Scholarships

The Graduate School administers two scholarship awards. The Graduate Academic Awards and the Outstanding Scholar Award Program occurs in the fall semester. In the spring semester, the CCSU Foundation through Graduate Studies accepts applications for the Graduate Student Association Scholarship. Click on either of the two links to obtain information and application forms. The amount of each scholarship will be contingent upon the amount of funding made available by the University Scholarship and Loan Committee each year.

Graduate Academic Awards

Graduate Academic Awards are presented each fall to one distinguished student in each academic program. Departments may nominate the same student to be considered for the Outstanding Scholar Award. There will be one outstanding scholar from each school in the university. The criteria established by the Graduate Studies Committee are:

1. Must have completed 15 credit hours at the graduate level.

2. Must be in attendance at least one additional semester after receipt of award.

3. Shall be registered as a full or part-time graduate student in good standing for a minimum of three (3) credits in the spring or fall semester of the academic year in which he/she is nominated.

4. Must be pursuing either the Ed.D. a Master's Degree or Sixth Year Program.

5. Must have completed a minimum of nine (9) credits of graduate level courses in an approved planned program of study.

6. Must demonstrate minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.50 for all graduate courses.

7. Must have received no more than one B in the Area of Specialization.

8. Must include letters of recommendation from the advisor and from an instructor at CCSU with whom the nominee has completed a graduate level course.

9. Candidates for Outstanding Scholars Award must be nominated by department or program faculty for the Graduate Academic Award. An additional letter is required that addresses how the nominee demonstrates one or more of the Graduate Tenets.
    

Please Note:

• Graduate students are limited to one graduate Academic Award during their course of graduate study at CCSU.
• Scholarship must be applied to course and registration fees for either the following spring or summer semesters.

Graduate Student Association Scholarship
Criteria for this Scholarship are:

1. Must have completed a minimum of 15 graduate credits at CCSU.
2. Must be in attendance at least one additional semester after receipt of award.
3. Must demonstrate minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.50 for all graduate courses
4. Must complete full application packet including essay and two letters of recommendation.