Our Scholarships
To further our mission to make higher education more accessible, Optimal launched its needs-based scholarship program in 2010. Each year, we give away $250,000 of our profit to 50 recipients with high financial need and strong career aspirations.
Recent Winner - Community College Scholarship
"I am in my first semester of Nursing School at East Arkansas Community College in Forrest City, Arkansas and I am very thankful to have received this scholarship to help with books and tuition costs for the rest of my nursing school career."
Community College Scholarship
ELIGIBILITY: Students enrolled at a public community college, junior college, technical college, or city college, and working towards a certificate, diploma, or degree at the associate’s level or a first-time bachelor’s level.
Military Scholarship
ELIGIBILITY: Students who are veterans or active members of the U.S. military and are enrolled at a private or public educational institution, and working towards a certificate, diploma, or degree.
Undergraduate Scholarship
ELIGIBILITY: Undergraduate students enrolled at a private or public educational institution, and working towards a certificate, diploma, or degree at the associate’s level or a first-time bachelor’s level.
Graduate Scholarship
ELIGIBILITY: Graduate students enrolled at a private or public educational institution, and working towards a certificate, diploma, or degree at the post-bachelor’s level.
PAST WINNERS
Optimal was formerly know as SR Education Group until January of 2020, when the company rebranded. Many of our scholarship winners' quotes will refer to SR Education Group.