PepsiCo Stronger Together

Students from any campus may apply if they meet the following criteria:

• Entering the CIA in April 2022 as a Freshman, or in their Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior year,
• Have a CIA or high school GPA of 2.5 of higher,
• Are focusing studies on Culinary Arts or Baking and Pastry Arts,
• Have filed the FAFSA to demonstrate financial need.

There is a preference to award this scholarship to students from underrepresented groups.

In establishing this scholarship, the CIA firmly believes diversity in race or ethnicity is considered absolutely necessary to align with the CIA’s guiding principle of respect for diversity. While there are over 300 scholarship opportunities currently available to CIA students regardless of gender, race, and/or ethnicity, this scholarship opportunity is offered specifically in order to increase diversity and create the best possible student experience for all students at the CIA. Race and ethnicity will, therefore, be considered flexibly and individually for this scholarship opportunity—and will not be determinative or weighed the same for all individuals of the same race. This scholarship is also subject to periodic review to ensure race is not considered more or longer than necessary to achieve the important goal of increasing diversity at the CIA.