Albertus Magnus College, New Haven Promise Renew Commitment

New Haven, Conn., April 15, 2024 — Albertus Magnus College and New Haven Promise are pleased to announce their renewed, ongoing partnership to enhance opportunities for local scholars to achieve their higher educational goals. This new one-year agreement builds upon the six years these institutions have worked together, servicing 68 students so far, and looks to further even more dreams.

As New England’s most diverse Catholic college, Albertus will award qualified students minimally $25,000 per academic year in merit aid, renewable for three years - subject to academic guidelines. These scholars will also be offered a paid, on-campus job. By providing incentive-based scholarship funding as a lever to social mobility, New Haven Promise would further student education goals with up to $5,000, doubling its prior financial benefit in additional scholarship money to qualified students. These awards are effective with new students enrolling at Albertus in fall 2024.

Since 2018, Albertus’ $2,729,933 financial aid commitment to New Haven Promise Scholars has made a positive impact on the lives and careers of alumni - who continue to live by the Dominican Four Pillars of Study, Prayer, Community, and Service.

Felix Rodriguez, a New Haven Promise scholar in his senior year at Albertus said, “The generosity of New Haven Promise and Albertus Magnus College has helped me immensely to pursue my goal of earning a bachelor’s degree that will lead to obtaining certification as a Spanish language teacher. In addition, I will graduate, debt-free, this year thanks to this generosity.”

“The Albertus Magnus College community takes great pride in cultivating a diverse community and extending opportunity and accessibility to higher education. So, Albertus is excited to continue this collaborative partnership,” said Vice President for Enrollment Management Brian Fernandes. “This arrangement is a testament to the quality of an Albertus education, a liberal arts, values-based education where experiential learning takes students to new heights enabling them to be career-ready in the fields of their choice.”

“This ongoing collaboration with Albertus Magnus College is a key to our scholars’ success,” said President of New Haven Promise, Patricia Melton. “By having access to opportunity, New Haven talent can flourish and achieve great things locally that can have a positive impact globally.”

Of all the scholars, 100-percent are from New Haven, 90-percent are students of color, 85-percent attend in-state colleges; 71-percent are from households that earn less than $60,000 annually; 70-percent are first-generation college students; and 38-percent are from households that earn under $30,000 per year.