Eligibility Requirements:

• Must meet Capella University admission requirements PDF.
• Must be a new student accepted into and enrolled in an eligible doctoral program at Capella University between May and December 2019. Former students reapplying to the university are also eligible.
• Maintain good academic standing (3.01.04 Academic Standing PDF) and/or good financial aid satisfactory academic progress (3.01.05 FASAP PDF).
• Must successfully pass your first course upon first attempt. Returning students must pass first course taken upon readmission to Capella.
• Must be a graduate of a Capella master's, MBA, or doctoral degree program.

How to Apply for the Scholarship:

1. Submit the Capella University online admission application. If you have already applied to Capella, skip this step.
2. Apply for the Capella Alumni Doctoral Scholarship.
3. Begin courses by Dec. 2, 2019.

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Scholarship Application Deadline:

Apply before your first course begins. Applications received after your first course begins will not be considered.

Scholarship Details:

• The scholarship can be applied only to an eligible doctoral program.
• The $12,500 scholarship will be applied to your Capella account equally over seven consecutive quarters ($1,787 per quarter) during the third week of each quarter.

• Recipients who do not remain enrolled through the first two weeks of the quarter will forfeit the award for that quarter.
• Recipients who change to an ineligible program, graduate, discontinue, or withdraw from Capella will have all future scholarship disbursements cancelled.
• In some circumstances, Capella quarterly tuition may be lower than a quarterly scholarship disbursement. In other cases, recipients may complete their programs before they receive all quarterly scholarship disbursements. Under no circumstances will recipients be eligible for cash payment or other compensation for the value of unused disbursements.
• Recipients who do not use the full scholarship award will not be eligible for a cash disbursement or any other compensation equal to the value of the scholarship award.
• Recipients of this scholarship are not eligible for other Capella grants, scholarships, or discounts in excess of 15%
• The scholarship may decrease the amount of financial aid funds available to the recipient.
• The scholarship is intended to address the cost of attendance, including but not limited to, tuition.
• Capella University and its affiliates’ (Strayer University, DevMountain, Hackbright Academy, and Strategic Education, Inc.) faculty and staff, their spouses, domestic partners, and dependent children are not eligible for the scholarship.

Questions?

Call an enrollment counselor at 1.866.739.7361 to learn more about this scholarship opportunity and explore Capella programs.

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