Scholarships for Transfer Students

Transfer scholarships

New degree-seeking transfer students will be automatically considered for the merit-based scholarships listed here. No additional application is necessary. For priority consideration, submit your application for admission by April 1. Please note, the transfer scholarships are for domestic students only.

Transfer Honors Scholarship

$3,500 per year / $10,500 over three years
Available to new transfer students with at least a 3.5 cumulative college GPA and 24 earned credits.
Can be added to the Phi Theta Kappa Award.
Can be renewed for up to three years by maintaining full-time enrollment and earning at least 30 new CMU credit hours each academic year (fall, spring and summer if needed). Third-year renewal requires a minimum 3.0 GPA and at least 30 new CMU credits earned each academic year (fall, spring and summer if needed).
This award cannot be combined with the Transfer Recognition Scholarship.
Updated transcripts must be submitted before your first semester at CMU begins, to qualify for any scholarship increase. Scholarships will not after the start of the academic year.

Transfer Recognition Scholarship

$2,000 per year / $6,000 over three years
Available to new transfer students with at least a 3.0 cumulative college GPA and 12 earned credits.
Can be added to the Phi Theta Kappa Award.
Can be renewed for up to three years by maintaining full-time enrollment and earning at least 30 new CMU credit hours each academic year (fall, spring and summer if needed). Third-year renewal requires a minimum 3.0 GPA and at least 30 new CMU credits earned each academic year (fall, spring and summer if needed).
This award cannot be combined with the Transfer Honors Scholarship.
Updated transcripts must be submitted before your first semester at CMU begins, to qualify for any scholarship increase. Scholarships will not increase after the start of the academic year.

Transfer Success Scholarship

$1,000 per year / $3,000 over three years
Available to new part-time transfer students with at least a 3.0 cumulative college GPA and 12 earned credits who are taking between 6-11 CMU credit hours per semester.
Cannot be combined with the Transfer Honors or Recognition scholarships.
Can be renewed for up to three years by maintaining at least half-time enrollment and earning at least 15 new CMU credit hours each academic year (fall, spring and summer if needed). Third-year renewal requires a minimum 3.0 GPA and at least 15 new CMU credits earned each academic year (fall, spring and summer if needed).
Updated transcripts must be submitted before your first semester at CMU begins, to qualify for any scholarship increase. Scholarships will not increase after the start of the academic year.

Phi Theta Kappa Award

$1,000 per year / $3,000 over three years
Available to new transfer students who are Phi Theta Kappa members with at least a 3.5 cumulative college GPA and 12 earned credits.
Can be combined with the Transfer Honors and Recognition scholarships.
Can be renewed for up to three years by maintaining full-time enrollment and earning at least 30 new CMU credit hours each academic year (fall, spring and summer if needed). Third-year renewal requires a minimum 3.0 GPA and at least 30 new CMU credits earned each academic year (fall, spring and summer if needed).\
Your PTK Membership Certificate copy must be emailed to apply@cmich.edu before your first semester at CMU begins, to qualify for any scholarship increase. Scholarships will not increase after the start of the academic year.

Competitive scholarships

Incoming degree-seeking transfer students with a 3.5 GPA and 45 earned college credits are eligible to compete for admission to the Honors Program and a scholarship worth $5,000 per semester.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CENTRALIS TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIP

Scholarships for Michigan high school graduates

The Michigan Achievement Scholarship program is free money from the State of Michigan to lower the cost of your college tuition by thousands of dollars per year. In fact, new 2023 MI high school graduates could receive up to $5,500 in the Michigan Achievement Scholarship starting with the 2023-2024 academic year!

MI Achievement Scholarship

Scholarship policy

Recipients of the Transfer Centralis, Transfer Honors, Transfer Recognition and Phi Theta Kappa scholarships require full-time (12 credits) semester enrollment. Recipients of Transfer Success require half-time (6 credits) semester enrollment. Renewal requirements for each scholarship into a qualifying future year(s) can be reviewed on the scholarships for continuing students page.
Students may receive either the Transfer Honors Scholarship or Transfer Recognition Scholarship, but not both. Either Scholarship may also be combined with the Phi Theta Kappa Award. Recipients of the Transfer Success Scholarship require half-time (6 credits) semester enrollment and cannot combine with the Phi Theta Kappa Award.
Estimated scholarships (i.e., outside agency) do not reduce the amount of tuition payable on October 1 and February 1. Students must make arrangements to pay for the total amount of tuition due to avoid a $100 late tuition fee and a $30 service charge.
You may not receive a full tuition or tuition and housing/food scholarships with another merit-based scholarship.

For more information, please visit our Scholarship Policies page.