The following scholarships are available for transfer students who demonstrate superior academic achievement at their previous undergraduate or community college. Non-U.S. citizens are not eligible for these awards.
$10,000 - For transfer students with a 3.25 GPA or higher
$9,000 - For transfer students with a 3.0 - 3.24 GPA
$8,000 - For transfer students with a 2.5 - 2.99 GPA
Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Scholarship - $2,000 for transfer students who have been selected as Phi Theta Kappa Scholars at their community college.
Distinguished Transfer Scholarship - $500-$3,000 for transfer students with a college GPA of 3.0 or higher who participate in an
interview.
Transfer students are also eligible to apply for Performance Scholarships in art, dance, vocal and instrumental music, and theatre.
Alma
also awards the Heritage Need-Based Grant to transfer students depending on their level of financial need. For more information on these scholarships, please click here.
For more information on
Alma
’s financial aid process, including information about filing the FAFSA, please click here.
All final award amounts from
Alma
College
may be adjusted to take into consideration any state, federal or outside awards for which you may qualify. Grants and/or scholarships awarded by
Alma
College
will not exceed tuition.
All Alma College Scholarships and grants are awarded for a maximum of four years (eight semesters). Students with bachelor’s degrees do not receive
Alma
College
scholarships of grants.
Students living off campus are subject to a 25% reduction in institutional grant and scholarship aid. Probation for any reason, academic or disciplinary, shall be considered justifiable cause for withdrawal of scholarships and/or need-based awards.
Alma
College
aid can be used for one semester (not Spring Term) in an approved
Alma
College
U.S.
citizens and who reside in the
U.S.
or a
U.S.
territory. Certain approved internships where coursework is incorporated may allow students to take financial aid. Students who are not
U.S.
citizens or who are
U.S.
citizens residing outside the
U.S.
or
U.S.
territory are not allowed to use their
Alma
College
aid for College-approved overseas/off-campus programs. Federal and/or state aid is available for more than one term of overseas/off-campus course work. Exceptions are for Modern Language majors, who may study for a full academic year in one overseas language program, and students with a double major in two languages, who can receive aid for up to two terms if the programs are needed to fulfill overseas language requirements (policy begins in 2004-05 academic year). Further information about overseas and off-campus programs can be found in the Alma College Academic Catalog.
Non-U.S. citizens are only eligible to receive the Alma Opportunity Award.
Alma College's partnership with the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force, an EPA-sanctioned Community Advisory Group (CAG), received the 2008 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration, sponsored by Michigan Campus Compact. The Task Force is recognized as one of the most influential and active CAGs nationally and as having the largest membership of any CAG in the United States....
Elizabeth Heitsch Graduation: 2008
Major: History
From: St. Louis, Michigan
Interests: Reading, Music
You do not have to know a foreign language to study internationally, but for the languages offered at Alma there are six sites to hone your language skills. Alma has partnered with universities across the globe to provide students and faculty with the best in study and research opportunities abroad in 12 countries.
