Neumont Scholarships and Grants
Neumont offers a variety of grants and scholarships to help reduce the cost of attendance for incoming, first-year students. Individual scholarship rates vary by student depending on academic achievement, need, prior degree(s) earned, and residency at the time of application.
Applying for Scholarships
To apply for Neumont grants and scholarships, incoming students must complete the Neumont Application for Admission and provide any additional information noted in the description of each grant or scholarship. Additional materials that are required must be received (in their entirety) before the published deadline(s). For a description of admission deadlines, contact the Office of Admissions.
There are several types of Neumont grants and scholarships:
- Merit-based scholarships are available to students who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance in high school or college.
- Need-based grants are available to students with demonstrated financial need, as indicated by the student’s Expected Family Contribution (EFC) calculated on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Utah resident grants are available to students who meet specific Utah residency requirements.
- Service scholarships are available to students who have made significant contributions to their community through full-time service organizations or the U.S. military.
- Women in Technology scholarships are available to encourage female candidates to study the computer sciences and further expand the STEM opportunities.
- Transfer scholarships are available to students who have earned an associate or bachelor's degree from an accredited institution prior to attending Neumont.
- Matching scholarships are available to incoming freshman students who have been awarded a scholarship by another organization, such as a philanthropic organization or foundation.
- Alumni Grants are available to immediate family members of a Neumont graduate.
All Neumont grants and scholarships are governed by the following rules:
- Grants and scholarships are available to students attending at least half-time (six or more credits per quarter). Any student who drops below half-time status may forfeit their grant or scholarship. Exceptions may be considered for students with unexpected family or health events, or students withdrawing or deferring enrollment for full-time humanitarian, community, military, or religious service.
- Grant and scholarship awards may expire at the end of the standard degree program duration. The clock for the standard enrollment period begins on a student's first day of class and expires at the conclusion of the twelfth quarter for all programs.
- Grants and scholarships are typically only awarded at the time of initial acceptance to the College. All decisions are final.
- Grants and scholarships are subject to cancellation on delinquent accounts.
In addition to scholarship specific requirements, all grants and scholarships are subject to forfeiture for:
- Poor academic performance
- Judicial infractions, including academic misconduct
- Delinquent student accounts
- Withdrawal from continuous enrollment
- Failure to meet cumulative grade point average (cGPA) requirements
Undergraduate Scholarships and Grants
The following scholarships and grants are offered to new students entering in the Fall of 2024. Amounts may vary depending on the duration of enrollment.
Neumont Merit Scholarships
Merit-based scholarships are awarded to first-time, entering students who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance in high school or college. Prospective students who would like to be considered for any Neumont merit scholarship should:
- Complete Neumont’s Application for Admission
- Submit high school transcripts
- Submit college or other post-secondary education transcripts (if applicable)
- Submit an official standardized test score (ACT or SAT). Significant work experience may be counted in lieu of a standardized test score.
Merit scholarships are applied to quarterly tuition costs and awarded for each academic year. An academic year is defined as three quarters (nine months).
Merit scholarship recipients must maintain a cGPA of 3.25 or higher. Students whose cGPA drops below 3.25 in an academic year will forfeit their merit scholarship in the next academic year, as described in the Grant and Scholarship Forfeiture section of this catalog.
In addition, merit scholarship recipients must maintain at least half-time enrollment and abide by student conduct standards, as outlined in the current edition of the Student Handbook.
There are two types of merit-based scholarships:
Presidential Scholarship
Neumont reserves Presidential Scholarships for the most academically accomplished applicants.
Selected applicants are awarded either a 100% or 50% tuition scholarship for the entire degree program. 100% Presidential Scholarship recipients may not receive any other Neumont scholarship or grant (Achievement, Access, Transfer, Utah Resident, Women in Technology, or Service) except the Outside Scholarship Match.
Achievement Scholarship
To encourage the enrollment of highly-qualified students who demonstrate outstanding academic aptitude, Neumont awards Achievement scholarships in the following tiers:
- $20,400 for the entire program ($1,700 per quarter)
- $18,000 for the entire program ($1,500 per quarter)
- $15,600 for the entire program ($1,300 per quarter)
- $15,000 for the entire program ($1,250 per quarter)
- $12,000 for the entire program ($1,000 per quarter)
- $9,000 for the entire program ($750 per quarter)
Students may be awarded beyond the entire program total and twelve quarters if graduation date exceeds that time frame.
