
Transfer Scholarships
Academic Merit
- Transfer Excellence, Merit, or Success Scholarship
- Scholarships for strong transfer students who are encouraged to apply for admission early.
- Amount is determined during the application review process and is an award of $14,000-$18,000 per academic year.
- Contact the Office of Admission for further details on eligibility.
- Limited to six semesters (three academic years) provided the minimum GPA requirement is maintained.
- Phi Theta Kappa (PTK)
- $3,000 per academic year.
- Must be a member of PTK, an international honor society at community colleges, and the community college must be the most recently attended college.
- Limited to six semesters (three academic years).
- Departmental Honor Society
- $1,000 per academic year.
- Must be a member of a college honor society (limit of one scholarship).
- Limited to six semesters (three academic years).
- International
- Must be a full-time international student.
- Range up to $22,000 per academic year.
- Limited to six semesters (three academic years) provided the minimum GPA requirement is maintained.
FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition
An incoming transfer may apply for this scholarship if the student has actively participated in the FIRST Tech Challenge or the FIRST Robotics Competition during junior or senior year of high school, with a minimum 3.0 high school GPA.
Donor/Endowed
North Central has been fortunate to receive donations from generous alumni and friends of the College for the establishment of endowed scholarships. We award these scholarships to worthy students each year. When available, applications are available through the Office of Financial Aid.
TO APPLY for endowed scholarships, please visit https://northcentralcollege.academicworks.com and sign in using your Merlin user ID and password.
Several donors and affiliates of the College also offer opportunities for incoming students. Listed below are some brief overviews of a few of the opportunities listed on Academic Works.
Engineering
- Dunham Scholarship
- Must live in the Dunham Fund Service Area, the geography bounded on the north by Illinois State Route 38, on the south by U.S. Route 34, on the east by Illinois State Route 59, and on the west by Illinois State Route 47
- Financial need is considered
Music
- John Miller Cowlishaw Memorial Scholarship for Music
- Student must be a music, music education or musical theatre major or minor
- 3.0 cumulative GPA
Leadership
- Bill Shatzer and Suzanne Shatzer Doerge Scholarship
- Recipient will demonstrate leadership and determination to overcome personal disadvantages
- Financial need considered