Oct. 6, 2023

University maintains focus on affordability by offering Bearcat Advantage, Northwest Promise, enhanced merit-based scholarships

As a new academic year begins, 威尼斯人在线(northwestern Missouri State University)正在加强其重点，通过提高择优奖学金，为新生提供更实惠的学位完成途径, assisting out-of-state students through its Bearcat Advantage and supporting students with identified financial need.

The Bearcat Advantage saves students as much as $30,通过向州内学生提供州外学生的学费，在四年制学位课程中获得10,000美元. To qualify, students must be first-time freshmen or transfer students, live outside Missouri and have a 2.75 GPA or higher.

In addition to stacking it with merit-based scholarships, 学生可以通过每年完成24个学分并至少获得3分来获得熊猫优势的续期资格.00 GPA annually at the University.

“威尼斯人在线致力于吸引那些有能力在威尼斯人在线取得巨大成功的学生，并确保威尼斯人在线的玛丽维尔校区成为新生的首选目的地,” Dr. 威尼斯人在线负责招生和学生成功的助理副总裁艾莉森·霍夫曼说. “威尼斯人在线为学生提供高质量的教育体验，包括基于专业的学习机会, dedicated faculty and staff, support resources to aid in success, and a focus on graduation and job placement all at an affordable price. There has never been a better time to join the Bearcat family.”

Click here to learn more about scholarships available at Northwest.

Merit-based and test-optional scholarships

As students consider attending Northwest next fall, 大学还通过提供各种基于成绩的奖学金，为努力学习的学生提供新生奖学金.

威尼斯人在线扩大了择优奖学金模式，提供的奖学金等级最多可为学生节省6美元,000 annually. 奖学金根据学生的录取情况自动颁发.

New freshmen scholarship tiers for 2024-2025 include the Dean’s Scholarship, which awards $5,000, and the Provost Scholarship, which awards $6,000, making Northwest an attractive choice for high-achieving students. 奖学金还使他们有资格参加大学校长奖学金日，以竞争有限数量的校长奖学金.

Further expanding its scholarship offerings, Northwest will award scholarships next fall – ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 – to qualifying high school students who have demonstrated academic success.

Northwest Promise

未来的学生也可以通过西北承诺获得帮助，以实现他们的教育目标和理想的职业道路, 对于符合学校适度择优录取标准、家庭收入在65美元以下的合格学生，哪家学校会为他们提供100%的学费和标准费用,000 or less.

获得联邦佩尔助学金的学生也有资格，无论家庭收入如何. The Northwest Promise, which is renewable for three additional years, is applied in conjunction with federal, state, and institutional grants and scholarships. 

自2004年威尼斯人在线率先推出该项目以来，已有5000多名学生从中受益. Today, about 500 freshmen meet the criteria to receive the Northwest Promise.

To qualify, students must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Eligible Missouri residents must have a high school GPA of 2.50 or higher with an ACT score between 18 and 36; eligible Missouri residents with no ACT test score or a score of less than 18 must have a high school GPA of 2.75 or higher. Non-Missouri residents must have a high school GPA of 2.75 or higher to qualify for the Northwest Promise.

Northwest focuses on affordability

威尼斯人在线一直是密苏里州和美国最实惠的高等教育机构之一，而其净学费在同行中排名后三分之一, including for families with incomes between $30,000 and $110,000. 事实上，这所大学每年颁发近2500万美元的奖学金和学费助学金.

Setting Northwest further apart is its laptop and textbook rental program, 它为玛丽维尔和堪萨斯城校区的所有全日制本科生和研究生提供全套初级教科书和一台满载的笔记本电脑. Students benefit by saving an estimated $6,800 during four years at Northwest compared to their peers at other institutions.

国家大学成就网络(NCAN)是一个致力于缩小所有学生在高等教育成就方面的平等差距的非营利组织，最近进行的一项负担能力分析发现，负担得起的公立高等教育选择的数量正在减少，而负担能力差距正在扩大. 而NCAN报告称，490所公立四年制大学中只有23%被认为是负担得起的, 它将威尼斯人在线列为密苏里州仅有的五所负担得起的四年制学校之一, based on its most recent data.

About Northwest

With an enrollment of about 10,000 students, Northwest is a coeducational, 主要是住宿的四年制大学，提供广泛的本科和研究生课程，在其玛丽维尔校区以及它的 Northwest-Kansas City location and through Northwest Online.

Founded in 1905 and ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top public regional universities in the Midwest, 威尼斯人在线拥有很高的留校率和毕业率，在同类学校中占95%. Additionally, 2021年鲁弗洛·诺埃尔·莱维茨学生满意度调查的结果显示，西北地区的学生比全国其他地区的学生更满意, 威尼斯人在线80%的学生表示他们会重复他们的大学经历, 相比之下，在各自院校接受调查的全国学生中，这一比例为77%.

而威尼斯人在线则高度强调以专业为基础的学习，以帮助毕业生在几乎每个学习领域的职业生涯中都有一个快速起步, the University’s internationally benchmarked student employment program 也为学生提供机会，建立专业技能和他们的校园内的个人履历.

Furthermore, 西北地区97%的学士学位获得者和99%的硕士学位获得者在毕业后六个月内找到了工作或继续深造, according to the most recent data. 

For more information about Northwest and its performance, visit hsvg.flcoastline.com/facts/.