Soft drink Companies are Providing College Scholarships

Do you know that your favorite beverage might justis awarded to 350 incoming college freshmen.
be your ticket to a college degree? Yes, you'veLearn more about the different scholarship grants
heard it right. Two of the biggest soft drinkyou can qualify for.
companies,Coca-Cola and Pepsi, have once againPepsi Co., meanwhile, is as well on the lookout for
opened their doors to help graduating high schooloutstanding high school seniors who can qualify for
students with their educational needs throughtheir scholarship grants. The Pepsi Scholarship
scholarship grants.Program is giving away scholarships to students who
The Coca-Cola Company has been helping out almostare planning to take up degrees under the Math and
600 students each year through the Coca-ColaSciences, Engineering, Public Relations and Marketing.
Scholars Foundation. Established in 1986, thePepsi Co. has also made tie-ups with various colleges
Foundation has been providing scholarship grants toand universities across the United States in order to
outstanding high school seniors across the Unitedprovide these scholarships.
States to aid their tuition and other educationalThese two soft drink giants may always be the ones
expenses. There are two kinds of scholarship grantsending up head-to-head in the business, but they
under the Foundation: The Coca-Cola Two-Yearboth believe that America's future lies in the hands of
Colleges Scholarship Program, which is given to 350the youth. Thus they can only do one thing: provide
students who are planning to take a 2-year collegeAmerican students the best in their educational
degree; and The Coca-Cola Scholars Program, whichneeds.