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Presidential Scholarship

Merit-based award covers 100% of tuition, books, and fees

Requirements:

  • Offered by scholarship committee based on GPA and essay. General guidelines for the committee include 3.25 cumulative high school GPA.
  • Renewable up to 4 semesters with a 3.25 college GPA and full-time enrollment.
  • Limit of 5 new recipients per year.
  • All Associate, Bachelor and Nursing students eligible to apply.

Fifteen 2 Finish

The F2F Scholarship aims to support students in completing their degrees on time or ahead of schedule by granting a 50% discount for each credit beyond 12 hours.

Henry W. Bloch Program

This award covers 100% of tuition and fees for up to six semesters at Donnelly College and then upon transfer to UMKC or Rockhurst University, 100% of tuition for up to six semesters.

Requirements:

  • Must live in Kansas City metropolitan area
  • Must demonstrate financial need
  • Have not earned more than 30 credits
  • High school diploma or GED
  • Not eligible for other merit-based scholarships

Catholic High School Award

$500 per semester

Requirements:

  • Provide an official transcript from accredited Catholic HS
  • Maintain full-time enrollment status
  • Renewable up to eight semesters (excludes summer)

Bizfest Scholarship

Merit-based award of $2,000 per semester

Requirements:

  • 3.5 cumulative high school GPA
  • Participation in BizFest (certificate required)
  • Minimum ACT score of 18 or Donnelly test equivalent
  • Award is renewable with a 3.25 college GPA
  • Limit of four new recipients per year

Endowed Scholarships

More than 25 need, merit, and criteria-based scholarship opportunities of different award amounts. Scholarships have various selection criteria that may include:

  • Financial need
  • Academic achievement
  • Course of study
  • Ethnicity
  • Residency
  • Religious affiliation
  • Hispanic Development Fund
  • Awarded annually based on availability

Hispanic Development Fund

Awarded annually based on availability

Requirements:

  • Be of Hispanic Heritage
  • Graduating/have graduated from a Greater Kansas City metropolitan area high school or obtain a general equivalency diploma (GED) from a local organization
  • Attend/have attended a Greater Kansas City metropolitan area high school for the last three years prior to graduation
  • Accepted or enrolled in a fully accredited college or university and working toward an associate, bachelor, or graduate degree. (Applicants attending vocational or trade schools are ineligible)
  • Enroll or be enrolled as a full-time student. (A minimum 12 credit hours for undergraduate and 9 credit hours for graduate

KC Scholars

KC Scholars is available to low- and modest-income high school students who are in public, charter, and private schools and home- schooled; and adults with some college, but no degree, and adults with associate degree who are supported to earn a bachelor's degree. Donnelly College will accept these two scholarships from the KC Scholars Program:

Traditional Scholarship

Applications submitted by students in 11th grade
Awarded up to $10,000 per year, renewable up to five years
Must maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher

Adult Learner

Must be age 24 or older
Awarded up to $5,000 per year, renewable up to five years

Kansas Board of Regents

The Kansas Board of Regents is a devoted advocate for the quality and effectiveness of Kansas's public postsecondary educational system and is committed to expanding participation for all qualified Kansans. There are over 15 scholarships currently available for application.

Each scholarship has its own eligibility criteria and application requirements. Generally, each scholarship program requires the recipient to:

  • Be a Kansas resident
  • Enroll in a qualified program
  • Enroll at a Kansas college or university
  • Not already awarded an undergraduate degree, unless you are applying for the Nursing or Teaching Service Scholarships