MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Area Technical College is expanding the MATC Promise program to include new graduates of MATC’s Adult High School and students who have earned GED (General Education Development) and HSED (High School Equivalency Diploma) credentials.
This year, 2021-2022 graduates of GED and HSED programs and MATC’s Adult High School will be eligible to enroll for spring, summer or fall 2022 semesters.
The MATC Promise programs provide free tuition for eligible students. (The cost of books, program fees and equipment is not covered.)
MATC offers two Promise programs. Launched in 2015, the MATC Promise for New High School Graduates was the first Promise program in Wisconsin. The MATC Promise for Adults, serving those students who started but did not finish college, was launched in 2018.
“We are excited to expand the MATC Promise for New High School Graduates to include a very important population,” said Dr. Vicki J. Martin, MATC president. “Graduates of GED and HSED programs and the MATC Adult High School are often students whose high school experience leads them to want to continue their journey by going on to college. By opening eligibility for the MATC Promise, we are making college tuition free so they can benefit from a family-sustaining career by enrolling in our programs. It also gives us the opportunity
to recognize their tremendous achievement and help them move forward in their educational goals.”
New graduates of the GED, HSED and Adult High School programs will be considered members of the MATC Promise for New High School Graduates program, and may begin studies as early as Spring 2022.
Deadlines, and application and criteria information for both MATC Promise programs are as follows:
TheMATC Promise for New High School Grads priority deadline is Dec. 3, 2021; the final deadline is July 15, 2022.
