Columbia Central

Trustee Award

for continuing students

The Trustee Award was established to recognize students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement.

• Scholarship Terms
  • The Trustee Award is renewable each year up to 120 credit hours (BA), 128 credit hours (BFA, BS, BMus), or four years*, whichever is reached first. The total credit hours include all transferable college credit hours and credit hours earned at Columbia College Chicago. For the scholarship to be renewable, the recipient must:
    • Be enrolled full-time each Fall and Spring semester;
    • Not interrupt enrollment;
    • Maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average.

    *Please note: Freshmen will need to enroll an average of 15 credit hours for a BA and an average of 16 credit hours for BFA, BS and BMus each Fall and Spring semester to graduate within four years.

  • The credit hour and four-year limits are not based on degree completion, and the same limits apply to students pursuing double majors.
  • Award is applied toward tuition only.
  • Funds are awarded during Fall and Spring semesters only.
  • Award may be used toward a study abroad program through one of Columbia's student exchange programs, excluding Summer semesters. Please note: Recipients who enroll in an independent study abroad program not associated with Columbia College will forfeit their award during the semester spent abroad, but will retain future eligibility if all other scholarship terms are met.
  • This award is based on academic and financial need information provided to the college at the time of admission. Any subsequent, additional, or clarifying data that significantly alters this information may make a recipient ineligible to receive this award.
  • Award is limited to courses for which a student registers through MyColumbia and does not cover Columbia Online courses.
  • The rules governing other sources of financial aid (federal, state, institutional and other grants, gifts, or loans) will apply

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