Vaccine Incentives: How Colleges & Universities Are Trying to Stop the Spread of Covid-19
August 05, 2021
In an effort to encourage students to get vaccinated before returning to campus in the fall, colleges and universities are offering a plethora of prizes and benefits. Does your school need some ideas? We compiled a list of higher ed institutions—and their incentives—that are eager to get their students fully vaxxed.
- A year of tuition
- $250 Visa gift cards for all vaccinated students
- Weekend camping trip for two
- 25 meal swipes
- Unlimited meal plan
- Graduation regalia
- Priority class registration
- Two tickets to The Price is Right
- A named plaque on a campus tree
- Cash prize of $2,500
- Dinner and a movie with ten friends
- Ten $1,000 scholarships drawing
- $250-$400 scholarships
- Two $5,000 scholarships
- Ten $2,500 scholarships
California State University, Fullerton
- Fall 2021 parking pass
- Apple AirPods
- Ten $1,000 scholarships drawing
- 20% off discount at the campus bookstore
- 100 $75 gift cards
Colorado Community College System
- Five $1,000 scholarships
- Two $5,000 scholarships
Community College of Baltimore County
- $100 toward campus bookstores, cafes and printing purchases for all vaccinated students
Danville Area Community College
- One-credit summer class $600 waiver
- “Park anywhere” parking permits
- Apple pencil
- One night in the president’s suite at a home basketball game
- Fall semester parking passes
- $10-$50 Target, Walmart and Best Buy gift cards
- Two sideline pregame football passes
- Recreational center memberships
- Textbook scholarships
- Tuition and housing waivers
- Adidas athletics gear package
- Four front-row seats to a theater production
- Winter term parking pass
- $100 for each vaccine dose
- Apple iPad
- $50 gift cards
- Ten full-year tuition scholarships that cover up to 30 credit hours, textbooks and fees
- $1,000 scholarship awarded to 100 students
- $100 in Flex Dollars added to the student ID card for 75 students
- $500 textbook vouchers
- 2021-2022 parking permits
- Season tickets for two for either the Indianapolis Colts or Indiana Repertory Theatre
- MacBook Air
- Two $1,000 gift cards
- $100 Walmart gift cards for all vaccinated students
- $50-$1,875 tuition credit
- Semester tuition
- 30-minute massage at KSU’s student health center
- Apple AirPods
- Garmin watches
- JBL portable speaker
- Tuition for a semester
- Homecoming concert tickets
- Kayaking trip for you and your friends
- Semester room and board
- Beats headphones
- Apple watches
- Six Flags Magic Mountain pass
- Vaccinated students can apply for a $300 Emergency Grant
- $150-$300 in bookstore giftcards
- Apple products including an Apple Watch, MacBook Air and an iPad
- $100-$250 Barnes & Nobles gift cards
- Tuition and fees covered for one quarter
- Declining balance credit for dining on campus
- Apple iPad Pro
- Apple Watch Series 6
- One semester of textbooks provided by the Luther Book Shop
Metropolitan Community College
- Three-credit hour fall 2021 class for up to 1,000 students
Metropolitan State University of Denver
- One year of tuition for five students
- Miami hockey game VIP box tickets
- $5,000 cash
- Bursar credit for full-year meal plan
- MacBook Air laptop
- iPad Pro
- $500 and $250 bookstore gift cards
- 20 $1,000 cash prizes
Minnesota State University Moorhead
- Parking passes
- $100 bookstore stipends
- Two years of meal plans
- $500 bookstore shopping spree
- Two semesters of housing
- Chance to win four separate $4,500 “Bookstore Bonanzas” that include MacBook and iPad Pros, Nintendo Switches, Microsoft Surface and Dell Inspiron devices, Xboxes, AirPods, an MSI gaming laptop, AppleCare+ and Xbox Live memberships and accessories
- $100 bookstore gift cards
- $200 worth of gift cards
- Apple Watch
- $100 cash to all vaccinated students
Northwest Missouri State University
- $50 in dining dollars to 48 students
- $100 bookstore gift cards to 11 students
- Private one-hour fall photoshoot
- Full in-state tuition scholarship
