Undergraduate
Costs & Aid

Naropa Scholarship Application Deadline

For scholarships that require an application the deadline is April 1st, unless otherwise noted

Undergraduate Scholarships

Find a complete list of scholarships available to undergraduates on our Undergraduate Scholarships page.

Scholarship Requirements

Naropa Academic & Transfer Scholarships

• Academic Scholarships
  • Academic scholarships are awarded to new, entering undergraduate students who will be enrolled full-time. Awards are based on a student’s cumulative GPA. No additional materials are required in order to be considered, however, the financial aid application (FAFSA or International Financial Aid Application) is required.
• Transfer Scholarships

  • To qualify you must have completed 12 or more semester credits post high school and have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better and have a completed aid application on file. You may be eligible for a higher value academic scholarship dependent on GPA. The transfer scholarship cannot be combined with other academic scholarships.

For additional information on the Academic or Transfer scholarships please review our Undergraduate Scholarships page.

Naropa Application & Nomination Scholarships

To be considered for Naropa’s Application and Nomination scholarships, students must meet the following criteria by the scholarship deadline:

• Be admitted into a degree program
• Be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours each semester
• Students must be enrolled full-time for both fall and spring 
• Have a cumulative 3.0 GPA (continuing students only)
• Have a complete financial aid application on file (FAFSA or International Financial Aid Application), unless otherwise stated in the scholarship description
• The 2024-2025 FAFSA is considered complete when the application contains complete 2022 tax information and any outstanding items have been resolved.

Additional Information

• Scholarships range from $500 to $10,000/academic year
• Receiving more than one institutional scholarship could affect your eligibility for, or the amounts of other forms of aid, including scholarship awards

Naropa Grant

Federal Pell Grant

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)

Colorado State Grant

Work-Study

Students with a work-study award can apply for a work-study employment position through the university (on-campus, remote, or hybrid) or through one of our approved off-campus work-study sites as part of the community work-study program.  Students can work 5 to 20 hours per week. Students are paid twice per month. Earnings are paid to the student and are subject to taxation. Students must demonstrate financial need to be eligible for work-study. Receiving a work-study award is not a guarantee of employment.

The Resident Assistant position does not require students demonstrate financial need. This position requires a student live in University Housing for which a partial housing scholarship is given. This is a 15-hour-per-week position in which students are paid twice per month. Please note that receiving more than one institutional form of aid (including the RA position) could affect your eligibility for, or the amounts of, other forms of aid, including scholarship awards. If you are awarded an RA position and you have already requested the maximum in the Grad/Parent PLUS Loan, we will need to reduce the Grad/Parent PLUS Loan to make room for the RA position payment and housing scholarship. If the application is open, it can be found via the work-study positions link below.

View and apply for work-study positions

Community Work-Study

Naropa employs a small percentage of students at the following nonprofit organizations in the Boulder area through the community work-study program:

• Boulder Day Nursery

Community work-study is a great opportunity to be of service to the community and work with children and adults in tutoring, counseling, and teaching. You must be eligible for work-study and be a United States citizen to hold a work-study job at a community work-study site.

View and apply for community work-study jobs

How to Apply for a Community Work-Study Job

• Contact the site/organization directly to inquire about available jobs and the application process
• If the site selects you for a position, students must also complete Naropa’s employment application and new hire process:
  • Background check release and authorization
  • New hire paperwork
• Once you’ve completed the above listed forms, take them to Human Resources along with your work authorization documents noted on the third page of the I-9 Form
• Common forms of identification include passport, driver’s license, and social security card or birth certificate. These documents need to be presented to Human Resources within 3 business days of your first day of work
  • Human Resources is located at 1630 N 63rd St, Boulder, CO 80301
  • Phone: 303-245-4700
  • humanresources@naropa.edu
• If the site/organization selects you for a position and you have successfully completed Naropa’s new hire process, Student Financial Services will contact your site supervisor to confirm you can start working in your position

Naropa Student Employment (NSEP)

Naropa Student Employment is a form of employment with the University. NSEP is a university-funded form of financial aid that allows international students to work on-campus and earn a semi-monthly paycheck. Student employment earnings are not applied to a student’s tuition bill. NSEP is awarded to international students who demonstrate high financial need. Receiving an NSEP award is not a guarantee of employment. Open Naropa Student Employment positions are posted on Naropa’s employment webpage.

Federal Direct Loans

• Interest Rates change each academic year*
• Origination Fee adjusts for each calendar year.
• Grace Period: 6 months
  This means that once a student has stopped attending at at least 6 credit hours, they have 6 months before they are required to begin repaying their loans.
• Subsidized loan—interest is subsidized by the federal government while student is enrolled in at least 6 credits per semester

Lending Limits—Dependent Students

Lending Limits—Independent Students

Parent Plus Loan

• Interest Rates change each academic year*
• Origination Fee adjusts for each calendar year.
• Parents can borrow up to a student’s cost of attendance minus other forms of aid a student has been awarded

Review Federal Student Loan Borrowing History

• You will need your Federal Student Aid ID (FSA-ID) to enter the site
• You must Create an FSA ID, if you haven’t already done so, in order to access Department of Education websites, such as FAFSA

Loan Repayment

• • Standard Repayment
  • Income Contingent Repayment Plan—ICR*
  • Income-Based Repayment—IBR*
  • Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan*
  • Revised Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan*

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Private Student Loans

• Cannot be included in a federal consolidation loan
• Are not eligible for income-driven repayment plans
• Are not eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Result in an additional monthly student loan payment for the borrower

Naropa University is the recipient of state-funded student financial assistance (Colorado Student Grant and Colorado Work Study) funded by the Colorado General Assembly. In order to evaluate your eligibility for aid from the state of Colorado, Naropa University must verify that students (or  parent, if  under 23 years old) have established lawful presence in the state of Colorado.

To be eligible, at student must:

• Be a Colorado resident student;
• Be an undergraduate student;
• Be enrolled at least half-time, and in an eligible program;
• Be in good standing and demonstrate academic progress according to the published policy
  regarding Standards of Satisfactory Progress for financial aid purposes;
• Demonstrate financial need according to the FAFSA (or Have a complete financial aid file, including a payable FAFSA;
• Satisfy any verification requirements; and
• Not be in overpayment for any grants or in default for any student loans

To apply, students  must  submit documentation of in-state status and the 2024-2025 Residency Classification for State Financial Aid for Undergraduates

For priority consideration please submit your application by July 1st for fall/spring and by November 1st for spring consideration. This application is for Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Summer 2025.

Students may retain their Colorado-funded state aid in subsequent years provided they maintain enrollment, maintain satisfactory progress, and continue to demonstrate significant financial need. They must also maintain state residency.

Types of Aid

Colorado State Grant

Awarded to Colorado residents who demonstrate financial need.

Enrollment Level Per semester

• Full Time: $6,000
• Three Quarter Time: $4,500
• Half-Time: $3,000

Colorado Work-Study

Students awarded Colorado work-study may apply for on-campus work-study jobs. The amount earned will be dependent on the position and hours worked.

Can I use Veterans’ Benefits at Naropa?

Yellow Ribbon Program

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