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Where Investment Becomes Evidence

Our Impact

First-generation scholars are completing college and building lives of their own choosing, not by chance, but as the outcome of a model built around partnership.

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What Partnership Makes Possible

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For nearly 30 years, College Track has partnered with first-generation scholars, walking alongside them from ninth grade through college graduation and into meaningful careers.

That kind of opportunity has not always been distributed evenly. For many scholars, it has depended on circumstances they did not choose: the school they were zoned into, the income of the household they grew up in, or whether anyone in their family had gone to college before them. Along the way, scholars often face similar challenges: academic setbacks, financial barriers, family responsibilities, and the complexities of navigating higher education. These are the moments where momentum is most often lost, and College Track’s program is built to anticipate and address them.

Because success is rarely determined by a single moment, our high-touch, relationship-centered model responds to the unique circumstances of each scholar and their family, adapting as their needs evolve over the decade we walk together.

College Track exists to help close that gap. When a scholar has a decade of sustained commitment behind them, where they started matters less in determining where they end up. We don’t leave that outcome to chance. We are building it, deliberately, for every scholar.

As first-generation college students, we've had to work 10 times harder. We have the determination, discipline, and experience to prove ourselves and make things better for our communities.

Anaiyah Cabrellis, College Track Sacramento

Howard University, Class of 2023

Citi Private Global Business Execution, Assistant Vice President

National College Outcomes

Scholars who complete College Track’s program persist and graduate at rates that consistently outpace the national average.

6,200
scholars and alumni
87%
first-year college retention rate
2x
the national average for first-generation students
4.11 years
average time to degree
1 in 3
complete college with no debt