Entrepreneurship programs for high schoolers.
26 programs indexed in entrepreneurship. 9 are free or pay a stipend. 3 prioritize under-resourced or underrepresented students. This page updates whenever we add a new entrepreneurship program.
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- ModerateNC State University Global Training Initiative36 Hours to Save the World / Global Challenge Weekend
Students form remote teams and spend 36 hours developing solutions to global sustainability and policy challenges before presenting to judges.
📍 NC🎓 Grades 9–12 - ModerateALAAfrican Leadership Academy Summer
Two-week entrepreneurial leadership summer program for youth from around the world.
📍 Johannesburg, South Africa⏱ 2 weeks📅 April🎓 Grades 9–11 - ModerateUniversity of Central FloridaAI, Robotics and Entrepreneurship Summer Institute
Students combine introductory AI and robotics with entrepreneurial thinking, system design and development of a mock business plan.
📍 FL🎓 Grades 9–12 - SelectiveAshokaAshoka Young Changemakers
Global community of young people (10–20) already leading social innovation projects; selected changemakers receive mentorship, storytelling support, and network access.
📍 Remote (Global)⏱ Ongoing fellowship📅 Rolling · by country🎓 Grades 9–12 - ModerateArizona State UniversityASU Popular Music High School Summer Camp
Teens write, perform, record, produce, and engineer music in professional studios while learning music entrepreneurship and preparing for college-level music study.
📍 AZ🎓 Grades 9–12 - ModerateBabson CollegeBabson Summer Study
Earn college credit in entrepreneurship at the #1 ranked program.
📍 Wellesley, MA⏱ 3 weeks📅 March🎓 Grades 11–12 - ModerateBETA CampBETA Camp
Eight-week virtual entrepreneurship program for teens 14-18 to build and launch a startup.
📍 Online⏱ 8 weeks📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12 - SelectiveBlue Ocean Strategy / variousBlue Ocean Student Entrepreneurship Competition
Free global pitch competition with cash prizes. Teams pitch a novel business idea via video; finalists present live.
📍 Online⏱ 3 months📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12 - ModerateMississippi State UniversityBulldogs in Industrial Technology & Entrepreneurship
Students explore manufacturing careers and industrial technology through welding, CNC programming, coatings, and related hands-on technical activities.
📍 MS🎓 Grades 9–12 - SelectiveUniversity of PennsylvaniaBusiness & Entrepreneurship Academy
Learn the fundamentals of business and entrepreneurship. Students develop business plans, explore market strategies, and gain insights into the world of commerce.
📍 Multiple🎓 Eligibility not confirmed - ModerateAdelphi UniversityBusiness & Leadership Academy
Students conduct market research, build a startup concept, develop branding/product strategy and pitch an entrepreneurial idea. The 2026 fee was $1,000.
📍 NY🎓 Grades 9–12 - ModerateUniversity of South CarolinaBusiness Entrepreneurship — USC Adventure Series
Carolina Master Scholars Adventure Series one-week pre-college track; rising 9th eligible.
📍 SC🎓 Grades 9, 12 - ModerateMontclair State UniversityBusiness Entrepreneurship Week
Intensive exploring entrepreneurship, business development and innovation.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 10–12 - ModerateUniversity of Alabama in HuntsvilleBusiness Explorations Day Camp
Rising sophomores through seniors complete hands-on business projects, hear from industry guests, and explore leadership and business disciplines.
📍 AL🎓 Grades 10–12 - ModerateStevens Institute of TechnologyBusiness Explorer
Explores business disciplines, decision-making and entrepreneurship.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 10–12 - ModerateIowa Association of Business and Industry FoundationBusiness Horizons
Iowa students form teams, create an original product or service, develop a business, and pitch it to industry professionals while participating in leadership activities and company visits. The residential 2026 program cost $650, with aid available.
📍 IA🎓 Grades 9–12 - SelectiveArkansas Tech UniversityCAKE: Creativity, Agriculture & Knowledge of Enterprise
Students investigate Arkansas agriculture and tourism through science laboratories, agritourism activities, enterprise development and interdisciplinary problem-solving.
📍 AR🎓 Grades 11–12 - SelectiveExplora X StudioCareer Pathways Internship Program
Two-year paid STEAM internship beginning with rising juniors. Interns receive workforce training, mentorship, portfolio development, financial-literacy instruction and opportunities for embedded internships at Explora.
📍 NM🎓 Grades 11–12 - ModerateLewis & Clark CollegeCircular Innovation Challenge
Students tackle sustainability/circular-economy challenges and develop/pitch solutions.
📍 OR🎓 Eligibility not confirmed - SelectiveConnecticut Invention Convention / NextMindsConnecticut Invention Convention
Students design inventions addressing real problems and advance through school, independent or community pathways to Connecticut's statewide invention competition.
📍 CT🎓 Grades 9–12 - SelectiveConrad FoundationConrad Challenge
International innovation and entrepreneurship competition addressing global grand challenges.
📍 USA finals + global teams📅 November🎓 Grades 9–12 - ModerateXavier UniversityD'Artagnan Summer Business Academy
One- or two-week residential business academy combining faculty instruction, local business exposure, leadership and college-level work.
📍 OH🎓 Grades 11–12 - SelectiveUniversity of Delaware Horn EntrepreneurshipDiamond Challenge
Global high school entrepreneurship pitch competition with $100k+ in prizes.
📍 Newark, DE⏱ Academic year📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12 - SelectiveUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln College of BusinessDREAMBIG Academy: Discover Business
Rising seniors explore business careers, leadership and networking while working with College of Business faculty and peers. UNL identifies its high-school business discovery programs as free.
📍 NE🎓 Grade 11 - ModerateDePaul University Driehaus College of BusinessDriehaus Summer Business Institute
Students spend a week learning core business disciplines and work in teams on a business pitch while experiencing DePaul's downtown campus. The 2026 fee was $1,000.
📍 IL🎓 Grades 10–12 - ModerateCoastal Carolina UniversityEach One Teach One Entrepreneurship Institute
Entrepreneurship, leadership and college preparation with ongoing high-school components and internship/scholar pathways.
📍 SC🎓 Eligibility not confirmed