Scholarships are awards that you do not have to repay. The Carnegie Mellon Institutional Academic Scholarships are awarded to students when they enter as freshmen and are renewed annually if the student meets the cumulative 2.0 QPA requirement.
Carnegie Mellon offers several academic scholarships to incoming freshmen. The scholarships are designed to recognize and reward outstanding academic, artistic and personal achievement. Financial need is not a requirement. These scholarships are renewable for eight semesters of undergraduate education (ten semesters for Architecture students), provided satisfactory academic performance is maintained and you are assessed Carnegie Mellon tuition. Academic scholarships are only awarded to incoming freshmen during the admission process.
These scholarships include: Judith Resnik Challenger Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon Scholarship, Andrew Carnegie Scholarship and Presidential Scholarship (CLICK HERE for more information). Recipients do not have to file a FAFSA to renew these scholarships unless they wish to apply for need based financial aid. If your parent is a Carnegie Mellon employee who qualifies for tuition remission, you will not be eligible for a Carnegie Mellon Academic Scholarship.
Carnegie Mellon enjoys strong relationships with local, national and international corporations and foundations, which have resulted in many endowed scholarships for students.
Outside scholarships do not affect Carnegie Mellon academic scholarships unless the total amount of grants and scholarships exceeds the total amount of tuition, fees, standard room and standard dining (see tuition and fee information).
In the case of federal and state grants that were not included in our initial award, a dollar-for-dollar reduction of the need based institutional grant/scholarship funds will occur.
The first $6,000 you receive in outside grants/scholarships will not reduce your Carnegie Mellon gift aid. In some cases, self-help aid (loans and work study) will be adjusted. If you receive more than $6,000 annually in outside grants/scholarships, your need based Carnegie Mellon grants/scholarships will be reduced by one-half the value that exceeds $6,000.