Scholarships
Associate's Degree Scholarships
Presidential Scholarship
Full tuition and fees
Criteria for selection:
- High school senior with a cumulative 3.5 or greater grade
point average through 8th semester/ Students with ACT scores
of 23 or greater may be considered with a cumulative grade
point average of 3.0 to 3.5 (may be awarded following 6th
semester transcript, contingent on 8th semester)
- Letter of recommendation from high school counselor
- Eligible to apply for federal financial aid
Scholarship renewable:
For four consecutive semesters, excluding summer sessions,
if maintains a minimum of 3.0 GPA and full time status.
Dean's Scholarship
Full tuition
Criteria for selection:
- High school senior with a cumulative 3.0 or greater grade
point average through 8th semester (may be awarded following
6th semester transcript, contingent on 8th semester)
- Letter of recommendation from high school counselor
- Eligible to apply for federal financial aid
- Demonstrates financial need per Donnelly College financial
aid policy
Scholarship renewable:
For four consecutive semesters, excluding summer sessions,
if maintains a minimum of
3.0 GPA and full time status.
Reach Scholarship
Half tuition
Criteria for selection:
- High school senior with a cumulative 3.0 or greater grade
point average through 8th
semester (may be awarded following 6th semester transcript,
contingent on 8th semester)
- Letter of recommendation from high school counselor
- Ineligible to apply for federal financial aid
- Demonstrates financial need per Donnelly College financial
aid policy
Scholarship renewable:
For four consecutive semesters, excluding summer sessions,
if maintains a minimum of 3.0 GPA and full time status.
Bachelor's Degree Scholarships
Archbishop's Scholarship
Full tuition, fees, and books
Criteria for selection:
- High school seniors with a 3.0 or greater grade point
average through 8th semester (may be awarded following 6th
semester transcript, contingent on 8th semester)
- A letter of recommendation from the high school principal,
a teacher, or a counselor.
- Complete the FAFSA and be Pell Grant eligible.
- Be a Kansas resident.
This scholarship is renewable for 11 semesters.
Delta Scholarship
Full tuition, fees, and books
Criteria for selection:
- Graduate from Donnelly College the term proceeding the
first semester of the scholarship.
- Provide official transcripts indicating 3.0 or greater
cumulative g.p.a.
- A letter of recommendation from a teacher or a counselor.
- Complete the FAFSA and be Pell Grant eligible.
- Be a Kansas resident.
The Delta Scholarship is renewable for 5 semesters towards
a bachelor's degree.
Catholic High School Grant
$500/semester of assistance that may be
applied to tuition, fees, or books
Criteria for selection:
- Provide an official transcript indicating graduation from
an accredited Catholic high school.
This scholarship is renewable for 11 semesters towards a
bachelor's degree.
Francis Family Early Childhood Education
Scholarship
Full tuition,
fees and books
Criteria for selection:
- Must be interested in pursuing a career as a Director
of a Early Childhood Education center
- Completed an Associates degree with a concentration in
Early Childhood Education (or its equivalent)
- Demonstrates financial need per Donnelly College financial
aid policy
- Preferably full time student
The Henry W. Bloch Scholarship
Full tuition, transferable to UMKC
Criteria for selection:
- High School diploma or GED
- A cumulative 2.5 or greater grade point average
- Letter of Recommendation
- Interviewed by Bloch Committee
- Must live in the KC metropolitan area
- Must demonstrate financial need
Scholarship renewable:
For up to six consecutive semesters at Donnelly College if
minimum GPA of 2.5
and six consecutive semesters at UMKC.
Conditions:
- Students must attend full-time (minimum 12 credit hours)
and maintain a
GPA of 2.5 or better
- Students must apply for federal and state financial aid
- Students must participate in the Bloch Scholar Program
and meet with
the advisor regularly
Kansas Bridges to the Future
Full tuition, transferable to K-State
Criteria for selection:
- Open to African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native American,
Vietnamese, or a member of any other ethnical minority group
that is underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. (health
care, science, biology, psychology, nutrition, food science,
chemistry, physics, math, veterinary science, applied social
sciences or social work)
- A freshman or beginning sophomore student at Donnelly
College
- A minimum GPA of 3.0
For more information please visit http://www.ksu.edu/bridges/
To apply, contact Karen Judy at 913-621-8793.
