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Countless Opportunities for All Students

Elmira is dedicated to the national movement to keep higher education affordable, offering a first-class education at a low cost compared to any four-year private college or university in the region. Students accepted for admission are automatically reviewed for a scholarship or award. Amounts range from $13,000 to $25,000, with five competitive, full-tuition scholarships available. The highest-value scholarship will be awarded if a student qualifies for more than one academic scholarship or award.

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Undergraduate Scholarships

Elmira offers scholarships that recognize your academic and personal achievements. Available to first-time, full-time freshmen, scholarship money is awarded based on your high school GPA and/or ACT or SAT scores unless otherwise noted. The Elmira Scholars Program Scholarship is the College's most generous and competitive four-year, merit-based scholarship.

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1855 Award

The 1855 Award recognizes students who exemplify outstanding leadership through involvement in clubs, organizations, the performing arts, and more. While academic criteria are used in awarding the 1855 Award, priority is given to a student's co-curricular resume.

Elmira Scholars Program

Elmira's most competitive program awards five full-tuition scholarships annually to first-year, full-time undergraduate students. A select number of finalists will be invited to campus in February for an Elmira Scholars Program Day, including interviews and presentations to committee members. 

Elmira Scholars Homepage

Founder Scholarship

The Founder Scholarship is awarded to students who exhibit the ideals of Elmira College's founder, Simeon Benjamin, through excellence in academics and co-curricular activities. This scholarship considers a high school student's high school grade point average, academic curriculum, ACT or SAT score (if submitted), academic letters of recommendation, and co-curricular involvement.

Langdon Award

Named after Olivia Langdon Clemens, an Elmira, New York, native from the Class of 1864 and the wife of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (most famously known as Mark Twain), this scholarship is awarded to first-time, full-time students based on academic and cocurricular accomplishments, character, and leadership.

Presidential Scholarship

The Presidential Scholarship is awarded to students who exhibit the ideals of Elmira College, through excellence in academics and co-curricular activities. This scholarship considers a high school student's high school grade point average, academic curriculum, ACT or SAT score (if submitted), academic letters of recommendation, and co-curricular involvement.

Soaring Eagle Award

The Soaring Eagle Award is given to a first-time, full-time student who exemplifies Elmira's mission of embodying active learning, effective leadership, responsible community membership, and globally engaged citizenry through a collaborative and supportive environment.

Sustainability Scholarship

This $1,000 annual scholarship is awarded to an outside-the-box thinker from each class year who contributes to the environmental, social, and financial sustainability of the Elmira College community. In addition, sustainability leaders will have access to a designated space on campus to work, meet, and convene with each other to share ideas and grow together. 

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Portfolio-based Art Scholarship

Elmira College offers a portfolio-based scholarship to incoming freshmen Art majors. Selected students will receive $1,000 per year for up to four years. This scholarship is open to all Art major freshmen, who can choose from concentrations in Studio ArtDigital Art and Graphic DesignDigital Art and Product Design, or Art Therapy, as well as to freshmen majoring in Visual Arts (Childhood Education)

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Transfer Scholarships

Elmira offers scholarships that recognize your academic and personal achievements, including the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Scholarship and Elmira’s most prestigious award given to a transfer student, the Transfer Honor Scholarship. Available to full-time transfer students, scholarship money is awarded based on your college GPA and co-curricular involvement unless otherwise noted.  

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Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship

Phi Theta Kappa Scholars receive a one-term, full-tuition scholarship to pursue a four-year degree at a nationally ranked, private college.

Details of the scholarship are outlined below:

  • You must live on campus. If you choose to commute, your scholarship will be 75% of the full tuition.
  • You must register as a full-time student.
  • You must remain in good academic standing.
  • You can transfer 60 credits from your current college to Elmira College.
  • You must submit proof of your PTK membership.
  • Before enrollment, you must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Transfer Honor Scholarship

The most prestigious scholarship awarded to a transfer student, this award looks at the cumulative grade point average of all colleges attended and co-curricular involvement throughout college.

Transfer Achievement Award

The Transfer Achievement Award is awarded to transfer students based on excellence in both their academics and co-curricular activities.

Transfer Award

The Transfer Award is designed for full-time transfer students who exemplify the Elmira College mission statement and values showcased in our students since 1855: active learning, effective leadership, responsible community membership, and globally engaged citizenry through a collaborative and supportive environment. They are involved in community service and show deep school pride.

 

International Scholarships

Each year, Elmira College offers academic scholarships to students interested in joining our Soaring Eagle family. Students accepted for admission are automatically reviewed for a scholarship or award based on academic and personal achievements. The highest-value scholarship will be awarded if a student qualifies for more than one academic scholarship or award.

Requirement List That Applies to All International Scholarships
  • Be a first-time, full-time student
  • Have each student you nominate should have a minimum academic grade point average of 3.0 (4.0 scale)
  • Demonstrate outstanding school and community leadership
  • Have an interest in an academic program offered by Elmira College
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Global Access Scholarship

Designed for full-time international students, this scholarship is for those who exemplify Elmira's mission of active learning, effective leadership, responsible community membership, and globally engaged citizenry through a collaborative and supportive environment. Students are also considered based on academic achievements.

Global Initiative Scholarship

The Global Initiative Scholarship is awarded to full-time international students, both first-years and transfers, based on their academic and co-curricular accomplishments, character, and leadership.

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