Learn about scholarships and your path to financial support and academic excellence.
Learn more about scholarship opportunities for first-year undergraduates, transfer undergraduates, graduate students, ROTC students and more.
First-year, transfer, undocumented and international students who complete an admissions application to Seattle University are automatically considered for merit-based scholarships.
For first-year students, these scholarships are renewable (up to 4 years!). Transfer students with more than 45 credits may receive awards for up to 3 years. Transfer students with less than 45 credits may receive awards for up to 4 years.
Merit scholarships are based on the information in your admissions application—not finances—and are at least $8,000 per year.
Your path to affordable education and academic success at Seattle University.
Students enrolled in Washington’s College Bound Program may be considered to receive financial aid to cover their full, demonstrated financial need for four years for incoming first-year students at Seattle University. The financial aid will be in different forms and from a variety of sources, such as federal, state, and Seattle University—combined with the College Bound scholarship.
To be considered for the program, incoming first-year students must fulfill the following:
Seattle University is committed to supporting the success of its students. Learn more about the different services and resources dedicated to student success.
For questions about the Seattle University Bound Program, call or email the Admissions Office at 206-220-8040, admissions@seattleu.edu, or contact your Admissions Counselor. Seattle University can be found on the Common Application.
Seattle University aspires to be the preferred transfer destination for Seattle Promise students. Seattle Promise students enrolled in the Washington State College Bound Scholarship program that complete a DTA or AS-T with a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA are guaranteed admission. They are also eligible to receive full tuition awards to Seattle University.
To receive the scholarship, incoming transfer students must fulfill the following:
Seattle University is committed to supporting the success of its students. Learn more about the different services and resources dedicated to student success.
For questions about the Seattle U Promise Scholarship, call or email the Admissions Office:
1-206-220-8040
transfer@seattleu.edu
The Alfie Scholars Program offers a scholarship and special programing for underrepresented community college transfer students who are admitted to Seattle University. In addition to the $30,000 scholarship, distributed over two years, the Alfie Scholars Program provides civility leadership training, intensive summer programing and individual advising.
Alfie Scholars Program
Fostering Scholars is a full scholarship and program of support awarded to eligible students currently in—or who aged out of—the foster care system. Recipients receive financial, academic and personal support towards the completion of an undergraduate degree at Seattle University.
Fostering Scholars
The Sperry Goodman Endowed Scholarship is for incoming freshmen majoring in computer science, environmental science, mathematics, physics or an engineering discipline. Preference is given to students with financial need. A Sperry Goodman scholarship is an award of $5,000 per year.
Sperry Goodman Scholarship
The SUMSS Scholarship is designed to help high-achieving students with demonstrated financial need pursue career opportunities in biology, chemistry and mathematics. This scholarship is up to $10,000 per year, renewable for up to four years of undergraduate study.
SUMSS Scholarship
Current students can visit Seattle University’s ScholarshipUniverse to search for and apply for scholarships. The campus has hundreds of different scholarships each with different requirements, so we encourage everyone to complete the application process.
Many scholarships are automatically matched to applicants based on the information contained in their student records. These scholarships generally do not result in an increase to gift aid and will replace generic Seattle University funding with a named scholarship which allows the University to recognize students for their unique qualities and abilities.
These named scholarships are funded by generous Seattle University donors, alumni and friends. Student recipients are asked to complete a post-acceptance thank you biography.
ScholarshipUniverse
Seattle University offers Graduate Scholarships at the time of admission. Most scholarships are based on the information in your admission application, and most are renewable. Please contact Graduate Admissions for more information.
The Sinegal Fellowship provides support for underrepresented minority Costco Scholars who have graduated from either the University of Washington or Seattle University and who are pursuing an advanced degree at Seattle University. The Sinegal Fellowship is a 2-year award with a stipend of $5,000 for each year. Questions about this fellowship should be directed to grad-admissions@seattleu.edu.
Eligible full-time religious and lay teachers and principals of Catholic schools under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Seattle may apply for this grant. Master in Teaching (MIT) and Doctor of Education (EdD) students are not eligible. Additional information and the application for this grant become available on May 1 preceding the upcoming academic year. Learn more through Student Financial Services.
Several graduate departments offer program-specific scholarships. Scholarships are generally limited; some awards may be need-based and some may be renewed. Please consult college, department or program websites, faculty or staff for more information about availability, eligibility and application procedures. Current students can also visit Seattle University’s ScholarshipUniverse to search for and apply for scholarships.
Learn about ROTC scholarships and financial aid.
Contact the Student Financial Services Office to schedule an appointment with the counselor responsible for administering the ROTC program to learn about the possible impact of ROTC funding on other financial aid and the requirements for continuing to receive ROTC funding in subsequent years.
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Financial aid awards are revised to include ROTC funding when all information regarding that funding is received from the military. This often happens fairly late in the cycle. As soon as the Student Financial Services Office receives the necessary information, ROTC students’ financial aid awards are updated to include any and all funding for which they are eligible.
No. Financial aid awards for students who participate in ROTC programming but don’t receive ROTC funding are not affected.
Visit the ROTC web page or contact the Recruiting Operations Officer using information below.
Recruiting Operations Office
Phone: 1-206-296-2439
Email: rotc@seattleu.edu
Looking for more scholarships? Learn more about applying for outside scholarships.
Click here for a tip sheet on Exploring Outside Scholarships.
Seattle U students can also search for opportunities on ScholarshipUniverse, a resource for both institutional and outside scholarships.
For information about upcoming scholarship workshops and resources check out the Student Academic Persistence webpage.
Outside scholarships are scholarships students bring with them to Seattle University. On the award letter these scholarships are labeled ”Private Outside Scholarship.”
If the student has received a scholarship from an outside donor that is not included on their award letter, they should notify the Student Financial Services Office as soon as possible so it will be considered when determining eligibility for other financial aid and revising the award if necessary.
If the Student Financial Services Offices receives a check from an outside scholarship’s donor that requires the recipient’s endorsement, an email will be sent to the student’s SU e-mail address telling them to come to Student Financial Services to sign the check.
The following information may be helpful for students and scholarship donors:
If the donor requires that Seattle University bill them prior to releasing the scholarship funds, please provide:
We’re here to help. For information about scholarships at Seattle University contact:
Student Financial Services
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