Financial Aid & Tuition
The staff of the Financial Aid
Office at Salisbury University is
eager to serve prospective and
current students by providing
guidance on meeting the cost of
a college education. We
administer a full range of
financial aid programs including
federal, state and University-based
aid. For more information on
scholarships and need-based aid, visit the website of
the Office of Financial Aid.
A Great Value
The Princeton Review and
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
magazine repeatedly name
Salisbury University among the
top 50 and 100, respectively,
“Best Value” public colleges in
the nation. SU is consistently one
of U.S. News & World Report’s
“Top Public Universities” in the
North, the highest-placing public
master’s level university in
Maryland. In addition, the
University ranks among
The Princeton Review’s
The Best Colleges and
The Best Northeastern Colleges.
Such accolades are a testament
to the University’s excellent, yet
affordable, education. What is Financial Aid?
Financial aid is any grant,
scholarship, loan or paid
employment offered to help a
student meet educational
expenses. Such aid is usually
provided by or through federal
and state agencies, foundations,
corporations, and colleges
and universities.
Grants and scholarships are
regarded as “gift” assistance and
do not need to be repaid,
although they may carry certain
provisions that must be followed.
Loans are usually offered at
low interest rates and can be
repaid over an extended period
after the student leaves the
institution.
Aid also is offered in the
form of jobs, where the student
is paid an hourly rate for work
performed.
The amounts and types of
financial aid that students receive
are determined through federal,
state and local guidelines, and
are offered to students in
combinations or “packages”
which are designed to fit the
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Academic Scholarships
Salisbury University is pleased to
recognize the accomplishments of
its most outstanding students
with academic scholarships. Each
year, the University awards more
than one million dollars in
scholarships to freshman
recipients who demonstrate
outstanding potential for college
success through their high school
performance and results on the
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)
or ACT.
Many of the scholarships are
from the Salisbury University
Foundation’s endowments for the
Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton
School of Liberal Arts, the Richard A. Henson School of
Science and Technology, the
Franklin P. Perdue School of
Business, the Samuel W. and
Marilyn C. Seidel School of
Education and Professional
Studies, and the Alan and Patti
Guerrieri Scholarship Fund.
The freshman application for
undergraduate admission serves
as the application for academic
scholarships. Following their
admission, scholarship recipients
are notified of academic awards.
Some scholars will be selected for
prestigious named scholarships
based on their academic
credentials, intended majors and
geographic regions. While those
scholars’ total awards reflect their
earlier notifications, they join a
select group of scholars
recognized by our faculty for
their academic achievement and
potential. The details of actual
funding sources for freshman
scholarship awards will be
provided at the conclusion of the
scholarship and financial aid
process in late spring. |
