Financial Aid

Scholarships

Augsburg College recognizes students who have demonstrated outstanding academic, leadership, service, and extracurricular achievements through Augsburg’s comprehensive scholarship program.

In addition, Augsburg offers a number of donor-sponsored scholarships; selection is made by matching the particular interests of the donor, as stated in the scholarship description, with the student applicant. The College awards scholarships from more than 300 donor-sponsored scholarship funds each year to new and returning students.

Augsburg’s competitive scholarship program
All qualified incoming Augsburg students, regardless of financial circumstances, may apply for these awards. Recipients must be enrolled full time in the day program working toward their first bachelor’s degree.

President’s Scholarship
The President’s Scholarship recognizes first-year students of exceptional academic ability with strong evidence of leadership potential. Fifteen scholarships are awarded for amounts ranging from $17,500 up to full tuition.

To qualify for this scholarship, students must have a 3.5 or higher GPA in their core courses OR a 27 or greater ACT composite (or a combined SAT score of 1210 or greater). The scholarship is renewable for three years, based on academic performance. Award decisions are based on academic criteria, letters of academic recommendation, leadership activities, academic essays, and an on-campus interview. To receive this award, qualified students are required to live on campus and to participate in Augsburg’s Honors Program.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for additional scholarships for which they qualify, but if a President’s Scholarship is awarded, the applicant cannot receive any other Augsburg scholarship.

Amount: From $17,500 up to full tuition per year, up to four years
Deadline for Application: February 1, 2008
Scholarship Weekend: February 22-23, 2008

NOTE:
• Students who receive a President’s Scholarship are not eligible for any other Augsburg scholarship.

Download application (pdf format):
Honors Program and President's Scholarship

Fine Arts Scholarships
The Fine Arts Scholarship recognizes incoming students who have excelled in art, film, music, or theatre—including vocal and instrumental performance, acting, design, and production—and who plan to actively participate in the fine or performing arts at Augsburg. This renewable award of $3,000 per year is based on an on-campus audition or presentation. Applicants need not major in art, film, music, or theatre, but are required to participate in a student organization and/or a performance group. Applicants may apply in more than one area of fine arts but may receive only one scholarship

Amount: $3,000* per year
Deadline for Application: February 9, 2008, for fall semester, November 1, 2007, for spring semester
Scholarship Weekend: February 22-23, 2008

Download Fine Arts Scholarship applications (pdf format):
Film Studies
Music
Theatre
Visual Arts

* The $3,000 award is available to those entering Augsburg during the 08-09 school year. Students starting spring term of the 07-08 school year are eligible for a $2,500 award.

Additional scholarship opportunities
The following scholarships are given at the point of admission based on information that is provided in the application. Notification of the awards is done through the acceptance letter.

Regents’ Scholarship
The Regents’ Scholarship recognizes new first-year students of high academic achievement beginning in the fall or new spring semester. These awards (available for up to four years) range from $4,500 to $10,500 per year and are awarded based on national test scores (ACT or SAT) and high school GPA. This scholarship is automatically awarded to all qualified students who are admitted to Augsburg College before May 1 for fall enrollment or December 1 for spring enrollment. No application is required for this scholarship. Recipients are notified with acceptance of admission.

Amount: $4,500 - $10,500 per year
Deadline: Accepted for admission by May 1 for fall enrollment or December 1 for spring enrollment

Transfer Regents’ Scholarship
The Transfer Regents’ Scholarship recognizes new transfer students of high academic achievement. The renewable awards range from $4,000 to $10,000 per year and are awarded to new transfer students who have a grade point average of 3.0 or above based on one year or more of completed college coursework. This scholarship is automatically awarded to all qualified students who apply and are accepted to Augsburg College before May 1 for fall enrollment and December 1 for spring. No scholarship application is required.

Amount: $4,000 - $10,000 per year
Deadline: Accepted for admission by May 1 for fall enrollment or December 1 for spring enrollment

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship (transfer students)
Recognizes academically qualified transfer students who are members of Phi Theta Kappa, transferring into the day college program with one semester minimum membership in Phi Theta Kappa. Recommendation is required from the Phi Theta Kappa advisor/professor.

Amount: $2500 award for current PTK students as verified through a transcript or PTK advisor.
Deadline: Application deadline is August 1 for fall enrollment or December 15 for spring enrollment

Science Scholarships
The Courtland Agre and Theodore Hanwick Science Scholarships recognize incoming freshmen of high academic science achievement. The renewable award of $10,000 per year is awarded to all eligible proposed chemistry or physics majors. Students must be in the top 30 percent of their high school class or on national tests (ACT or SAT), have a grade point average of 3.0 or above in the proposed science major, have completed intermediate algebra or pre-calculus, and be a full-time student in the day program. No scholarship application is required. Students who receive a science scholarship will not receive a Regents’ award.

Amount: $10,000 per year
Deadline: Accepted for admission by May 1 for fall enrollment

Augsburg Legacy Award
The Augsburg Legacy Award program is available to fulltime day students working toward their first bachelor’s degree, who are children or spouses of Augsburg graduates; siblings of current Augsburg students; or children or spouses of current ELCA pastors. No scholarship application is required. Students who qualify for both the Legacy Award and Regents’ Scholarship or Transfer Regents’ Scholarship will receive only one award, whichever is higher. Renewal is based on maintaining a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0, measured at the end of spring term.

Amount: Minimum of $4,000 per year
Deadline: Accepted for admission by May 1 for fall enrollment or December 1 for spring enrollment

Augsburg College Access Program (A-CAP)
The A-CAP recognizes first-year students who have graduated from high school in good standing and who participated in college readiness program such as Admission Possible, TRiO, or MMEP. A-CAP students are assured of receiving a minimum award of $4,500 per year upon admission to Augsburg College. No scholarship application is required.

Amount: $4,500 per year
Deadline: Accepted for admission by May 1 for fall enrollment

The Augsburg Corporation Scholarship
The Augsburg Corporation Scholarship recognizes all students who are members of an ELCA congregation within the Minneapolis Area Synod, the St. Paul Area Synod, the Southeast Minnesota Synod, or the Northwest Wisconsin Synod, which own Augsburg through the
Augsburg Corporation. The scholarships of $1,000 per year are awarded at the point of admission. No application is necessary.

Amount: $1,000 per year
Deadline: Accepted for admission by May 1 for fall enrollment

One additional option:

Augsburg PRIME Scholarship
Students who receive a scholarship from their Lutheran congregation will receive a match in scholarship dollars from Augsburg up to $750 a year. Verification of the award must be submitted to the Enrollment Center by August 1, 2008.