Scholarships for full-time undergraduate students

Helping students achieve their goals

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All full-time students who are accepted for admission at Point Park, beginning fall term 2010, are automatically considered for a variety of merit-based scholarships and awards in recognition of their academic achievements. For details, please review the scholarships and awards as described below.

Scholarships Available


Scholarship


Awarding Criteria

Per Academic Year Amount 
Artistic Achievement Award
  • Must be a new, incoming full-time traditional undergraduate freshman or transfer.
  • Candidates will have demonstrated a high caliber of artistic ability through the artistic audition process and/or a personal interview.
  • Intended major must be in:
    • dance,
    • theatre arts,
    • cinema and digital arts, or
    • screenwriting     return to top
  $2,000 to
$14,000
Dean's Academic
  • Must be a new, incoming full-time traditional undergraduate freshman or transfer.
  • Intended major must be in:
    • dance,
    • theatre arts,
    • cinema and digital arts, or
    • screenwriting  

 Freshman Applicants:

  • Must have a 3.5 cumulative high school grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
  • Must have total of 1760 on the SAT (including the writing component), OR...

  • A composite score of 26 on the ACT

Transfer Applicants:

  • Must have a 3.5 cumulative grade point average    

No separate application required.  If criteria is met, candidates will be automatically awarded as a result of their artistic audition or interview.   return to top 

 $5,000
Department 

 $1,000 to
$3,000 
Presidential
  • Must be a new, incoming full-time traditional undergraduate FRESHMAN.
  • Intended major must be any EXCEPT for dance, theatre arts, cinema and digial arts or screenwriting.
  • Must have a 3.0 non-weighted, academic, cumulative high school grade point average in a college preparatory curriculum (based on a 4.0 scale).
  • Must have an SAT total of 1700 on all three sections, OR...
  • An ACT composite score of 25.

No separate application required.  If criteria is met, candidates are automatically awarded when their application is reviewed for an admissions decision.   return to top

$11,000

Transfer Merit 
  • Must be a new, incoming full-time traditional undergraduate TRANSFER.
  • Intended major must be any EXCEPT for dance, theatre arts, cinema and digial arts or screenwriting.
  • Must have a 3.50 cumulative GPA. 

No separate application required.  If criteria is met, candidates are automatically awarded when their application is reviewed for an admissions decision.   return to top 

  $5,000

Trustee

  • Must be a new, incoming full-time traditional undergraduate FRESHMAN.
  • Intended major must be any EXCEPT for dance, theatre arts, cinema and digial arts or screenwriting.
  • A 3.0 non-weighted, academic cumulative high school grade point average in a college preparatory curriculum (based on a 4.0 scale) .
  • Must have an SAT total of 1500 on all three sections, OR...
  • An ACT composite score of 21.

No separate application required.  If criteria is met, candidates are automatically awarded when their application is reviewed for an admissions decision.   return to top 

$9,000

Retaining Merit Scholarships 

To retain merit scholarships, students must be enrolled as full-time student (12 to 18 credits per semester) in their respective program of study and maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average throughout the completion of their undergraduate studies.

Total Maximum Institutional Merit Aid

The total merit scholarship amount for ANY applicant will not exceed $14,000 per academic year.