Transfer Student Scholarships
For students entering in the 2009-2010 Academic Year

Truman offers both automatic and competitive scholarships to qualifying transfer students. These merit-based scholarships are renewable with a 3.25 Truman GPA and service obligation. The application for admission also serves as the scholarship application; therefore, students wishing to be considered for competitive scholarships must apply for admission and be accepted by April 15 for fall enrollment and by November 15 for spring enrollment.

• Transfer Scholarships - Automatic
• Transfer Scholarships - Competitive
• Scholarship Renewal
• Renewal Q&A

Automatic Transfer Scholarships

• Transfer Recognition Scholarship
  Qualifications: Accepted transfer applicants with 24 transferable semester hours of post high school college credit. Award level based upon cumulative college GPA.
  Award:          GPA Range                 Scholarship Amount
                          3.75 - 4.00             $2,500 per academic year
                          3.50 - 3.74             $2,000 per academic year
                          3.25 - 3.49             $1,500 per academic year
   
• Community College Transfer Scholarship
  Qualifications: Accepted transfer applicants from accredited junior/community colleges who have earned an Associate of Arts degree or 60 transferable semester hours of post high school college credit with a 3.25 cumulative college GPA.
  Award: $1,000 per academic year
   
• Phi Theta Kappa Automatic Scholarship
  Qualifications: Accepted Phi Theta Kappa members transferring from an accredited junior/community college who have completed an Associate of Arts degree or 60 transferable semester hours of post high school college credit with a 3.5 cumulative GPA. Verification of Phi Theta Kappa membership is required.
  Award: $1,000 per academic year
   
• Bulldog Legacy Scholarship
  Qualifications: Admitted transfer students whose parent(s) and/or step-parent(s) graduated from Truman.
  Award:  Missouri residents - $1,000 per academic year
                 Non-Missouri residents - $2,000 per academic year
   
• Midwest Student Exchange Program
  Qualifications: Admitted transfer students from participating Midwest Student Exchange Program (MSEP) states - Kansas, Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
  Award: MSEP reduced tuition rate equivalent to 150% of in-state tuition.
   
• The Truman Promise Award
  Qualifications:  Demonstrate exceptional need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  Must file the FAFSA by March 1 to be initially
  considered for this award and by the same timeframe annually thereafter for renewal purposes. 
  Award:  This University-funded assistance will cover the cost of full-time in-state tuition when combined with federal and state grants.  Students may also be eligible for merit-based scholarships, loans and/or private grants and scholarships to further assist in covering the total cost of attendance.  If tuition is waived or paid through another source, the Truman Promise Award will be reduced or cancelled.

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Competitive Transfer Scholarships

Applicants accepted by April 15 for fall enrollment and by November 15 for spring enrollment will automatically be considered for competitive transfer student scholarships based upon the materials supplied with the application for admission.  No separate scholarship application is required.

• Neighboring States Scholarship
  Qualifications: Accepted transfer students from states contiguous to Missouri who have earned 24 transferable semester hours of post high school college credit with a 3.75 cumulative GPA.
  Award: A maximum of 15 scholarships waiving the out-of-state portion of tuition will be awarded competitively to incoming transfer students.
   
• Transfer President’s Honorary Scholarship
  Qualifications: Exemplary academic achievement and significant extracurricular accomplishments.
  Award: Several awards in varying amounts.
   
• Community/Junior College Honorary Scholarship
  Qualifications: Associate of Arts degree or 60 semester hours of transferable post high school college credit with a 3.5 cumulative college GPA and strong record of leadership and extracurricular involvement.
  Award: Limited number of awards in varying amounts.

Please note that Truman participates in the following scholarship programs.

• Truman State University MOST Scholarship
  A limit of 15 scholarships are awarded annually to students whose families participate in Missouri’s 529 Savings Plan (MOST).  Recipients of these $500 awards will be selected based upon financial need as determined by federal financial aid guidelines.  To be considered for the Truman State University MOST Scholarship, a student must:
  • Be a designated beneficiary of a MOST 529 College Savings Plan account that has been in effect for at least five (5) years at time of application
  • Be an accepted incoming student or an enrolled full-time student in good standing at Truman
  • Complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
  • Have significant financial need
  • Complete and submit Truman’s MOST Scholarship application.  This application is available online at https://secure.truman.edu/admissions-s/mostapp/mostapp.asp
  Interested students must apply annually for this scholarship and can receive this scholarship for up to four years.  The application deadline for the 2009-2010 academic year is April 1, 2009.  Truman reserves the right to make changes to this program as deemed necessary by the University.  For further information please contact Truman’s Financial Aid Office at 660-785-4130 or finaid@truman.edu.
   
• Dollars for Scholars
  As a Collegiate Partner of Citizen's Foundation of America (CSFA) and the Dollars for Scholars Family of community scholarship foundations, Truman agrees that Dollars for Scholars awards of up to $2,500 per student will not adversely affect scholarship funding by Truman State University. Contact Dollars for Scholars at 800-248-8080.

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