
Yes. The AlamoPROMISE steering committee, chaired by Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Alamo Colleges District Chancellor Dr. Mike Flores, includes leaders from key businesses, educational organizations and non-profits who are fully supportive of the program.
There is consensus in the community that education beyond high school is critical to providing economic and social mobility for residents, and that financial barriers are the greatest factor in preventing residents from enrolling in or completing a college education.
The leadership of the Alamo Colleges District believes that Alamo PROMISE provides a strategy to address that reality and the fact that San Antonio is one of the fastest-growing economic regions in the country, yet has the second-highest percentage of population in poverty among the top 25 largest U.S. metro areas.
Yes. The Dallas County Community College District has a successful Promise program, and there are 242 such programs making a difference across the country.
Steering Committee
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Additional Information
| Informational Flyer (PDF) | Key Facts (PDF) | Presentation (PDF) |
| Links to AlamoPROMISE Media Coverage |
| Links to College Promise Info |