Scholarships from private sources provide an additional source of financial assistance to our students. Check with your high school guidance office, parents’ employer, church, and local service organizations for scholarship opportunities. Scholarship search tools are available on sites such as:
Read the Grove City College Outside Scholarship and Loan Policy for student requirements and guidelines on how outside scholarships are administered by the College.
Lola G. Duff and William H. Duff, II Scholarship Fund This $80 million fund has college scholarships for Allegheny County, Pa. residents. Students must be Protestant, have two years of schooling in Allegheny County (either public, private, or home), and must be planning to attend college full time. Applications available online in February.
The Pittsburgh Promise This scholarship is available to graduates of Pittsburgh Public Schools and charters, regardless of financial need or income, who have been students in the district and a resident of Pittsburgh continuously since at least the 9th grade. Students must also graduate with a minimum 2.5 GPA, have a 90% attendance record, and earn admission into Grove City College.
Hagan Scholarships The Hagan Scholarships are intended for high achieving students in need of financial assistance in order to attend college. Recipients must graduate from a public high school located in an eligible state and in a county having fewer than 50,000 residents.
Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio Scholarships This foundation offers a number of competitive scholarships that are available to residents of the Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio region.
Daniels FundThe Daniels Scholarship Program provides the opportunity to obtain a college education at any accredited nonprofit college or university in the United States, complete with financial and personal support throughout their journey. Selected scholars are offered resources, encouragement, and inspiration far beyond the financial assistance needed to earn a college degree. The goal is to help each Daniels Scholar succeed in college and ultimately become independent, successful in a rewarding career, and actively engaged in their community. This four-year, annually-renewable college scholarship is a "last dollar" scholarship that covers the unmet need of the student after all other financial aid resources and their expected family contribution have been applied. However, students who choose to attend one of 24 partner schools in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming will have their expected family contribution covered as well. (View a complete list of partner schools.) To be eligible to apply for a scholarship, students must be a current high school senior graduating from a high school in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming; be a current resident of one of these four states and a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.; and earn an SAT Math score of at least 470 and an Evidence-Based Reading & Writing score of at least 450, or ACT scores of at least 17 in each category (Math, English, Reading, and Science). Super-scoring is not accepted. The fund will begin accepting applications for the highly competitive program on October 1.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship This scholarship rewards excellence by supporting high-achieving high school seniors who seek to attend the nation's best four-year colleges and universities and have financial need.
Bill Knecht Tourism Scholarship Application This memorial scholarship fund provides one $1,000 scholarship each year to a sophomore, junior or senior of Grove City College, Penn State – Shenango, or Thiel College who is pursuing a tourism-related major such as marketing, recreation, hotel management, etc. This would also include students in business management and business administration. The student must be a resident of Mercer County and a U.S. citizen.
II-VI Foundation Scholarships The II-VI scholarships are competitive scholarships available to students entering the fields of engineering, math, and science. Scholarship opportunities are directed toward students pursuing degrees in electrical, industrial, chemical, nuclear, mechanical, material science engineering, and related engineering and science disciplines. Mathematics majors are welcome to apply, however pre-med candidates, civil engineers, architectural engineers, or petroleum engineers are not eligible for consideration. The scholarship is available only to rising freshmen, sophomores, and juniors and is renewable.
A unique aspect of the II-VI Foundation Scholarship is the requirement of nine weeks or 360 hours of manufacturing-, engineering- or science-related experience in an industrial setting from October 1 to August 31 of the year in which the candidate applies for the scholarship. This requirement forces candidates to get hands-on, real-world experience outside of an academic setting, therefore creating a different perspective from which to view their career decisions.