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Student Financial Planning

Merit Scholarships

Incoming New Students

Carthage administers an aggressive merit scholarship program. These awards are made at the time of admission without regard to financial need. Several of these scholarships are competitive and require a special application, while others are awarded automatically. They are based upon demonstrated academic achievement to date and potential to succeed. Available for up to four years of continuous, full-time undergraduate enrollment, each requires maintenance of a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) at the end of each spring semester as shown below:

Go to the Admissions scholarship page for more information about these scholarships.

Academic Honors Scholarship2.75
Alumni Grant 2.00
Art Scholarship 2.00
Badger Boys/Girls State Scholarship 2.50
Bridges Scholarship 2.25
Carthage Grant 2.00
Clausen Scholarship 3.25
Deans Scholarship 2.50
ELCA Grant 2.00
Faculty Scholarship 2.50
Founders Scholarship 2.75
Hay Scholarship 3.25
Highest Honors Scholarship 3.00
Kenosha Police/Fire Scholarship 2.00
Lincoln Scholarship 3.25
Math/Science Scholarship 3.00
Ministerial Grant 2.00
Modern Language Scholarship 3.00
Multicultural Grant 2.00
Music Scholarship 2.00
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship 2.75
Presidential Scholarship 2.75
Ruud Scholarship 3.25
Sibling Grant* 2.00
Spring Scholarship 3.00
Springfield Scholarship 2.75
Theatre Scholarship 2.00
Transfer Scholarship 3.00
Tri-County Grant 2.00

* To receive this grant, both students must be enrolled full-time.

At the end of each fall term, the cumulative grade point average is reviewed for continued scholarship eligibility (Satisfactory Academic Progress).

Continuing Students

Carthage offers continuing students an opportunity to compete for merit awards, such as Heritage Scholarships, Departmental Honors, Service Fellowships and selected endowed scholarships. These require faculty recommendation and may have additional stipulations as developed by the department donor.

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)

At the end of each fall term, the cumulative grade point average (GPA) is reviewed for continued scholarship eligibility. Students wanting to have J-Term grades taken into consideration must submit a written request to the Carthage Office of Student Financial Planning prior to the first day of J-Term classes. Warning letters are sent to those students who are currently not meeting their scholarship terms and the spring term is considered as probationary. At the end of each spring term, the cumulative GPA is reviewed for all students to determine renewal of the scholarship(s).

If the student's cumulative GPA leads to the termination of the scholarship, the student may submit a written appeal to the Carthage Office of Student Financial Planning Committee and/or enroll in Summer classes at Carthage to improve the student's cumulative GPA.