Scholarships
Scholarships
Scholarships are awards that do not have to be repaid. A variety of scholarships, ranging in dollar amount, may be available to you.
Undergraduate Scholarships
Spalding-Funded Scholarships
If you are entering Spalding in the fall of 2024-2025 with less than 24 attempted credit hours and this is your first bachelor’s degree, you may be eligible for the following scholarships:
Academic Scholarships
We award academic (or merit-based) scholarships to first-time, full-time students, who pay our undergraduate daytime tuition rate. A completed application for admission is required, and the minimum academic requirements are as follows:
| Base award | High school GPA |
| $3,000 | 2.50 – 2.99 |
| $7,200 | 3.00 – 3.49 |
| $11,500 | 3.50 – 4.0+ |
| Bonus award | Eligibility |
| $1,800 + | Students with at least an 18 ACT composite score (or an equivalent SAT score) receive their score X $100 |
Please note: Base and bonus awards will be combined for one merit award on your financial award package.
Need-Based Scholarships
Beginning in fall 2023 – The Pell Promise Scholarship is for Federal Pell Grant eligible students. It will pay up to the cost of full-time tuition after all other grants and gift aid. This does not include housing and food. The Spalding Pell Promise Scholarship requires a negative or zero SAI (Student Aid Index). The award is renewable each year upon filing the FAFSA.
To apply for the Pell Promise Scholarship, students must be:
- 2023 or later high school graduates
- Residents of Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Admitted to Spalding University as a first-time, full-time undergraduate student
- Maintain full-time enrollment
- File the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) no later than April 30th prior to the award year
- For example, to apply for the Pell Promise Scholarship for the 2024-2025 academic year, applicants must have their FAFSA filed by April 30, 2024
- Qualify for the Federal Pell Grant
We award the Muhammad Ali scholarship, up to $8,500, to undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need, have complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and maintain full-time enrollment status.
Out-of-State Scholarships
We award the Heartland scholarship ($3,780) — approximately 10 percent reduction in tuition, housing and food — to undergraduate students who maintain full-time enrollment status, live on Spalding’s campus and are residents of Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC or West Virginia.*
*Other non-Kentucky residents may be considered for the Heartland Scholarship. Please email our admissions office for more information.
Visit Scholarships
We award a Visit Scholarship*, one-time $500 award, to first-time undergraduate and transfer students who visit complete an official campus visit and enroll full time in on-campus classes. Eligible students must be working towards their first bachelor’s degree.
*These scholarships will be awarded beginning in the ’22-’23 academic year for visits on or after August 1, 2021.
Catholic Scholarships
We award the Catholic heritage scholarship, a $500 award, to first-time, full-time undergraduate students who graduate from a Catholic high school.
Additional Spalding-Funded Scholarships
| Award | Eligibility |
| Kentucky Governor Scholarships | $2,500 to first-time, full-time undergraduate students who were Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP) or Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) awardees in high school and maintain good academic standing. Documentation of GSP or GSA award is required. |
| Dual Credit scholarship | $1,000 to awardees who have taken a class through Spalding’s dual credit program as a high school student through the KHEAA dual credit and/or work-ready program |
| Rotary Match scholarship | Up to $2,500 scholarship match for recipients of the Rotary Unsung Hero award |
| YMCA Black Achievers scholarship | $2,500 to YMCA Black Achievers recipients enrolled at Spalding. |
| Alumni or sibling discount | 10% discount on net tuition for siblings, children or grandchildren of Spalding graduates. |
Most Spalding-funded scholarships are renewable for up to 4 years if you maintain full-time enrollment and good academic standing. Please note, these awards may be reduced if you receive tuition awards from outside sources. Merit scholarships in combination with other grants, scholarships and gift aid cannot exceed the cost of tuition and University room & board charges.
Other Scholarships
Endowed and Named Scholarships
Our endowed and named scholarships are funded by gifts from alumni, friends and faculty of Spalding. Scholarships are awarded annually based on financial need. Completed application for admission and Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are required. Award amounts and qualifications vary by scholarship, but funding is available to students across academic programs. Learn more about our endowed and named scholarships.
Outside Scholarships
Many national organizations offer financial assistance to students. For these outside scholarships, we’ve gathered links to help you in your search. Local organizations may also be a resource for you. If you are a high school student, your guidance counselor may have a list available to you.
As students become aware of outside awards that they will have while at Spalding, they can send that information to financialaid@spalding.edu. Terms of outside awards are determined by the person/organization awarding the funds. Spalding does not provide students with any personal information about a scholarship donor.
Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES)
The Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) can be applied to tuition at any eligible post-secondary institution in Kentucky. This scholarship is based on a student’s yearly high school GPA and highest ACT or SAT score. For more information on KEES or to check your award online, please visit www.kheaa.com.
