Scholarships

Numerous scholarships are available for Blinn College students. To apply for scholarships go to https://blinn.scholarships.nelnet.net

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•Endowed Scholarships and Opportunity Awards for the 2008-2009 academic year were awarded in April.  Watch for the Spring 2009 Scholarship Application, which will be available on this web site in the fall. 

• If there are any questions regarding these scholarships please have the students contact the Scholarship Advisor at 979-830-4154

Academic Scholarships | Athletic Scholarships | Fine Arts Scholarships | Endowed Scholarships | Opportunity Awards | Local Scholarships | Professional Association Scholarships 

Academic Scholarships 

Blinn College offers the following academic scholarships:

Valedictorian and Salutatorian Scholarships: Blinn College offers the valedictorian of any Texas high school a scholarship that covers tuition, fees and use of books. The salutatorian will receive a scholarship that covers tuition and fees.

Hallstein-Board of Trustees Scholarships : These scholarships are offered to students from high schools in the Blinn College service area who do not qualify for the valedictorian or salutatorian scholarship but who are in the top five percent of their class. These scholarships cover the costs of tuition and fees at Blinn College for up to two years.

UIL Scholarships: Blinn College will give tuition scholarships for one year to each applicant who participated in the literary or academic contest for the University Interscholastic League at the state meet.

Athletic Scholarships

Blinn College provides a number of scholarships in varying amounts to its Brenham campus student athletes in football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, cheerleading, and drill team. For more information on these, contact the Director of Athletics at (979) 830-4171.

Fine Arts Scholarships

Band Scholarships: Available to qualified musicians with successful background in a high school band program and awarded through an on campus audition. Auditions consist of region tryout etude and/or class I UIL solos. Flags must prepare a representative routine and must have experience in a high school color guard. All applicants must provide a recommendation from their high school director. For complete arrangements contact the director of bands at (979) 830-4260.

Choral Scholarships: Blinn College provides scholarships in varying amounts for students who participate in choir and/or choral ensemble. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of an audition consisting of a prepared solo piece such as Class I UIL solo and sight reading. Prospective choir members are expected to provide a recommendation from their high school choir director. Requests for information and applications should be made to the Choral Director at (979) 830-4239.

Theatre Arts Scholarships: These scholarships are available to qualified theatre arts majors through audition only. Recipients of these scholarships must declare theatre arts/speech as a major, audition and take part in all Blinn College dramatic productions, and also be enrolled in at least three semester hours of theatre arts or speech classes. For more information on these scholarships, contact the Theatre Arts Director at (979) 830-4269.

Endowed Scholarships

A large number of endowed scholarships are available to Blinn students. Established as endowed funds, the interest from these funds is awarded annually in the form of one more scholarships. Information concerning the establishment of a new endowed scholarship can be obtained by calling the office of the President at (979) 830-4112. Unless otherwise stated, these scholarships are given to full-time Blinn students who have completed one semester at Blinn College, have maintained at least an overall GPA of 2.0, and have met the individual requirements of the specific scholarship.

Opportunity Awards

Opportunity Awards are available to those Blinn College students who have excelled academically or who possess financial need. Award amounts for Fall and Spring are set amounts to be determined at the beginning of the award year. Summer Opportunity awards are for the amount of tuition and/or fees. Unless otherwise stated, these scholarships are given to full-time Blinn students who have completed one semester at Blinn College, have maintained at least an overall GPA of 3.0, and have met the individual requirements of the specific scholarship.

Page Last Updated: May 14, 2008