Financial Aid at a Glance

Financial aid at a glance

2008-2009 Bluffton University financial aid information chart

FAFSA required?	Additional application?	Range of award	Is award renewable?	Source of additional application
Presidential Scholarship
no	no	full tuition	yes	N/A
Tuition Equalization Scholarship Program
no	no	$11,360	yes	N/A
Academic Distinction Scholarship
no	no	Tuition Equalization guarantee plus $1,000	yes	N/A
Academic Honors Scholarship
no	no	Tuition Equalization guarantee plus $2,000	yes	N/A
Bluffton Incentive Scholarship
no	no	$5,000 first year	yes, possible additional $500 each year	N/A
Leadership/Service Grant (LSG)
no	no	$4,500	yes	N/A
Minister/Missionary Family Grant
no	no	$1,000	yes	N/A
Church-College Scholarship
no	no	match up to $1,000; $1 for every $4 above $1,000, up to full tuition	yes	Admissions Office
Art Scholarship
no	portfolio	$1,000	yes	Admissions Office
Music Scholarship
no	audition	$1,000	yes	Admissions Office
Community Enrichment Scholarship Program
yes, to receive more than the minimum	yes	$3,000-full tuition	yes	Admissions Office, on-line
Transfer Scholarship
no	no	$5,000	yes	N/A
Transfer Honors Scholarship
no	no	$6,000	yes	N/A
Bluffton Opportunity Grant
yes	no	up to $13,200 need-based grant	yes	N/A
Learn and Earn (work program)
no	yes	$1,750 - $2,240	yes	Admissions office
Federal Perkins Loan
yes	no	varies by class year	yes	N/A
Federal Stafford Student Loan
yes	yes	varies by class year	yes	sent with your award letter
Federal Pell Grant
yes	no	up to $4,731	yes	N/A
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
yes	no	up to $1,200	yes	N/A
Federal Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
yes	no	first year - up to $750 second year - up to $1,300	yes	N/A
Federal Science & Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant)
yes	no	third year - up to $4,000 fourth year - up to $4,000	yes	N/A
Ohio College Opportunity Grant (OCOG) (Awarded to eligible students with initial college enrollment during or after 2006-07)
yes	no	$600 - $4,992	yes	N/A
Ohio Instructional Grant (OIG) (Awarded to eligible students with initial college enrollment prior to 2006-07)
yes	no	up to $5,466	yes	N/A
Ohio Student Choice Grant
no	no	$660	yes	N/A
Bluffton Out-of-State Grant
no	no	$660	yes	N/A