Transfer Scholarships
Transfer Scholarships
If you are transferring to Spalding in or after the fall of 2024-2025 with more than 24 attempted credit hours and this is your first bachelor’s degree, you may be eligible for the following scholarships:
Academic Scholarships
We award academic (or merit-based) scholarships to transfer students, who pay our undergraduate daytime tuition rate. A completed application for admission is required, and the minimum academic requirements are as follows:
| Base award | Cumulative Transfer GPA |
| $3,000 | 2.50 – 2.99 |
| $7,200 | 3.00 – 3.49 |
| $11,500 | 3.50 – 4.0+ |
Need-Based Scholarships
We award the Muhammad Ali scholarship, up to $8,500, to undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need, have complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and maintain full-time enrollment status.
Out-of-State Scholarships
We award the Heartland scholarship ($3780), approximately 10 percent reduction in tuition, housing and food, to new transfer students who maintain full-time enrollment status, live on Spalding’s campus and are residents of Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC or West Virginia.*
*Other non-Kentucky residents may be considered for the Heartland Scholarship. Please email our admissions office for more information.
Visit Scholarships
We award a Visit Scholarship*, one-time $500 award, to first-time undergraduate and transfer students who visit complete an official campus visit and enroll full time in on-campus classes. Eligible students must be working towards their first bachelor’s degree.
*These scholarships will be awarded beginning in the ’22-’23 academic year for visits on or after August 1, 2021.
Most Spalding-funded scholarships are renewable for up to 4 years if you maintain full-time enrollment and good academic standing. Please note, these awards may be reduced if you receive tuition awards from outside sources. Merit scholarships in combination with other grants, scholarships and gift aid cannot exceed the cost of tuition and University room & board charges.
Other Scholarships
Endowed and Named Scholarships
Our endowed and named scholarships are funded by gifts from alumni, friends and faculty of Spalding. Scholarships are awarded annually based on financial need. Completed application for admission and Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are required. Award amounts and qualifications vary by scholarship, but funding is available to students across academic programs. Learn more about our endowed and named scholarships.
Outside Scholarships
Many national organizations offer financial assistance to students. For these outside scholarships, we’ve gathered links to help you in your search. Local organizations may also be a resource for you.
As students become aware of outside awards that they will have while at Spalding, they can send that information to financialaid@spalding.edu. Terms of outside awards are determined by the person/organization awarding the funds. Spalding does not provide students with any personal information about a scholarship donor.
Online Scholarships
Online Scholarships
If this is your first bachelor’s degree and you are completing a program that is offered entirely online, you may be eligible for the following scholarships:
Spalding-Funded Scholarships
Because of the low-cost online tuition, we do not offer Spalding-funded scholarships to our online undergraduate students. If you are a graduate student, check with your graduate program of interest to see if there are scholarships available to you.
Endowed and Named Scholarships
Our endowed and named scholarships are funded by gifts from alumni, friends and faculty of Spalding. Scholarships are awarded annually based on financial need. Completed application for admission and Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are required. Award amounts and qualifications vary by scholarship, but funding is available to students across academic programs. Learn more about our endowed and named scholarships.
Outside Scholarships
Many national organizations offer financial assistance to students. For these outside scholarships, we’ve gathered links to help you in your search. Local organizations may also be a resource for you. If you are a high school student, your guidance counselor may have a list available to you.
As students become aware of outside awards that they will have while at Spalding, they can send that information to financialaid@spalding.edu. Terms of outside awards are determined by the person/organization awarding the funds. Spalding does not provide students with any personal information about a scholarship donor.
Graduate Scholarships
Graduate Scholarships
If you’ve been admitted to one of our master’s or doctoral level programs, you may be eligible for the following scholarships:
Assistantships and Program Scholarships
We award more than $1 million in assistantships and scholarships to graduate students each year. Check with your graduate program of interest for more information or view our types of aid to learn more about graduate assistantships, grants and other types of aid.
Endowed and Named Scholarships
Our endowed and named scholarships are funded by gifts from alumni, friends and faculty of Spalding. Scholarships are awarded annually based on financial need. Completed application for admission and Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are required. Award amounts and qualifications vary by scholarship, but funding is available to students across academic programs. Learn more about our endowed and named scholarships.
Alumni Discount
Spalding graduates with a bachelors or masters degree may qualify for a 10% discount on tuition for the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Management, Doctor of Social Work, and Post-professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate.
Outside Scholarships
Many national organizations offer financial assistance to students. For these outside scholarships, we’ve gathered links to help you in your search. Local organizations may also be a resource for you.
As students become aware of outside awards that they will have while at Spalding, they can send that information to financialaid@spalding.edu. Terms of outside awards are determined by the person/organization awarding the funds. Spalding does not provide students with any personal information about a scholarship donor.