Departmental Grants & Scholarships – University of Denver

1. Funding from grants and scholarships is applied directly to your educational costs.
2. For many merit-based scholarships, you’re automatically considered when you apply for admission. Some require a separate application.
3. DU reports $58m in grants and scholarships to graduate students and $13.9m annually in research and teaching assistantships.
4. Examples of how departments differ:
5. The Daniels College of Business automatically considers all graduate applicants for merit scholarships and assistantships, with no extra application, and says more than 80 percent of accepted students receive merit-based aid.
6. The Department of Religious Studies offers every admitted student CAHSS Dean’s Scholarship Hours, covering 54% of programme tuition.

The listing describes a tuition fee reduction. Amounts vary by department and programme. Assistantships add a stipend. DU’s graduate aid page says 80% of law students receive scholarships. Treat figures like that as programme-specific examples.

1. Be admitted to, or applying to, a DU graduate programme. Departments generally consider students for their own scholarships at the time of admission.
2. A bachelor’s degree is required, and one listing says the minimum undergraduate GPA for graduate admission consideration is 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.
3. International applicants to Daniels are eligible for merit scholarships and assistantships at the same level and rates as domestic applicants. Check this for your own department.
4. Awards typically need full-time attendance.
5. Scholarships are based on applicant credentials and aren’t guaranteed.