The award is no longer being offered, effective May 2025.
The award is no longer being offered, effective May 2025.
The award is no longer being offered, effective May 2025.
Partial tuition scholarships are available to students who are active duty law enforcement officers. Scholarship amounts vary as a function of tuition and the number of credits that you enroll in. Scholarships may not be combined with Monmouth University tuition remission benefits or Graduate Scholarships but may be combined with graduate assistantships and employer tuition reimbursement as long as the total funding does not exceed the cost of tuition and fees (fees do not include books). Scholarships are available during the fall, spring, and summer terms. All applicants for admission to the Criminal Justice program are evaluated for scholarship eligibility; students do not need to complete a separate scholarship application but may be asked to submit verification of employment. Scholarships are renewable for the duration of your enrollment, provided you maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 and remain employed as a law enforcement officer.
The Criminal Justice Scholarship has been discontinued for students entering master’s-level programs in Summer 2023 and beyond. Graduate students who began their enrollment prior to Summer Session A 2023 will continue to receive the scholarship that they are otherwise entitled to for the duration of their current academic program, provided they meet all eligibility requirements and maintain continuous enrollment.
Monmouth University has voluntarily entered into a Yellow Ribbon Agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The agreement is completed on an annual basis and includes the maximum number of students to be funded, the academic level of the students to be funded, and the maximum contribution by the University. The University’s contribution is matched by the VA. Students must be 100% eligible for Post 9/11 benefits to qualify for the Yellow Ribbon program. All interested students must complete the University’s online Yellow Ribbon Application. A Certificate of Eligibility and DD-214 are required from all students at least two weeks prior to the start of their first semester. The University provides funding for a total of forty (40) students, who may be either undergraduate or graduate students. Awards are made on a first come, first served basis and students are notified of their eligibility through a financial aid award letter. Students serving on active duty are not eligible for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students in the Yellow Ribbon Program are not eligible for other institutional grants or scholarships. For students attending a full academic year, Yellow Ribbon benefits are generally awarded in the spring semester after the Post 9/11 benefits have been exhausted. Awards are renewable, provided that the student remains enrolled as a full-time student, continues to meet the eligibility criteria specified by the VA, and meets the standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress for federal awards.
One-time awards of up to $3,000 are made to Monmouth University undergraduates who complete the baccalaureate degree and immediately start the master’s degree program. Students must be full-time graduate students (nine credits or more per semester). The Office of Graduate Admission will advise the Financial Aid Office of eligible recipients and there is no separate application process. Students may receive this award in addition to the Graduate Scholarship or a Graduate Assistantship, but the total of all institutional aid (e.g., scholarship, five year award, and assistantship) cannot exceed tuition and fees; the award may not be made in conjunction with tuition remission or tuition exchange. If the student has an assistantship during the academic year that covers all tuition and fee charges, then student may use the five year award for summer course work, as long as the total dollar value of the award does not exceed $3,000 in the fiscal year.
The Department of Athletics offers a limited number of grants-in-aid, frequently called athletics scholarships, to student-athletes who are graduate students and who have remaining eligibility as per National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) bylaws. These grants-in-aid are offered and renewed at the discretion of the head coach with the consent and approval of the Director of Athletics and the Director of Financial Aid, within the guidelines prescribed by Monmouth University and the NCAA. Grants-in-aid are made for the academic year; funding for summer course work is awarded at the discretion of the Director of Athletics. Graduate student athletes who receive an athletics scholarship must complete a Grant-In-Aid agreement, as prepared by the Department of Athletics. Student athletes are expected to fulfill their responsibilities for classroom attendance and completion of academic assignments or risk cancellation of their athletics aid; students who cease classroom attendance or participation in academically related activities before the end of the semester may be required to repay all or a portion of scholarship funds awarded for off-campus living expenses.
Through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, Congress created the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant program that provides grants of up to $4,000 per year (including the summer term), for a lifetime maximum of $8,000, to graduate students who intend to teach in a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves students from low-income families. In exchange for receiving a TEACH Grant, the student must agree to serve as a full-time teacher in a high-need field (e.g., bilingual education and English language acquisition, foreign language, mathematics, reading specialist, science, special education, or other identified teacher shortage areas) in a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves low-income students. As a recipient of a TEACH Grant, the student must teach for at least four academic years within eight calendar years of completing the program of study for which the TEACH grant was awarded.
IMPORTANT: If the student fails to complete this service obligation, all TEACH Grants will be converted to a federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan, which must be repaid to the U.S. Department of Education. The student will be charged interest from the date the grant(s) was disbursed.
Note: TEACH Grant recipients will be given a six-month grace period prior to entering repayment if a TEACH Grant is converted to a Direct Unsubsidized Loan.
To receive a TEACH Grant the student must meet the following criteria:
The Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) graduate program provides financial assistance and academic support for a small, select number of students. The objective of the program is to increase participation in graduate and professional study by New Jersey residents from backgrounds of historical economic disadvantage. Because funding is limited, students who received an EOF grant as an undergraduate (at Monmouth or any other New Jersey college or university) will be given priority consideration for a graduate EOF grant. They are presumed to have met the financial eligibility criteria for graduate EOF funding as long as they continue to demonstrate financial need according to federal methodology and meet all other eligibility criteria for the award. Students who did not receive EOF funding as an undergraduate are also eligible for consideration.
Graduate EOF grants at Monmouth range from $200 to $3,400 annually and are renewable provided that the student continues to meet the eligibility criteria. Individual award amounts are determined by the EOF Director, in conjunction with the Assistant Director of Financial Aid.
Interested students should contact the EOF Office at 732-571-3462 or by email at eof@monmouth.edu for additional information. It is important to note that students may only apply if they have not already received a graduate or professional degree at the same level of study for which they are intending to apply, and they cannot apply for an initial graduate grant in their last semester of enrollment in the graduate program.
The University offers a small number of annual and endowed scholarships to graduate students, which have been made possible through the generosity of friends of the University. All enrolled students receive consideration for these awards, and there is no student-initiated application process. The Financial Aid Office, except where stipulated by the donor, will select the candidate that most closely matches the donor-established criteria. (Note that students in the MSN program must complete the FAFSA and a scholarship application available from the School of Nursing and Health Studies. Scholarship recipients will be selected by the faculty of the School.) Scholarship recipients will be notified via the financial aid award letter.
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