Northwest Houston Center Graduate Scholarship

Recommendation Required
SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA – APPLIES TO ALL APPLICANTS
• The scholarship is available to U.S. Resident, Permanent Resident and eligible non-citizens
• The scholarship is designed to ease student financial burden related to their study.
• The scholarship covers costs up to $2,000 per semester or $4,000 per academic year for 6 hours only
at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Students must be enrolled in at least 2 courses (6 SCH) at NWHC during a long semester (fall,
spring).
• Scholarships will be strategically awarded to support all degree programs at the NWHC.
• Scholarships are competitive and merit-based.
• Students must be new to NWHC programs to be eligible.
• Scholarship recipients must seek and gain admission (goapplytexas.org) to their program of choice.
• The scholarship is generally unavailable in summer. If funds become available, scholarships will be
awarded in summer on a limited basis.
• The scholarship can be combined with another scholarship following guidelines from the financial aid
office.

GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP (not available to EMBA students)
 Scholarship is limited to students in NWHC programs only.
 First-time applicants must have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.00.
 Scholarships may be available on a competitive basis to continuing students who have done well
(GPA of 3.50 or higher). Achieving the minimum GPA of 3.50 does not guarantee a continuing
scholarship