- Dinner with men’s basketball coach
- VIP ride in the 2021 Homecoming parade
- $100 gift cards to Barnes & Noble
- Football signed by Penn State football coach James Franklin
- Ten $2,000 scholarships
Pierpont Community & Technical College
- Four $500 scholarships
- One year’s worth of in-state tuition
- Four $500 loaded onto student bursar accounts, with the option of Visa or Amazon gift cards
- 25 $400 scholarships
- $150-$300 toward tuition
- $500 fall 2021 course registration bill credit
- Additional $500 housing bill credit
- iPhone 13
- Netflix and Disney+ subscriptions
- Private suite for one men’s basketball game
- $200 campus resources voucher
- If 70% of the in-person student body is fully vaccinated, masks will be optional when outdoors, students can override daily health screenings, and club activities and outdoor gatherings of up to 50 people may resume
- $250 book store vouchers
- $1,000 bursar bill vouchers
- $5 Starbucks gift card for all vaccinated students
- One year of tuition for two students
- Ten $1,000 scholarships
Texas A&M International University
- Starbucks gift cards
- Fall 2021 tuition
- $100-$1,000 gift cards
- Season football tickets
- Main campus parking pass
- 100 dining points
- Full-year parking
- $5,000 student scholarship
- $20 cash to all vaccinated students
- $5 value Star Reward to be redeemed at the Arizona student unions or bookstores
- Arizona Arts Live tickets
- $100 textbook scholarships
- $500 tuition scholarships
- Private viewing of an Arizona Athletics practice
- Meet & greet with Arizona Athletics head coach
- $2,500-$5,000 debit cards
- Private basketball game at UD Arena
- Student section basketball tickets
- $10 Iowa City Downtown District gift card for all vaccinated students
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Apple Watch Series 6
- 128 GB Oculus Quest
- iPhone 12
- Cash prizes of up to $5,000
- Football tickets
- Full meal plans
- $200 textbook credit
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Semester of monthly 60-minute massages
- One-year Nebraska Innovation Studio Makerspace membership
- $100 into all student bursar accounts
University of North Carolina Greensboro
- $50 in Flex—which can be used at dining halls, campus restaurants, convenience stores and vending—added to all vaccinated student card accounts
- 20 $4,000 student financial awards
- 100 parking permits
- 100 $100 Barnes & Noble gift cards
- Ten $1,000 cash prizes
- Five pairs of 2021 season football tickets
- Three reserved parking spots
- Research funding support
- On-campus dining credit
- Ten parking passes
University of Southern Mississippi
- Fall 2021 semester tuition
- $1,000 in dining dollars
- $300 Barnes & Noble gift cards
- $2,000 in housing and residence room credit
- $500 COVID vaccination grant for all fully-vaccinated on-campus students
- Study abroad trip discounts
- Tuition discounts
- Campus housing for the year
- Universal parking pass
- $2,000 worth of textbooks
- MacBook Air
University of Wisconsin System
- 70 $7,000 scholarships
- Campus parking pass
- Pregame football sideline passes
- Dinner with the University President
- $300 in cash
- Tuition for one semester
- $150 cash for all vaccinated students
- Five $1,000 cash rewards
- Akron Aero basketball game tickets
- Akron Zoo tickets
- 21 tuition scholarships
- Semester of on-campus housing
- Semester of Fall 2021 tuition
- $100 bookstore voucher
- Semester of parking
- Textbooks for the whole semester
- Adventure trips
- Guaranteed football or basketball season tickets
- $25-$150 in Rocky Dollars added to student ID cards
- Five scholarships of $10,000, 10 scholarships of $2,500, 20 scholarships of $500 and 25 scholarships of $1,000
- Ten $1,000 scholarships
- Fully vaccinated students are not required to wear a mask around campus
- Three financial aid grants: one in the amount of $2,500, a second of $1,000 and a third of $500
- Men’s basketball game suite
- Apple AirPods Pro
- One $2,500 tuition grant
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