Scholarship Disbursement Rates and Schedule
The Berea College Work Scholarship is awarded for students' assigned work, and is comprised of two parts: 1) an annual Work Grant of $9,100 per year (2025-26 grant amount, applied toward the cost of education); 2) a Work Direct Payment depending on hours worked and work-learning-service assignment (for educational expenses). These two Scholarship sources comprise over $10,000, which equates to approximately $34/hour.
The Work Direct Payment is a Scholarship disbursement that Berea College students receive in the form of a disbursement payment. Work Direct Payments are issued as a part of students financial aid packaging.
Following federal Work College guidelines, these Scholarship disbursements are issued to students at an hourly rate, based on their hours worked and their rate of pay.
Work-Learning-Service Level Classification Rate Scale
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| 1 |
$6.48 |
| 2 |
$6.68 |
| 3 |
$6.90 |
| 4 |
$7.12 |
| 5 |
$7.62 |
| 6 |
$8.15 |
| Unclassified* |
$8.50 |
| Labor Pool** |
$10.50 |
| Break Rate (Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter) |
$10.50 |