Stars Scholarship Fund criteria states that all applicants must be a permanent resident of south or west Texas (for five or more consecutive years).

For the purposes of this scholarship, Stars serves the 30 counties on the map below from south and west Texas:

  • Aransas
  • Bee
  • Brewster
  • Brooks
  • Cameron
  • Culberson
  • Duval
  • El Paso
  • Goliad
  • Hidalgo
  • Hudspeth
  • Jeff Davis
  • Jim Hogg
  • Jim Wells
  • Karnes
  • Kenedy
  • Kleberg
  • La Salle
  • Live Oak
  • McMullen
  • Nueces
  • Pecos
  • Presidio
  • Refugio
  • San Patricio
  • Starr
  • Terrell
  • Webb
  • Willacy
  • Zapata

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Counties