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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.


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: 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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Scholarship Renewal

  1. Students earning a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above while completing at least 24 hours of credit per academic year at Truman may renew all academic scholarship(s) by completing scholarship renewal service.  Renewal is according to the following scale:                             

             TRUMAN GPA                              % OF ORIGINAL SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT
              
    3.25 or higher                                                        100%
               3.20-3.24                                                                90%
               3.10-3.19                                                                80%
               3.00-3.09                                                                70%
  2. Scholarship renewal service of 60 hours per semester begins in the sophomore year.  Renewing students submit proposals for their service projects.  Examples of service include research for a faculty member in your academic major, service to a University office, a special project related to an interest area, or assistance in a community non-profit organization.
  3. Scholarship renewal service is not required of students receiving $750 or less per semester in Truman scholarship(s).
  4. Students opting not to perform scholarship renewal service may renew one half of their approved scholarship amounts.
  5. Scholarship renewal is determined at the end of the academic year based upon Truman GPA.  Transfer hours are not credited toward scholarship renewal.
  6. Scholarship can be renewed, but not lost, because of Truman summer coursework. 
    GPA including summer coursework will be calculated following the second summer session.
  7. Unless otherwise stated, scholarships awarded to beginning freshmen can be used for up to eight semesters.  Length of potential scholarship eligibility for transfer students is as follows:    
                               TRANSFER CREDIT                           ELIGIBILITY
                                   
    12-29.9 hours                                   eight semesters
                                    30-59.9 hours                                  seven semesters
                                    60-89.9 hours                                    five semesters
                                    90 hours or more                             three semesters
  8. Students who increase their Truman GPA (either to renewal range or to a higher level of renewal percentage) after any term of enrollment, should contact the Financial Aid Office regarding potential change in their renewal status.
  9. Students who earn a 2.5-3.0 Truman GPA can apply for Truman Foundation loans in the amount of their lost scholarship.

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