WOU Upward Bound (TRIO) is a free college prep program offering after-school tutoring, advising, college info (including financial aid and scholarships), and field trips/workshops. Participants also attend a six-week Summer Academy on the WOU campus.
To qualify, students must attend Central or Dallas High School and meet one or both of these criteria:
- Be low-income, and/or
- Have parents who did not graduate with a 4-year college degree.
Other eligibility requirements apply, and admission is competitive. Not all applicants will be accepted.
Office: Academic Programs & Support Center (APSC) Room 501 on the 5th floor
Phone: 503-838-8142 | upwardbound@mail.wou.edu
@upwardboundwou
TRIO Upward Bound, a college preparation program for eligible high school students, has been hosted at Western Oregon University since 1999. Eighty-one percent (81%) of program costs are financed with federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education ($309,505), and nineteen percent (19%) is financed by WOU with non-Federal funds ($70,325). The year-round program is designed to improve students’ academic success, support completion of a rigorous secondary school program of study, and increase the rate at which participants enroll in and graduate from college.
