Undergraduate On-Campus
Scholarships & Awards
$11,000 Honor’s Scholarship
4.0 GPA
$10,000 Trustee’s Scholarship
3.75 – 4.0 GPA
$9,000 Founder’s Scholarship
3.4 – 3.74 GPA
$8,000 President’s Scholarship
3.0 – 3.39 GPA
$7,050 Dean’s Scholarship
Below 3.0 GPA
The information provided here pertains to undergraduate students enrolling at Multnomah University’s Portland campus for the first time in Fall 2022 or Spring 2023.
These scholarships are renewable for up to 3 years as long as satisfactory academic progress is maintained.
Application Deadline: August 1
$8,500 Transfer Merit Award
3.5+ GPA
$7,500 Transfer Merit Award
3.0 – 3.49 GPA
$6,500 Transfer Merit Award
Below 3.0 GPA
The information here pertains to undergraduate transfer students enrolling at Multnomah University’s Portland campus for the first time in Fall 2022 or Spring 2023. MU Admissions designates transfer status to incoming students who have earned 24+ credits at another institution.
These scholarships are renewable for up to 3 years as long as satisfactory academic progress is maintained.
Application Deadline: August 1
| Amount | Type of Aid | Application Criteria | Deadline |
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| Up to $7,500 | Global Ministry Scholarship | Intended for full-time third or fourth year Global Studies majors. | April 1 |
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Additional application required. Available for those students who are committed to serving within a missions context in under-resourced communities in developing countries around the world where there is great need. Replaces the Multnomah Grant. Applicants may reapply each year to be considered for this scholarship. |
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| Up to $3,000 | Diversity Scholarship | Intended for full-time students who embody Multnomah's vision for developing an intentionally diverse academic community. | August 1 |
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Additional application required. |
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| $1,000 - $2,000 | Heritage Award | Intended for full-time students with parent or grandparent who graduated from Multnomah, and/or two full-time students from the same financial household (according to FAFSA definition of a financial household) enrolled at Multnomah University simultaneously. | August 1 |
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Renewable 4 years (students must be considered in the same financial household to renew the multi-student portion of this award). |
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| $1,000 | Christian Service Award | Intended for full-time students with one parent in full-time ministry. | August 1 |
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Parent must be in full-time ministry as a pastor or missionary. Renewable 4 years |
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| $1,000 | Military Service Award | Intended for full-time students who are veterans. | August 1 |
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Award for honorably discharged veterans who did not receive 100% Post-9/11 GI Bill. Renewable 4 years. |
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| $2,500 | Christian High School Merit Scholarship | Intended for full-time students who graduated from a Christian High School. | August 1 |
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This is a merit-based award renewable for 3 years. |
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| $1,000 | Church Matching Scholarship | Intended for full-time students. | August 1 |
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MU will match one church’s contribution at rate of 50% up to $1,000 maximum. Additional application required. |
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| $2,500 | Homeschool Merit Scholarship | Intended for full-time students who graduated from a homeschool program. | August 1 |
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This is a merit-based award renewable for 3 years. |
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| Amount | Type of Aid | Application Criteria | Deadline |
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| Up to $11,000 | Erma Wolgemuth Diller Scholarship | Returning full-time Portland Campus undergraduate students with a semester and cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher and are in compliance with Multnomah’s standards for student conduct. Preference given to students who plan to pursue Women’s Ministry or are currently leading a Bible study. | April 1 |
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Additional application required. |
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| Up to $10,000 | Ione (Widing) Winquist ’41 Memorial Scholarship | Full-time students with demonstrated financial need, a semester and cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, who are pursuing a degree in ministry and plan to serve in full-time missions overseas. | April 1 |
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Additional application required. |
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| Up to $1,000 | Greely Herrington Memorial Scholarship | Full-time Portland Campus undergraduate students with a semester and cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher, who plan to pursue vocational ministry. Preference is given to students currently employed who are married. | April 1 |
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Additional application required. |
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| Up to $1,000 | Lawrence Scholarship | Full-time Portland Campus undergraduate students with a semester and cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. | April 1 |
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Additional application required. |
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| Up to $3,000 | David C. Needham Scholarship | Full-time Portland Campus undergraduate students with a semester and cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. | April 1 |
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Additional application required. |
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Be sure to check with your local Chamber of Commerce to see what service organizations are in your community:
Student Aid is a federally sponsored website that contains information on federal financial aid, in addition to private scholarships and grants.
Fastweb is a free scholarship database that will link you to scholarships and other resources based on your profile.
The Department of Education has an Educational Resource Search on their website to help identify organizations in your region that specialize in scholarships, grants, and other resources.
Additional Scholarship Aid & Resources
The Office of Student Access and Completion (OSAC) connects Oregon State residents to all types of Oregon scholarship providers, whether you are attending college in-state or out-of-state. Registration is free and OSAC staff and contractors may not disclose any nonpublic personal information to anyone except as permitted by state or federal law.
WashBoard connects Washington State residents to all types of Washington scholarship providers, whether you are attending in-state or out-of-state.
Registration is spam-free and your information will not be sold.
Community Foundation of Southwest Washington provides SW Washington residents access to scholarship funds that are funded by charitable donors in the community.
Broke Scholar houses information regarding millions of scholarships, grants, and fellowships that can be searched by specific eligibility criteria. Any student can use this free service to help find third-party scholarship money for school.
Best Colleges offers another comprehensive scholarship database that can be searched by demographic or area of study.
The Ford Family Foundation provides three types of scholarships to Oregon residents: the Ford Scholars program, Ford Transfer Scholars program, and Ford Opportunity Scholars program.
Trinity Education Foundation is a private foundation that offers scholarships to incoming and returning students attending Christian colleges and seminaries in the Pacific Northwest.
It’s worth noting that some of these scholarship search engine sites require registration. And, while this registration won’t entail bank account numbers, the administrators of these sites can make your registration information (name, email address, major, etc.) available to interested third parties.
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