Scholarships
Affording Your Alverno Education
Alverno offers a variety of merit-based and need-based scholarships to help support your education, along with grants, student loans and student employment.
We are happy to help you search for and identify scholarship opportunities from organizations outside of Alverno as well as to assist you with your scholarship applications.
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Merit-Based Scholarships
The scholarships below are awarded automatically upon acceptance to Alverno and are renewable for four years. They are determined using your GPA.
|
High School
GPA (unweighted) |
3.75-4.0 | 3.50-3.74 | 2.90-3.49 | 2.3-2.89 |
|
Scholarship
Amount |
$23,000
Vanguard |
$22,000
Deans' |
$20,000
Alexia |
$18,000
Founders' |
Competitive Scholarships
These scholarships require separate applications and do not apply to room and board costs.
Eleanor Roosevelt Scholarship: This scholarship recognizes a first-year student who has demonstrated excellence in leadership. The scholar receives a four-year, full-tuition scholarship. Applications are due at the beginning of December for the upcoming academic year. Click here to apply
First@Alverno First-Generation Scholarship: This last-dollar scholarship ensures that your full tuition and fees are covered, so you can focus on discovering your strengths, building community and shaping the future. Contact your admissions counselor for more details.
Futures III in Science and Mathematics Scholarship Program: Students selected for the Futures III Scholars Program will be supported with scholarships to cover unmet financial need of up to $15,000 per year until graduation (up to five years). Contact your admissions counselor for more details.
Special Scholarships
These scholarships require have specific requirements but not separate applications.
Alverno Girls' Academy of Science and Math: This program prepares high school junior and senior girls for success in STEM-related majors in college. Participants are eligible to receive a scholarship of $2,000 per year for up to four years in addition to their merit-based scholarship. A GPA of 2.8 or higher is required to be eligible.
Legacy Scholarship: This scholarship is for the daughters, granddaughters, sisters or nieces of Alverno alumnae. The Legacy Scholarship is available to new, weekday students who are enrolled at least half time. Recipients are eligible to receive a $1,000 per year renewable scholarship.
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship: This renewable $1,500 transfer scholarship is open to weekday undergraduate students who are members of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Eligible students receive $750 per semester.
Scholarships for All Students
The Alverno College Financial Aid Office has various outside scholarships that students can apply for throughout the year.
As a Hispanic-Serving Institution, all Alverno students – regardless of race or ethnicity – are eligible for additional scholarships. View a current listing of these opportunities from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Scholarship Resources:
- Native America Scholarships Resource
- African American Scholarships Resource
- Hispanic Scholarship Resource
Scholarship Search Sites:
Looking for scholarships that only fit your situation? Try these popular scholarship search engines:
In addition to our streamlined admissions process, we offer a network of support to help our transfer students accomplish their goals.
Merit-Based Scholarships
These scholarships awarded upon acceptance to Alverno.
| GPA | Scholarship | Amount |
| 3.0 – 4.0 | Dean's | $22,000 |
| 2.3 – 2.99 | Founders' | $18,000 |
Special Scholarships
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship: This renewable $1,500 transfer scholarship is open to weekday undergraduate students who are members of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Eligible students receive $750 per semester.
2024-25 2+2 Scholarships
|
GPA |
Scholarship |
Amount |
|
3.0-4.0 |
Dean's |
$22,000 |
|
2.5-2.99 |
Founders' |
$18,000 |
Scholarship assistance
For general assistance, please contact the Alverno Financial Aid office at 414-382-6262 or financial.aid@alverno.edu.
For assistance with scholarship essay writing, please contact the Alverno Communication Resource Center at 414-382-6016 or instructionalservices@alverno.edu.
The Alverno Career Studio offers assistance with writing and updating resumes. Contact them at 414-382-6010 or find more information here.
For scholarships that require academic transcripts, visit Requesting Transcripts.
Looking for scholarships for your specific situation? Try these directories and search engines:
- cappex.com/scholarships
- fastweb.com
- petersons.com
- scholarships.com
- uncf.org
- collegescholarships.org
- scholarshipsamerica.org
- Native American Scholarships Resource
- African American Scholarships Resource
- Hispanic Scholarship Resource
- Complete Guide to College Affordability for Hispanic Students
- DREAMER's RoadMap - Download App for Scholarship Resources.
To know what option will work best, we recommend you contact the scholarship organization for their best recommendation with providing a GPA when Alverno does not offer letter grades.
- OPTION 1: Student provides an official or unofficial transcript (referred to “course history”) to scholarship organization in place of GPA. Official transcripts are available for a fee through the Registrar’s Office. The official transcript includes a lead page that explains Alverno’s grading policy, then includes course history and validations. The course history is available free of charge through IOL.
- OPTION 2: Student writes “N/A” or “0.0” in the field that requests GPA.
If one of the options above is not allowable, the student should contact the Registrar's Office to submit a release and obtain a GPA conversion. GPA conversions are free. They usually take about 2 weeks, or longer during breaks.
The individuals who you ask to write you a recommendation letter for an internal or institutional scholarship (including faculty/staff) have the option to provide a traditional letter of recommendation or use the Internal Scholarship Recommendation Form.
NOTE: This form is only accepted for internal scholarships.
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