Financial Support for Honors College Students

All Honors College students receive generous financial aid packages from Westminster University as a result of their outstanding performance in high school. The Honors College also offers a wide range of additional financial support that is available only to its students in good standing.

Academic Excellence Scholarship

The Honors College awards a $5,000 scholarship annually to 4 incoming first-year students who show particular promise and interest in academic excellence, campus leadership and visibility, and the unique learning environment of the Honors College.

Summer Research Awards

The Honors College offers $3,500 awards annually to 3 students engaged in summer research. Honors Summer Research Awards are designed to support Honors College students who are conducting high-level research during the summer in lieu of a full-time summer job. There is also a $2,500 award to support a creative project or internship.

Research Conference Presentation Grants

The Honors College offers all its students in good standing one grant of $1,000 to support the presentation of their research at an academic conference.

Study Abroad Grants

The Honors College invites annual applications from students with financial need for grants (between $1,000-$3,000) to support their global studies trips during May term. There is also funding for study abroad at Glasgow University.

Continuing Scholarships

The Honors College awards approximately $25,000 each spring semester in continuing scholarships to students with need. These funds do not require an application and are available due to endowments established over the years by generous donors who believe in the mission of the Honors College.

Katherine Metcalf Nelson Writing and Creative Arts Awards

The Honors College distributes cash awards that total $5,000 at its annual spring celebration to students who have written the best essays and designed the best creative projects in that year’s Honors College classes. 

Student Worker Positions

The Honors College employees 5-7 Student Honors Associate workers in the Honors College building throughout the year. In addition to being paid, these students get professional development training and become more connected to the Honors College.