Two Current Student Scholarships are available during the fall and spring semesters (no summer funding is currently available). Students are eligible for funding if it is their second or later semester in the Master of Criminal Justice program.
Students interested in funding for the spring 2025 semester should submit a scholarship application letter to our administrator by March 1. Your essay should be, at most, two pages, double-spaced, and in size 12 font. The department’s Scholarship Committee will only review essays that are two pages or less.
In your letter, please address the following prompts:
- Describe your personal goals and accomplishments and your success in the Master of Criminal Justice program up until this point
- Share your plans for the future after earning an MCJ degree
- Explain how this scholarship will make a difference for you
- At the bottom of the letter, please share your current GPA
The department’s Scholarship Committee (consisting of three faculty members) will evaluate scholarship materials using a scoring rubric. Funding decisions are made by August and communicated to scholarship recipients shortly after that.