Scholarships
Undergraduate Scholarships
Creighton University awards need-based and non-need based academic scholarships to students enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business Administration, or the School of Nursing. The dollar amount of these scholarships may vary.
To receive priority consideration for scholarships, you should submit the Application for Undergraduate Admission and Scholarship and all required credentials to the Office of Admissions by the postmark date of January 8, 2008.The Application for Admission serves as the general University scholarship application. The Admissions Office determines the recipients of these non-need based scholarships. Contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office for more details.
In order to be considered for need-based scholarships, a student must submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). There is no application needed in addition to the FAFSA.
For a complete listing of all University Scholarships, please refer to our online listing.
Graduate Scholarships
Scholarships for graduate students are limited. Students should contact the Dean’s Office of the School they are enrolled in for further information.
Athletic Awards
Creighton University awards athletic scholarships for the following sports:
- Men's and Women's Soccer
- Men's and Women's Basketball
- Men's and Women's Tennis
- Men's and Women's Cross Country
- Men's and Women's Golf
- Men's Baseball
- Women's Softball
- Women's Volleyball
- Women's Crew
The Creighton Athletic Department awards all athletic scholarships based upon available funding and a student’s athletic ability. Athletic scholarship awards are valid for one year and can be renewed at each coach’s discretion.
Family Remission
The $1,500 grant per academic year Family Remission is applicable toward direct tuition costs only, on a term by term basis. Families that have more than one student registered full time in any Creighton college or school are eligible for the undergraduate Family Remission program. The remission is available to the second, third and any other immediate family member enrolled in an undergraduate program, when two or more are registered as full-time students in the same term.
(For students enrolled at Creighton prior to May 1, 2005, a 25% reduction in the semester tuition charge will be awarded ).
Application subject to the following terms:
Immediate family is defined as father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, or brother and sister. This reduction is applicable only to students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Nursing (four-year program), University College. The first member of the family may be enrolled in any school/college of the University. However, if the first member is enrolled in the Graduate School, the second and third members will be eligible for the reduction only if the graduate student is registered for eight or more hours in a semester.
Family Remission applicants receiving a full-tuition internal scholarship or remission will not be allowed the monetary benefit of any other Creighton University scholarship or remission. If the first member of the family has received a full-tuition internal scholarship, the reduction will not apply to the second member.
The Application for Family Remission is available through the Financial Aid Office forms link and must be completed each year. Please refer to the Undergraduate Bulletin (archived version) for the complete family remission policy.
Outside Scholarships
If you are the recipient of an outside scholarship, you must notify the Creighton Financial Aid Office. The Financial Aid office is required by law to adjust federal aid if the addition of an outside scholarship results in an overaward situation. There are certain times when an outside scholarship may make you ineligible for the federal financial aid you were previously awarded. Your aid officer will notify you if a change is made in your aid offer.
All outside scholarship checks should be mailed to:
Creighton University Financial Aid Office
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
Here are some links to popular scholarship search and information sites. Also, be sure to check with the dean of your school for outside scholarship sources.