Monmouth University New Jersey - Overview

Office of Undergraduate Admission offers academic awards of between $2,000 and $17,000 to incoming freshman and transfer students that qualify; awards are available only to students who are completing their first bachelor’s degree. These awards are based solely on a student’s prior academic performance, not on the basis of financial need. New freshman are evaluated based on their cumulative high school grade point average and their standardized test scores. Transfer students are awarded based on their cumulative college grade point average.

These awards are renewable for the entirety of the student’s undergraduate career, provided the student maintains full-time enrollment status (12 or more credits per semester) and a satisfactory level of academic progress. Student’s receiving the Incentive Grant are required to maintain a grade point average of at least 2.00; Academic Grant recipients must maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average; and Academic Excellence Scholarship recipients must maintain a minimum grade point average of at least 3.00. If a student’s cumulative grade point average falls below the specified minimum, the grant may be reduced or cancelled. Students will be granted an opportunity to appeal prior to any reduction or cancellation.

Transfer Science Scholarship
This award is given to all students who complete an AA, AS, or AAS degree at a New Jersey community college. Students must:
Earn at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA at their community college
Enroll as a full-time student within Monmouth’s School of Science

New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship (STARS) II
The NJ STARS II Program is a continuation of the NJ STARS Program that provides successful NJ STARS students at New Jersey county college with funding to transfer to a New Jersey four-year college/university to earn a bachelor’s degree. The NJ STARS II award is based on tuition only, except for Tuition Aid Grant (TAG) recipients who will receive awards based on tuition and approved fees. The amount of an NJSTARS II award is determined after all other state and federal grants and scholarships are applied and will not exceed $1,250 per semester. NJSTARS II awards are dependent upon annual state appropriations.

Law Enforcement Officer Memorial (LEOM) Scholarship
The Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Scholarship is a non-need based scholarship that benefits dependent children of New Jersey law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. LEOM cannot exceed the cost of attendance, less other scholarships, grants, benefits, and other assistance awarded to the recipient under the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority law. The value of the student’s scholarship may change dependent upon State appropriated funds, moneys available in the Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund, interest or other income earnings of the fund. The scholarship is renewable for up to four years (eight semesters). Students can download and submit this application, which must be received by October 1st of the academic year aid is requested for fall and spring terms, or received by March 1st of the academic year for which aid is requested for a spring term only. An application must be completed for each year the student would like to receive the scholarship.