Northwest offers nearly $22 million in scholarships each year.
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The following scholarships are available to students completing on-campus programs.
Letters after the scholarship name indicate who may be eligible for the award:
[UG] Undergraduate (Bachelor's Degree) | [G] Graduate (Master's Degree)
This award will represent the value of the difference in price between in-state and out-of-state tuition. It is equivalent to approximately $7,832 during your first year based on 28 credit hours (the scholarship total will vary based on credit hours taken).
For international NEW freshmen (first-year students) to be eligible for the NIAS, they must have a cumulative high school grade point average of 2.75 or higher.
For international NEW transfer students to be eligible for the NIAS, they must transfer to Northwest with a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA in at least 24 hours of transferable credit. Transfer students with fewer than 24 transferable hours will be eligible based on freshman criteria alone.
These are automatic scholarships that will be applied to the student's account. There is no scholarship application required to be considered for these scholarships.
Renewal Requirements:
The President's Scholarship and Admission-Based Freshman Scholarships are mutually exclusive; they do not "stack" and cannot be combined.
Transfer students with a minimum of 24 transferable credits may be eligible for scholarships if their transferable grade-point average (GPA) is at least the following:
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To be eligible for the CS/IS International Graduate Achievement Scholarship, applicants must have a high level of achievement in their academic background and meet requirements for full admission to an on-campus graduate program in the School of Computer Science and Information Systems. Students in other graduate programs, online programs, or students conditionally admitted to the graduate school are not eligible.
With this award you will receive $500 toward your first semester tuition. The scholarship is a one-time award and is automatic. No application is needed.
To search an up-to-date listing of scholarships funded by the Northwest Foundation and view donor profiles, view the Northwest Scholarship search tool.
Before deciding to attend Northwest, examine your financial situation carefully.
The Department of Homeland Security requires Northwest to certify that international students have been accepted for full-time enrollment and have sufficient funding to meet all expenses for tuition, housing and transportation, among other costs. Northwest requires a Statement of Support and bank statement from the student's family, sponsor or government.
The Statement of Support certifies that funds for tuition, room and board, as well as personal funds are available, and that the student is permitted to export and exchange those funds into the U.S. I-20 form cannot be issued without this certification.
The University's sources of financial assistance to international students are growing. There are academic-based scholarships available to students with desirable academic background credentials and also for exceptional scores on the ACT or SAT. However, there is no need-based financial assistance available for international students.
United States embassies and major binational culture centers can provide information about other sources of financial aid. Students may wish to contact the Institute of International Education, Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities, American Friends of the Middle East, African-American Institute and the American-Korean Foundation.
Investigate government scholarships from your country.
