Completion Scholarship for
MD Community College Graduates

If you receive the Completion Scholarship, you will pay no more than $199 for every credit you attempt at UMGC—up to a total of 60 attempted credits—for a maximum of five calendar years from your first scholarship award. In total, you will pay $12,000 or less to complete your bachelor's degree, unless you need more than 60 attempted credits or if you do not complete your program within five calendar years. If you need more than 60 attempted credits at UMGC, or if you continue your coursework beyond the five-year maximum, you will be charged regular tuition and fees for those credits.

You can receive Completion Scholarship funds during the summer, fall, and spring terms.

Your scholarship award amount may be adjusted based on changes you make to your enrollment. You will receive additional scholarship funding if you add eligible courses. Any Completion Scholarship amount you receive for courses you withdraw from, fail, or otherwise do not earn credit for will remain applied to your account, but the award amount may be prorated based on your remaining balance due after other financial aid or tuition cost adjustments are complete. These credits still count toward your 60-credit maximum attempted credits allowed while receiving this scholarship, regardless of any award amount proration.

You will receive email communication from the Office of Financial Aid at the following times:

• When you first become eligible to begin receiving the Completion Scholarship
• When your scholarship is posted to your student account for each session in which you are enrolled

The Completion Scholarship is awarded to students based on active enrollment in courses. Because UMGC has multiple session start dates within each term, your Completion Scholarship award will be posted to your student account in the 10-day window prior to each session start date in which you are enrolled in eligible credits, not for the entire term in advance.

Once the scholarship has been credited to your account, there will be a balance on your account for each course that you take because the Completion Scholarship only covers a portion of your charges for each eligible course you take. This balance is your responsibility and if you do not pay it, you will be dropped from your selected courses. Remember, you also have the following payment options:

• UMGC's interest-free monthly payment plan
• Pay using financial aid if you submitted a FAFSA and received a financial aid offer; view your financial aid offer in the Financial Aid section of your MyUMGC student portal
• Pay out of pocket; estimate your costs by viewing our affordable tuition rates

If you owe a balance, please be sure to pay it as soon as possible. Not paying your balance will affect your ability to register for courses and receive the Completion Scholarship in future terms. Any unpaid balance may be sent to collections per UMGC institutional policy.

You can renew your Completion Scholarship award if you continue to meet the initial eligibility criteria and meet all the following continuing eligibility criteria:

• Meet the university's requirements for Satisfactory Academic Progress
• Maintain a term and cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better
• Have attempted fewer than 60 cumulative credits of coursework
• Are within the maximum five calendar year timeframe from the semester of your first Completion Scholarship disbursement
• Enroll in and complete at least 3 credits with a grade of C or better each fall and spring term; this enrollment must be continuous (you may not skip a fall or spring term if you wish you maintain eligibility for the Completion Scholarship)
• Continue to meet the university’s residency criteria for In-State (Maryland), Military, or Asia/Europe status.

You can earn the Completion Scholarship in the summer term, but it is not a required term for enrollment. However, if you choose to enroll in summer term courses, you must meet the eligibility criteria outlined above.

Please review this page for any updates regarding the Completion Scholarship award details, eligibility requirements, and renewal requirements.

Continuous Enrollment Requirement: Enrollment in the winter intersession is optional for Completion Scholarship recipients. Successfully completing a 3-credit course in the winter intersession does not meet the continuous enrollment requirement for the spring semester. To continue meeting the eligibility requirements for the Completion Scholarship, you must successfully complete at least 3 credits in each of the fall and spring semesters, regardless of your enrollment in the winter intersession.

Award Posting: Completion Scholarship awards for the winter intersession will be posted to your student account as anticipated aid prior to the start of the winter intersession, but will only disburse to your account once spring semester disbursements begin in January. Your winter intersession award will appear on your student account as “Completion Scholarship – Spring” due to the disbursement timing.

Disbursement: Disbursement of your winter intersession Completion Scholarship award is contingent upon your continued eligibility, based on your final fall semester grades and course completion. If you are no longer eligible for the Completion Scholarship after your final fall semester grades have posted, any winter Intersession Completion Scholarship funding will be canceled, and you will not be eligible to continue receiving the Completion Scholarship in subsequent semesters.

• You earned an associate's degree from a Maryland community college.
• You are admitted to UMGC as a degree-seeking student pursuing your first bachelor's degree and have earned no more than 12 credits at UMGC.
• You are a Maryland resident receiving the in-state tuition rate or an active-duty military servicemember.
• If you receive tuition assistance or remission: Your military Tuition Assistance or employer's tuition remission or assistance does not cover 100 percent of your tuition.
• If you are already enrolled: You meet UMGC's requirements for Satisfactory Academic Progress.
• If you are already enrolled: You are in good financial standing at UMGC.

You can renew your Completion Scholarship award if you continue to meet the initial eligibility criteria and meet all the following continuing eligibility criteria:

• Meet the university's requirements for Satisfactory Academic Progress
• Have completed less than 60 cumulative credits of coursework
• Maintain a term and cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better
• Enroll in and complete at least 3 credits with a grade of C or better each fall and spring term; this enrollment must be continuous

You can earn the Completion Scholarship in the summer term, but it is not a required term for enrollment. However, if you choose to enroll in summer term courses, you must meet the continuing eligibility criteria outlined above.