Do you know that some colleges offer scholarships to their students and other financial awards by the school itself? Check the following list and see if your school is among them (the list is not complete so check the college’s office to see if they can offer you financial aid).
They offer variety of scholarship programs mainly for online students. Professional Development and Project Management Online Learning Scholarship is one of the options. For more information check their website: http://www.uwplatt.edu/distance-education#section3 .
- Kansas State University.
This is one more of the universities that offer their own scholarships: Allan D. Sicat is scholarship for active duty military or military veterans seeking an undergraduate or degree in a distance education program. For Maurine Allison O’Bannon Memorial Scholarship can apply students over 25 years old with minimum three credit hours. And Robert F. Sykes Scholarship is for engineering students if they are enrolled in the programs in engineering management or civil engineering; the criteria for this scholarship include 3.5 GPA and one year engineering experience.
- University of Great Falls.
They offer Competitive Academic Awards to Catholic High School Scholars and UGF Scholars. The awards may reach up to $16,000 for the full tuition. The application includes campus interview and essay; you should be full-time student and have on-campus residency and participation in campus activities along with other criteria. These awards require separate applications that you can find here: http://www.ugf.edu/Portals/1/2015-2016%20Catholic%20HS%20Scholar%20Application.pdf and http://www.ugf.edu/Portals/1/2015-2016%20University%20of%20Great%20Falls%20Scholar%20Application.pdf .They also offer Distance Student Scholarship, Great for Great Falls, Courage Awards and many other ways for financial support to their students.
- Bemidji State University.
BSU provides three types of educational scholarships: leadership, talent and academic ones. They also have automatic freshman grants which are renewable for the time of the education: Campus Honor, Presidential Scholarship, University and Academic Achievement. They have slightly different criteria but for all of them you can apply with only one biography. They also offer special scholarships meant for American Indians.
- Washington State University.
WSU offers over 700 different awards and scholarships for the students in its different academic programs, departments and colleges. Among them are Transfer Achievement Award, Campus Visit Scholarships, Need Based Assistance and Destination WSU: Out of state for students who are not residents of Washington State. More info and details you can get from the university’s site: http://admission.wsu.edu/transfer/scholarships.html.
Does your university offer scholarships? Check in its office or website.
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