Scholarships and Grants
Learn about available funds and how they’re disbursed.
Scholarships
Merit Scholarships
Muhlenberg offers generous merit scholarships, which range in amount from $30,000 to $46,000, for strong students.
Talent Scholarships
Muhlenberg has talent scholarships in art, dance, film, music, and theatre — even for students planning to major in another discipline.
Graduate and Continuing Education Scholarships
Learn about Muhlenberg’s scholarship opportunities for graduate students and adult bachelor’s degree students.
Grants
FAFSA Grant
Muhlenberg offers a $2,000 grant for students who complete the FAFSA that is renewable each academic year, as long as a FAFSA is filed.
Early Decision Grant
Muhlenberg offers a $2,000 grant, renewable for all four years, to students who apply and are admitted Early Decision.
Federal Pell Grant
This need-based grant is offered to students with exceptional financial need who make satisfactory academic progress and contribute to campus.
Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant
This federal grant is awarded to first-year students who receive a Federal Pell Grant and display the most financial need.
Muhlenberg College Grant
This need-based grant is offered to students with exceptional financial need who make satisfactory academic progress and contribute to campus.
State Grants
Learn about the Pennsylvania State Grant as well as options from other home states.
Grant and Scholarship Disbursement
Grant and scholarship funds are normally payable in two equal disbursements. The first half will be disbursed on the first day of the fall semester; the second half will be disbursed on the first day of the spring semester. Any delay created by missing documents required by the Office of Financial Aid will result in a delay in the disbursement of a student’s aid.
If a student’s billable charges have already been paid in full and the grant or scholarship creates a credit balance, the student accounts office will issue a refund to the student or the student can request through the student accounts office that the credit be applied toward the upcoming spring semester.
Outside scholarship information that is received by the Office of Financial Aid will be applied to the student’s aid offer, which can be viewed on their financial aid online portal. These funds will not display on the student’s semester statement in Workday or Nelnet until the physical funds are cashiered to the student’s account by the student accounts office.