Neumont Need-Based Grants and Scholarships
Neumont's need-based grants are awarded to first-time, entering students who have demonstrated financial need. They are designed to assist students and their families, regardless of academic performance. Amounts below may vary depending on the duration of enrollment.
Access Grant
Neumont awards Access Grants of $6,000 for the entire program ($500 per quarter). Need is determined by the student’s Expected Family Contribution (EFC) calculated on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Access Grants are applied to quarterly tuition costs and awarded for each academic year. An academic year is defined as three quarters (nine months).
Annual renewal of Access Grants is not automatic. Students must reapply and submit a new FAFSA each calendar year. Depending upon calculated need in subsequent years, Access Grant awards may vary from one academic year to the next. Factors that are used in determining the annual Access Grant award include family income, assets, household size, and number of family members in college, as declared on the FAFSA.
Prospective students who would like to be considered for an Access Grant should:
- Complete Neumont’s Application for Admission
- Complete the FAFSA
- Complete Neumont’s Financial Aid Application
Access Grant recipients must maintain a cGPA of 2.50 or higher. Students who forfeit grant eligibility in an academic year due to inadequate cGPA will forfeit their Access Grant for the next academic year, as described in the Scholarship Forfeiture section of this Catalog. In addition, Access Grant recipients must maintain at least half-time enrollment status (six or more credits) and abide by student conduct standards, as outlined in the current edition of the Student Handbook.
Other Scholarships and Grants
Neumont has a variety of other scholarships and grants to assist students in further reducing the cost of their education. These benefits are based on previous education, gender, full-time service in the military or with a religious organization, Utah residency, and utilizing outside awards at Neumont.
Transfer Scholarship
To encourage the enrollment of highly qualified transfer students, Neumont awards transfer students who have earned an associate or bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a cGPA of 2.50 or higher, a transfer scholarship of $1,000 per academic quarter.
Women in Technology Scholarship
To encourage more women to study the computer sciences, this $12,000 ($1,000 per quarter) scholarship is awarded to qualified entering freshmen. All freshmen applicants who are indicated as female on the Admissions Application, are automatically considered for this scholarship. No separate application is required.
Service Scholarship
To recognize students who have made significant contributions to their community, this $12,000 ($1,000 per quarter) award is offered to entering freshmen who have served at least eighteen months in an organized, full-time community service organization or military capacity. The student must submit official proof of service for consideration.
Neumont Utah Resident Grant
To encourage the enrollment of highly-qualified Utah students, Neumont awards Utah Resident Grants to full-time students who have graduated from a Utah high school and are residents of the State. The grant provides a total available of $36,000 ($9,000 per academic year).
Eligible students must meet the following qualifications:
- Graduation from a Utah high school, as evidenced by the presentation of a diploma awarded by a Utah high school.
- Utah high school graduates who did not live in the state of Utah in the twelve months prior to the first of day of classes are not eligible for this grant. Exceptions may include students who meet the qualifications to be considered Utah residents, but were living outside of Utah, as a result of full-time humanitarian, community, military, or religious service.
- Only first-time applicants meeting the residency requirements are eligible for the Utah Resident Grant.
While there are no cGPA requirements for the Neumont Utah Resident Grant, recipients will be required to maintain at least half-time enrollment status (six or more credits) and must abide by student conduct standards, as outlined in the current edition of the Student Handbook.
Neumont Outside Scholarship Match
To encourage the attendance of students who have been awarded a scholarship by a private sector company, philanthropic organization, or foundation, Neumont will match up to $5,000 of the award in the first academic year (three quarters.) Outside scholarships exclude any federal or state government scholarship or grant programs, such as the Pell Grant or Post-9/11 GI Bill® grants, as well as any Neumont scholarships.
Grant and Scholarship Forfeiture
Students will forfeit their grant or scholarship award in a given academic year for one or more of the following reasons:
- Their cGPA falls below the specified level for the grant or scholarship and they have exhausted their grant or scholarship probation period.
- They drop below half-time enrollment, which is defined as six credits or more. Students may petition the VP of Student Affairs to maintain grants or scholarships when exceptional circumstances require less than half-time enrollment. Any exceptions must be approved by the VP of Student Affairs in writing.
- They have violated other Neumont standards, as outlined in the current edition of the Student Handbook and other publications referenced in the handbook—such as Housing Rules and Regulations, Acceptable Use Policy, and course syllabi.
- Forfeiture of grant or scholarship awards is at the discretion of the Student Conduct Administrator.
- Forfeiture of grant or scholarship may occur as a consequence of a first or subsequent offense—depending on the severity and nature of the offense.
