Dream big, a top college is possible.

Start your journey with QuestBridge

QuestBridge connects high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds with a thriving community and transformative educational, career, and life opportunities that help propel them to lives of fulfillment, meaning, and purpose. From our founding over 30 years ago, QuestBridge has always been an organization focused on creating opportunities for students from low-income backgrounds, regardless of race, geography, or academic interest.

Featured update

Announcing our 2025 College Prep Scholars

We are proud to announce that over 3,600 high school juniors have been selected as 2025 College Prep Scholars based on their academic excellence, personal qualities, and financial need. Being a College Prep Scholar is a distinction that will help these students stand out as strong potential applicants to our 55 college partners.

Learn more

Full scholarships to top colleges

We match students from low-income backgrounds with full four-year scholarships from 55 of the nation's best colleges.

The Match

Transformative opportunities

We connect you to resources and opportunities throughout your college years and beyond to help you navigate the unfamiliar and thrive on your journey.

Lifelong learning

A network of excellence

With over 30,000 Scholars and Alumni, the QuestBridge community is a place where you can connect with peers from a similar background on your campus, in your city, or around the world.

The QB community

Partnerships that propel you forward

Our partnerships with top colleges, graduate schools, and companies help you reach your full potential at each stage in life.

Our partnerships

Get to know our Scholars

“I grew up on a farm, feeding cattle in the morning, and went to school in a building where the ceiling was collapsing in. I know my background is unique, but with time, I have learned to take pride in that. I don’t think your background is your limitation.I thought I would go to community college right next to my high school, and honestly even that was too expensive. Then one day, I was taking out the trash at home, and something fell out. It was a flyer for QuestBridge, a scholarship program built for low-income high school seniors. That pamphlet would go on to change my life.No one had ever explained college to me because my parents didn’t go, but I got the hang of it on my own and with support from my QuestBridge Scholars Network Chapter.”

Brett

Welch, OK

Northwestern University

Brett

Welch, OK

Northwestern University

"I grew up on a farm, feeding cattle in the morning, and went to school in a building where the ceiling was collapsing in. I know my background is unique, but with time, I have learned to take pride in that. I don’t think your background is your limitation.

I thought I would go to community college right next to my high school, and honestly even that was too expensive. Then one day, I was taking out the trash at home, and something fell out. It was a flyer for QuestBridge, a scholarship program built for low-income high school seniors. That pamphlet would go on to change my life.

No one had ever explained college to me because my parents didn’t go, but I got the hang of it on my own and with support from my QuestBridge Scholars Network Chapter."

“My college path changed because once I started my application through QuestBridge, it widened my perspective on the colleges that were also 100% need-met schools.”

Haley

Oakland, CA

Macalester College