Patterson Companies has established a scholarship program to assist students who plan to pursue or continue their higher education in college or vocational school programs with a focus on dental or veterinary medicine related field.
Patterson Companies, Inc. is focused on providing the best products, technologies, services and business solutions to the animal and oral health markets. Our comprehensive portfolio, distribution network and supply chain are equaled only by our focused and passionate people. Our Purpose says it all: We Are Patterson. We strengthen the people who keep us and our animals healthy. Learn more at Pattersoncompanies.com
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
To foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of veterinary and dental careers, we encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply for the Patterson Companies Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship. To be eligible, applicants must:
*Half-time enrollment includes at least one or more courses with a minimum of 6 credit hours (or equivalent).
**Certification programs must be through an accredited institution and must run on a standard academic semester calendar. Certification programs must be a minimum of one semester in length.
Preference will given to students pursuing a certificate or associate degrees.
Employees and children of employees of Patterson Companies are ineligible.
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $2,000 award. Up to four (4) awards will be granted.
Awards are renewable up to three years or until a certificate or degree is earned, whichever occurs first, on the basis of satisfactory academic performance maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale, full-time or half-time enrollment and pursing the eligible major.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
All applicants will be notified in May.
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Patterson Companies. Payment is made in early August.
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Financial need, as calculated by Scholarship America, will be considered, and recipients must demonstrate financial need to qualify for the scholarship.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Patterson Companies play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
