Tuition and Aid
Through generous scholarships and innovative financing options, we are committed to ensuring finances are never a barrier to learning.
Through generous scholarships and innovative financing options, we are committed to ensuring finances are never a barrier to learning.
The Watson education is an extremely personalized experience – from weekly mentor meetings to tailored workshops, out of state travel, and one-on-ones with renowned entrepreneurs. We offer generous scholarships, fellowships and financing options to make Watson accessible to students from all economic backgrounds.
Watson Semester Accelerator (In-Person) in Boulder, Colorado
Tuition: $15,000 (includes housing)
Watson Semester Accelerator (Virtual)
Tuition: $6,000
Watson Career Accelerator in Guatemala City, Guatemala
Tuition: $3,900
Total: $3,900
Bachelor of Science in Social Entrepreneurship from Lynn University
Watson Institute offers a wide range of partial scholarships for both merit and financial need. We also offer scholarships from generous partners such as:
Watson Institute selectively offers a work study program for exceptional students with financial need. Work Study Scholars work 10 hours per week with the Watson team while enrolled and are awarded a scholarship per semester to go towards their tuition.
Watson Institute offers several full-ride fellowships each semester that cover the full cost of tuition. All finalists will be invited to apply for these fellowships:
Watson’s Pave the Way Fund pays for students’ tuition and housing in Boulder. Once students graduate and begin earning a living wage, alumni share an affordable percentage of future earnings for a set number of months through what’s commonly known as an Income Share Agreement. Alumni contributions refuel the Pave the Way Fund which in turn provides the same opportunity to future scholars to attend Watson.
Watson believes entrepreneurial talent is universal, while opportunity is not. Therefore, The Pave the Way Fund is a new way of financing higher education which ensures Watson is radically accessible and alumni graduate without debt.
“I never would have attended Watson without the income sharing model because my family could not afford the upfront tuition. The most comforting part of the program was re-payment was tied to my income; I didn’t have to choose between education and healthy eating or owning a safe vehicle. The best part is: I felt Watson believed in me from the get-go. They trusted I would have the ability to repay the income sharing agreement, completely tying their financial success to my business success.”
-Patrick Mateer, Fall 2014 Watson Scholar and Founder of Seal the Seasons
“Watson’s income sharing model provided me the flexibility to optimize my early career decisions for impact, and not compensation. It allowed me to focus less on making loan payments, and more on deciding what path out of Watson is most aligned to my passions and desired impact. Baked into this model is accountability: if alumni aren’t successful, then neither is Watson.”
-Ryan Singh, Fall 2013 Watson Scholar and Associate Director of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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