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 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.