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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
$24,000 per year
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
SLU’s Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship is an academic award offered to students who have demonstrated leadership as agents of change or influence within their school and/or community activities.
Benefits
The King Scholarship has an award value of at least $3,000 per year (in addition to any previously awarded SLU scholarship(s) and keeping within SLU scholarship policies).
On average, MLK Scholars receive a total of $24,000 in scholarships and aid per year from the University.This award can be in combination with other SLU merit and/or SLU grant awards and applied to undergraduate tuition charges only.
Eligibility
- For freshman students: Cumulative high school GPA of 3.25 or higher, weighted or unweighted, as reported on your transcript at the end of your junior year. Transcripts will be accepted through the first semester of your senior year. ACT/SAT test scores are not required.
- For transfer students: Completion of at least 24 credit hours of transferable college coursework by the end of the spring term.
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher as calculated by Saint Louis University (This number may not correspond with your GPA as it appears on your transcript.)
- These criteria are used only for determining eligibility and do not guarantee you will be selected as a Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship recipient. After reviewing the applications, SLU invites a select group of students to their St. Louis campus each March to interview for a Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
01 Feb 2027
Complete and submit SLU’s online application for transfer admission and all required materials, including transcript s from each previously attended college, by Feb. 1.
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