The generosity of alumni and friends has enabled the School of Education to distribute approximately $1.5 million in scholarships and awards to deserving undergraduate and graduate students. Half of these scholarships are awarded through a school-wide competitive process; the other half are awarded by individual departments and programs.
The selection criteria for specific scholarships and awards vary and may include academic performance, excellence in a specific field or area, potential as a professional, leadership ability, personal attributes (such as returning adult status or home county), and financial need. All scholarship and award recipients must be in good academic standing in the School of Education.
School-wide scholarships for undergraduates are designated for any major in the School of Education; however, most go to students already admitted to their major or program. Finalists are selected from among all applicants by the All School Scholarship Committee. Many departmental scholarships and awards are available for students in School of Education majors unrelated to teaching. The recipients of these scholarships are selected by the individual departmental scholarship committees.
The general timeline for applying for undergraduate and departmental scholarships is February 1-March 31. For graduate programs, please seek information from the specific department you are interested in.
To search for and apply to all scholarships that have an application through the central hub (which is most School of Education scholarships), students should follow this link to the WiSH system:
Federal TEACH Grants are available to teacher education students who are admitted formally to a “high-need” teacher education program and who meet specific academic requirements.
High need areas include:
- Bilingual Education
- Communicative Disorders
- English as a Second Language
- Family and Consumer Education
- Mathematics
- Music
- Reading Specialist
- Science certification areas
- Special Education
- World Language Education
Eligible students must have scored above the 75th percentile on a nationally-normed admissions test or have earned at least a 3.25 cumulative grade-point average (GPA). Students who become eligible for the program via GPA must earn a 3.25 GPA to maintain eligibility.
All TEACH Grant recipients must meet a service requirement after completing their teacher preparation program. They must be a full-time teacher in a “high-need field” in a “low-income” elementary or secondary school for a total of four academic years within eight years of completing a teacher education program.
For more details on the TEACH grant, see this detailed TEACH Grant document and the TEACH Grant application form.