- The period of grant or scholarship ineligibility may range from one quarter to the duration of a student’s enrollment at Neumont.
- Forfeiture of grant or scholarship awards may occur when a student withdraws prior to midpoint of the quarter.
Undergraduate Grant and Scholarship Re-instatement Guidelines
- Students who forfeit their Achievement, Presidential, or Access Grant due to an inadequate cGPA in a given quarter are provided a grant or scholarship probationary period for the remaining quarters of the academic year (an academic year is three quarters). For example, if a student’s cGPA falls below the requirement for a Neumont grant or scholarship in the first quarter of the academic year, they will maintain that grant or scholarship for the remaining two quarters of the academic year.
- If, at the end of the academic year, the student’s cGPA remains below the grant or scholarship requirement, the grant or scholarship is lost for the following academic year.
- Students who forfeit a grant or scholarship due to inadequate cGPA during their standard enrollment period may be eligible for grant or scholarship reinstatement in the next academic year if they meet or exceed the minimum grant or scholarship cGPA requirement by the start of the next academic year. Any student who has regained the required cGPA during an academic year may request a re-evaluation of their cGPA by the registrar.
- Reinstated grants or scholarships are awarded for subsequent quarters, but are not awarded retroactively.
- Grants or scholarships lost due to a violation of Neumont standards resume in the quarter after completion of a grant or scholarship ineligibility period, as determined by the student conduct administrator.
Graduate Scholarships and Grants
Applying for the Alumni Grant
To apply for Neumont grants and scholarships, incoming students must complete the Neumont Application for Admission and provide any additional information noted in the description of each grant or scholarship. Additional materials that are required must be received (in their entirety) before the published deadline(s). For a description of admission deadlines, contact the Office of Admissions.
The Alumni Grant is offered to Neumont College of Computer Science Bachelor graduates. The award is paid per quarter in the amount of up to 375.
All Neumont grants and scholarships are governed by the following rules:
- Grants and scholarships are available to students attending at least half-time (six or more credits per quarter). Any student who drops below half-time status may forfeit their grant or scholarship. Exceptions may be considered for students with unexpected family or health events, or students withdrawing or deferring enrollment for full-time humanitarian, community, military, or religious service.
- Grant and scholarship awards may expire at the end of the standard degree program duration. The clock for the standard enrollment period begins on a student's first day of class and expires at the conclusion of the sixth quarter.
- Grants and scholarships are typically only awarded at the time of initial acceptance to the College. All decisions are final.
- Grants and scholarships are subject to cancellation on delinquent accounts.
In addition to scholarship specific requirements, all grants and scholarships are subject to forfeiture for:
- Poor academic performance
- Judicial infractions, including academic misconduct
- Delinquent student accounts
- Withdrawal from continuous enrollment
Alternative Financing Programs
For our Graduate Program, Neumont students may apply for alternative loans to cover authorized educational expenses. Eligibility criteria, loan limits, interest rates, and repayment terms may vary from one program or lender to the next.
A listing of all alternative loan lenders used by Neumont students in the past three to five years is indicated below. You can find information about interest rates, fees, repayment terms, and application instructions by visiting the lender websites:
Neumont does not endorse any specific lender and the student is free to borrow from any participating lender. Be sure to compare benefits and select the program that best fits your borrowing needs.
If a student has exhausted all other sources of private aid they may apply for a college-funded loan, which is serviced by an independent company called Tuition Options. These loans are not guaranteed by the federal government and may be subject to credit approval as well as consideration of additional factors including the availability of funds and the academic qualifications of the applicant.
More information about alternative loan programs may be obtained by contacting the Office of Financial Aid.
Grant and Scholarship Forfeiture
Students will forfeit their grant or scholarship award in a given academic year for one or more of the following reasons:
- They drop below half-time enrollment, which is defined as six credits or more. Students may petition the VP of Student Affairs to maintain grants or scholarships when exceptional circumstances require less than half-time enrollment. Any exceptions must be approved by the VP of Student Affairs in writing.
- They have violated other Neumont standards, as outlined in the current edition of the Student Handbook and other publications referenced in the handbook—such as Acceptable Use Policy, and course syllabi.
- Forfeiture of grant or scholarship awards is at the discretion of the Student Conduct Administrator.
- Forfeiture of grant or scholarship may occur as a consequence of a first or subsequent offense—depending on the severity and nature of the offense.
- The period of grant or scholarship ineligibility may range from one quarter to the duration of a student’s enrollment at Neumont.
- Forfeiture of grant or scholarship awards may occur when a student withdraws prior to midpoint of the quarter.