Scholarships

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $10,000-$20,000

Eligibility:

These award amounts are for incoming freshmen starting in 2022-2023.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $20,000

Eligibility: Must be a National Merit Finalist. This award replaces the President, Dean, Faculty, or Trustee Scholarship.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $4,000–$8,000

Eligibility: Must be a current Taylor student. Award given to sophomores through seniors who are not President, Dean, Faculty, Trustee, Director, or Transfer Scholarship recipients and have a 3.5+ cumulative GPA.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: up to $17,000

Eligibility: Awarded to all transfer students who have taken at least one year of college credit after high school.

This academic scholarship is awarded in lieu of other academic scholarships. Scholarship is renewable each year with a cumulative 3.0 Taylor GPA.

These award amounts are for 2022-2023.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $1,000

Eligibility: This one-time scholarship is awarded to students who enroll full-time at Taylor University who have attended an eligible summer camp, academy, or conference on Taylor’s campus during high school and prior to senior year, and completed the required scholarship process while on-campus during the camp or conference.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: Varies

Eligibility: Must be accepted to Taylor and a declared Studio Art, Design, Illustration, Photography, Pre-Art Therapy, or Art Education major. Amount based on FAFSA.

Application Deadline: February 1

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: Varies

Eligibility: Must be accepted to Taylor and demonstrate an exceptional athletic ability. Awards given by each athletic team.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: Up to $2,000

Eligibility: All incoming students are eligible for the Christian Leadership and Service Scholarship, in recognition of their community involvement in high school and in expectation of the impact they will make on the Taylor community during their time on campus. 

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: Varies

Eligibility: Must be accepted to Taylor and demonstrate an exceptional journalism ability.

Application Deadline: April 1

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: Varies

Eligibility: Must be accepted to Taylor and demonstrate an exceptional music ability. An audition with the Music department is required.

Application Deadline: March 1

Description: Must be non-U.S. citizen. We believe these students will make distinct contributions and provide cultural enrichment as members and graduates of the Taylor community.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: Up to $10,000

Eligibility: Must be accepted to Taylor and demonstrate cultural diversity as described above; no additional application.

Description: Every student brings to campus a unique and personal set of experiences and perspectives. In particular, the contributions from an individual's cultural background or ethnic origin are important to the larger Taylor community. In keeping with its mission, the University desires to provide a program designed to recruit and retain students who are committed to diversity and have a passion for promoting awareness. We believe these students will make distinctive contributions and provide cultural enrichment as a member and graduate of the Taylor community. Applicants for this scholarship may be American ethnic students, Americans who have lived in another country for an extended period of time, or students intentionally engaged in a multi-ethnic community. Incoming students can apply once he/she has been accepted to Taylor University.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: Up to $3,000

Eligibility: Must be accepted to Taylor, demonstrate cultural diversity as indicated above, complete the application and complete scholarship interview.

Priority Deadline: February 1

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $7,000

Eligibility: Must be an Indiana resident, full-time student majoring in Education, eligible for need-based aid, and have a personal relationship with Christ.

Application Deadline: February 1

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $2,000–$10,000

Eligibility: Must be a full-time student; a resident of Adams or Wells Counties in Indiana; maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; and give evidence of strong Christian leadership and character.

Application Deadline: February 1

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: Up to $9,000

Eligibility: Must be an Indiana resident, full-time student pursuing a business degree, eligible for need-based aid, and have a personal relationship with Christ.

Application Deadline: February 1

Description: Young Life is a global Christian ministry. The mission of Young Life is to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith. Young Life leaders go where kids are—from the school lunchroom to sporting events to college campuses—for the purpose of building personal relationships with them. With over 5,000 employees and a network of 38,000 volunteers, Young Life works in communities around the world to reach every kid with the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $2,500 to $10,000 per year

Eligibility: Awarded to dependents of Young Life employees ($5,000 to $10,000) or a student who participated in Young Life during high school or now serves as a Young Life volunteer ($2,500 to $5,000), who has a minimum GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale and enrolls full-time as first-time students at Taylor University.

The scholarship is renewable for dependents of Young Life employees. If the student is not a dependent of a Young Life employee but volunteers with Young Life, the scholarship is renewable if the student provides a note from a Young Life staff member that they have volunteered at a local club or during the summer at a Young Life camp.

Ask your Admissions Counselor for more details.

Description: Mr. Austin E. Knowlton, also known as “Dutch”, was the owner and Chairman of the Knowlton Construction Company, an organization started in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 1937 and whose predecessors dated back to 1906. Mr. Knowlton, through his company, was responsible for over 600 major and significant construction projects throughout Ohio and the Midwest, including school buildings, hospitals, libraries and post offices. His friendship with Taylor University President Milo Rediger was transformative, as it led to the construction of seven major Taylor campus buildings over the course of 20 years.

Mr. Knowlton was a 1927 graduate of Bellefontaine High School in Logan County, Ohio and The Ohio State University, class of 1931, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering. He became an avid sportsman with a 50-year interest in saddle bred horses, an original founding partnership of the Cincinnati Bengals where he served as Chairman, a major ownership interest for many years in the Cincinnati Reds, and a trusteeship of the Little Brown Jug Society for harness racing in Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Knowlton also was a leading philanthropist with The Ohio State School of Architecture named in his honor.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $5,000

Eligibility: Awarded to a resident of Ohio who graduated from a high school in Ohio, and is interested in majoring in a STEM related field. No separate application needed, recipient will be selected by the Admissions/Financial Aid Office in March.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: Varies

Eligibility: Most reserved for full-time upperclassmen. No application required. Additional eligibility requirements may be applicable for each scholarship, such as a completed FAFSA form.

Description: The Halbrook Family Foundation affirms its desire to advance the mission of Taylor University to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ’s redemptive love and truth to a world in need. That mission, it believes, can only be truly advanced over time by a free people competing in free markets, unfettered by government in the practice of their faith and in pursuit of their God-given potential. For that reason, it has chosen to establish the Halbrook Freedom Scholarship to inspire and encourage Taylor students of deep Christian beliefs to grasp the essentiality of, and strive to uphold, the enduring principles of the United States of America. In so doing, these recipients will bequeath to the future a way of life that has made this country the most prosperous and generous in human history. There is a special, though not exclusive, interest in helping students interested in entrepreneurship, education, media, and government.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $5,000 per year (renewable)

Eligibility: You must have filed the FAFSA and be accepted to Taylor University prior to applying.

Application Deadline: February 1

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $3,000

Eligibility: Awarded to transfer students who are members of Phi Theta Kappa/American Honors Society.

Type of Aid: Scholarship

Amount: $1,000 per year

Eligibility: Awarded to Summit students who enroll full-time as first-time students at Taylor University. Attendance is required during the summer prior to senior year in high school.

Ask your Admissions Counselor for more details.