Northwest Scholarship

SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA – APPLIES TO ALL APPLICANTS

• The scholarship is available to only Texas residents and US
• The scholarship is designed to ease student financial burden related to their
• The scholarship covers costs up to $2,000 per semester or $4,000 per academic year for 6 hours only at the undergraduate and graduate
• Students must be enrolled in at least 2 courses (6 SCH) at NWHC during a long semester (fall, spring).
• Scholarships will be strategically awarded to support all degree programs at the
• Scholarships are competitive and merit-based.
• Students must be new to NWHC programs to be
• Scholarship recipients must seek and gain admission (GoApplyTexas.org) to their program of
• The scholarship is generally unavailable in summer. If funds become available, scholarships will be awarded in summer on a limited basis.
• The scholarship can be combined with another scholarship following guidelines from the financial aid

GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP (not available to EMBA students)

• Scholarship is limited to students in NWHC programs
• First-time applicants must have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 00.
• Scholarships may be available on a competitive basis to continuing students who have done well (GPA of 3.50 or higher). Achieving the minimum GPA of 3.50 does not guarantee a continuing

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP

• Scholarship is limited to students in NWHC programs only.
• First-time applicants must have a minimum GPA of 75 with 40 transferable hours.
• Scholarships may be available on a competitive basis to continuing students who have done well (GPA of 3.00 or higher). Achieving the minimum GPA of 3.00 does not guarantee a continuing

APPLICATION DEADLINES

The General Scholarship application is made available annually during the spring semester for consideration of scholarship funding for the ensuing academic year. Students may not apply for scholarship funding through the Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships after the deadline has passed. Only students who have submitted the application will be considered for scholarship funding.