Half-Time Admission Scholarship

The Half-Time Admission Scholarship is a merit-based award offered to applicants who plan to pursue a half-time graduate program, taking a minimum of six credits per semester.

Scholarship Criteria

Applicants offered admission for fall and spring to a campus-based graduate degree program will be automatically considered for the Admission Scholarship. The award requires excellent academic performance at previous institutions and future academic promise.

Terms of the Award

Funds are meant to assist students with their cost of attendance, and will be put into student accounts. 

Fall applicants:

  • Scholarships awards in the amount of $2,500 or $5,000
  • Half of the funds will be awarded in the fall and the remaining half will be awarded the following spring

Spring applicants:

  • Scholarships in the amount of $1,250 or $2,500
  • Funds will be awarded once in the spring

To Receive Consideration

Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis to eligible applicants who are offered admission. Prospective students are encourage to apply for admission early, as awards will be made on a first-come, first-served basis.

This award is designed to support first-time, newly enrolling graduate students beginning in the fall or spring semester who enroll in at least 6 credits. The scholarship is offered at the time of admission to Penn State Great Valley. Applicants are not required to submit a Campus Scholarship Application or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). For more information, contact a Academic Program Representative at [email protected] or call 610-648-3248.

Chancellor's Scholarship for Full-Time Graduate Study

The Chancellor’s Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship for individuals who are planning to pursue a graduate program full-time at Penn State Great Valley beginning in the fall semester. Scholarship awards are in the amount of $12,000 and will be applied toward tuition and fees for one academic year.

Scholarship Criteria

The award requires excellent academic performance at previous institutions and future academic promise. Applicants are required to submit either GMAT or GRE test scores for scholarship consideration and must be planning to enroll in 12 credits per semester in their first academic year in a graduate degree program offered at Penn State Great Valley on a resident instruction basis.

Terms of the Award

The Chancellor's Scholarship will be in the amount of $12,000. Funds are meant to assist students with their cost of attendance, and will be put into student accounts. One half of the funds will be awarded in the fall and the remaining half will be awarded the following spring, as long as academic criteria are met.

Scholarship recipients must enroll in 12 credits in each of their first and second semesters in order to receive and maintain this scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded over two semesters; disbursement of the award in the second semester will be conditional on the student maintaining at least a cumulative grade point average of 3.25/4.0 and completing a course load of 12 credits in each semester of the award.

To Receive Consideration

The Chancellor’s Scholarship is offered only at the time of a selected student’s formal offer of admission to a graduate degree program. It is designed to support newly-enrolling, first-time students. It does not require submission of the Campus Scholarship Application or a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Early application is encouraged.

Applicants will automatically be considered for this award if they indicate on the admissions application that they plan to enroll on a full-time basis. Note that 12 credits must be completed in each of your first and second semesters to receive and maintain this scholarship.