Office of Financial Aid

Prospective Traditional Undergraduates

Types of Aid:
Grants and Scholarships | Student Employment | Financing Options

Grants and scholarships may come from the following sources:

• Federal - Federal grants include the Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), and the new ACG and SMART grants
• State
• Institutional - DU Educational Grants or DU Scholarships (Office of Admissions)
• Private - outside scholarships sources

Grants and scholarships are credited to your tuition account if you are enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours per term). Only Federal Pell Grants are awarded on a prorated basis for less than full time enrollment.

Grants and scholarships are automatically applied equally across all three quarters. If you are not eligible for your scholarship money for a particular quarter, you cannot have that portion of the scholarship redistributed across the remaining quarters. All institutional scholarships are awarded for the traditional academic year only (Fall, Winter and Spring quarters) for a maximum of 4 years. Funding for summer quarter may consist of any remaining Federal Pell grant eligibility.

Room Grants require you to be enrolled full time and to live on campus in either Johnson-McFarlane Hall, Centennial Towers, Centennial Halls, Nelson Hall, the apartments on campus (Aspen, Cavalier, Hilltop, Le Chateau, University North, University South, York, and Yorkshire), or the following Greek houses (Sigma Chi , Delta Zeta, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha or Chi Phi). These funds will be deposited into your tuition account when a charge for housing facilities is reflected on your tuition account. This grant does not apply to the meal-only plan.

How is my Financial Aid affected by Grants and Scholarships?

Need-based grants, scholarships, university merit awards and room grants will be replaced by athletic or full tuition commitments. Need-based grants and scholarships will be replaced by talent commitments (Theatre, Art and Speech). An outside scholarship will replace the loan and workstudy portions of your DU award first. The combination of all grants and scholarships cannot exceed tuition.