• Must meet Capella University admission requirements.
• Must be an eligible employee and provide proof of employment by census in your first course.
• Must be a new student (or former student reapplying to the university) accepted into and enrolled in the GuidedPath learning format at Capella University and start classes between November 2025 and April 2026.
• Additional eligibility requirements for former Capella students. To be considered a former student reapplying to the university and eligible for this offer, the student must not be currently enrolled in the university when reapplying, and must meet one of the four following criteria:
  • Graduate of a Capella certificate or a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree program in the GuidedPath or FlexPath learning format.
  • Inactive from the university for at least four consecutive quarters
  • Program of prior admittance to the university has been restaged or retired.
  • Applying to a program at a different degree level than program of prior admittance.
    
• Must maintain good academic standing (3.01.04 Academic Standing) and good financial aid satisfactory academic progress (3.01.05 FASAP) or the duration of the program.
• Must complete and submit the scholarship application form and provide proof of employment eligibility before 11:59 p.m. Central Time the day courses begin. ** 

How to Apply

1. Submit the Capella University online admission application. If you have already applied to Capella, skip this step.
2. Apply now for the $20K DNP Scholarship.
3. To start your program on November 3, December 1, 2025, January 12, February 9, March 9, or April 13, 2026, apply for the tuition discount before courses begin.

• Doctor of Nursing Practice, GuidedPath only

• The scholarship can be applied only to the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. The $20,000 will be applied to your Capella account during the third week of the quarter, disbursed equally over seven consecutive quarters ($2,858 per quarter).

• GuidedPath recipients who do not remain enrolled through the first two weeks of the quarter will forfeit the award for that quarter. Travel expenses for residencies, practicum, etc., are not covered by the scholarship.
• Recipients who change to an ineligible program, graduate, discontinue, or withdraw from Capella will have all future disbursements canceled.
• For students to continue to receive our scholarship benefits, they must remain in good academic standing. Read the details below.
  • Adhere to all applicable Capella University policies, including but not limited to academic standing (3.01.04 Academic Standing) and financial aid satisfactory academic progress (3.01.05 FASAP).
  • Students must successfully pass first course upon first attempt. Returning students must pass first course taken upon readmission to Capella.
• Under no circumstances will recipients be eligible for cash payment or other compensation for the value of the scholarship or any unused disbursements.
• The scholarship may decrease the amount of funding that can be offered from other sources, such as federal financial aid.
• The scholarship is intended to address the cost of attendance, including but not limited to, tuition. Books, supplies and other fees apply to the recipients’ programs and are not subject to this discount.
• Capella University and its affiliates, faculty and staff, their spouses, domestic partners and dependent children are not eligible for the scholarship.
• Recipients of the $20K DNP scholarship are not eligible for other Capella grants or scholarships, or discounts in excess of 15%, unless otherwise noted in the eligibility requirements of the additional applicable scholarship. This includes the Capella Tuition Cap. For eligible programs that have the Capella Tuition Cap available, upon completing the Capella Tuition Cap acknowledgement, if a recipient applies for this scholarship, such application will superseded the Capella Tuition Cap and recipient will forfeit tuition cap eligibility.

Questions?

Call an enrollment specialist at 1.888.227.9896 to learn more about this scholarship opportunity and to explore Capella programs.