High-achieving students who transfer to North Park will earn up to 44 percent more in scholarship funds, under a new award structure that will likely boost enrollment in the coming years.
The Platinum scholarship, available to transfer students with a GPA of 3.5 or greater, increases to $13,000 from $9,000, a 44 percent increase; the Gold scholarship, for students with GPAs between 3.0-3.49, will increase to $9,500 from $7,500, a 26 percent increase; and the Silver award increases to $7,000 from $5,000, a 40 percent jump.
鈥淲e believe that these increases in scholarship funds will attract even more high-level students to our world-class institution,鈥� said Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing Anthony Scola. 鈥淓ven more students will be able to experience the life-changing benefits of a North Park education.鈥�
Nationally, the outcomes for students who transfer from two- to four-year colleges has improved in recent years. Of the 268,000 students who transferred from a community college to a four-year institution in 2017, about 42 percent of those went on to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.