Critical Language Scholarship Program
Applicants to the program must be U.S. citizens enrolled in a U.S. degree-granting program at the undergraduate or graduate level at the time of application. Undergraduate students must have completed at least one year of general college course-work by the start date of the program. Other requirements are that the applicants should be in acceptable mental and physical health for which persons granted the scholarship are usually required to submit a satisfactory Medical Information Form and Physician’s Statement. The minimum age is 18 by the beginning of the CLS Program in the particular year.
California State University, Monterey Bay
The student body is made up of 63% females and 37% males. As of fall 2018, 35% of students enrolled were under 21 years of age, 44% between 21 and 24, 14% between 25 and 30, 7% over the age of 31. The most common majors were business administration (12%), psychology (10%), biology (8%), kinesiology (8%) and Computer Science (8%). 40% of students came from Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties (all California counties) while 58% came from other parts of California, 2% from other U.S. states and 3% from outside the U.S. One third of students were low-income and a little over half (51%) were first-generation college students. Students are distributed across class levels; 20% being freshmen, 11% sophomores, 24% juniors and 34% seniors as CSU Monterey Bay serves a large proportion of transfer students. Graduate students make up 9%, 2% were seeking credentials and 1% were post-baccalaureate students.