Xavier University alumni get 25% off grad school tuition with new scholarship

Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati Enquirer
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A new scholarship at Xavier University will cover 25% of graduate school tuition for alumni, officials announced Wednesday.

Xavier University is a Jesuit, Catholic university located in Cincinnati's Evanston neighborhood. It serves more than 6,600 students, less than a quarter of which are masters and doctoral students. Officials said there are more than 80,000 Xavier alumni.

The Loyal Musketeer Scholarship will become available to all graduating students and alumni in fall 2022, according to a Wednesday news release. No application is needed. It covers 25% of graduate school tuition rates for most programs. All Xavier alumni who enroll in a graduate degree program at Xavier are eligible.

New Xavier University President Colleen Hanyzc converses with students during a reception at the Gallagher Student Center on the Xavier University campus in Cincinnati's Evanston neighborhood in the fall of 2021.
New Xavier University President Colleen Hanyzc converses with students during a reception at the Gallagher Student Center on the Xavier University campus in Cincinnati's Evanston neighborhood in the fall of 2021.

“With the launch of the Loyal Musketeer Scholarship, we strengthen Xavier’s deep commitment to our community’s personal and professional growth,” president Colleen Hanycz said. Hanycz is new to the university this school year and serves as Xavier's first woman and first layperson president. “Our actions must drive greater opportunity at every turn for our Musketeers, and paving additional pathways for our alumni to continue their education is a core part of that mission.”

The scholarship applies to graduate degree-seeking students for both part-time and full-time enrollment, with a minimum of 6 credit hours per semester.

The following graduate programs are eligible for the Loyal Musketeer Scholarship:

  • Accountancy (MS).

  • Adolescence to young adult (secondary education MEd).

  • Athletic training (MS).

  • Business administration (MBA).

  • Business administration – online (MBA).

  • Clinical mental health counseling (MA).

  • Criminal justice – online (MS).

  • Customer analytics (MS).

  • Educational administration (MEd).

  • Executive master's in health services administration – online (MHSA).

  • Family nurse practitioner – online (MSN).

  • Forensic nursing – online (MSN).

  • Health services administration (MHSA).

  • History or English education (MA).

  • Montessori education – online (MEd).

  • Multicultural literature (MEd).

  • Nursing (MSN).

  • Nursing education – online (MSN).

  • Nursing/criminal justice – online (MSN/MS dual degree).

  • Occupational therapy doctorate (OTD).

  • Population health nursing - online (DNP).

  • Primary education (elementary MEd).

  • Reading specialist (MEd).

  • School counseling (MA).

  • Social work (MSW).

  • Special education – online (MEd/MSEd).

  • Sport administration.

  • Teaching English to speakers of other languages (MEd in TESOL).

  • Theology (MA).

More information on the scholarship is available on Xavier University's website.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: New Xavier University scholarship helps alumni go to grad school