Eligibility

To be eligible for Upward Bound, students must be entering the ninth or tenth grade at one of the schools listed in the bottom right column. They must also be at least thirteen years old and younger than eighteen at the begining of the next Summer Residential Program. They must be considered economically or academically disadvantaged and a potential first generation college student.

To be considered economically disadvantaged, the student's family must meet low-income criteria as determined by the U.S. Department of Education. The term "low-income individual" means an individual whose family's taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150% of the poverty level amount.

Academically disadvantaged students are those who are having difficulties in school, but who could develop into candidates for postsecondary education.

A potential first generation student is one neither of whose parents have received a bachelor's degree.