DPS Students Awarded More Than
$13 Million in Scholarships

Graduates of the Durham Public Schools Class of 2009 have racked up more than $13 million in academic scholarships for the fall. They include full rides to Duke, MIT and Columbia. In addition, partial or full scholarships were awarded by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Boston University, New York University, Wake Forest University, Villanova and Oberlin College.

DPS Students: Into the World

DPS students are going to be “all over the map” this fall. They have been accepted to approximately 150 colleges and universities in 31 states, as well as Mexico, Austria, Italy, Scotland and South Africa.

Want to see where they’re going? Simply click on a given state on the map below to see a list of some of the schools in that particular state that DPS graduates will attend.

     
Notable Awards
  • Gates Millennium Scholarship (MIT)
  • A.B. Duke Memorial Scholarship (Duke University)
  • Columbia University Academic Scholarship
  • Auburn University Academic Presidential Scholarship
  • Hampton University Trustee Award Music Leadership Scholarship
  • North Carolina Teaching Fellows
  • Villanova University Academic Scholarship
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Tulane University Academic Scholarship
  • Virginia Tech Scholars
  • Rensselaer Polytech Institute Medal Award
  • Boston University Academic Scholarship
  • New York University Trustee Scholarship
  • Wake Forest University
  • Joseph Oberlin Scholarship (Oberlin College)
 

 


View 2009 College Bound DPS Students in a larger map