Scholarships

Providing Financial Assistance and Recognizing Excellence

At Penn State Brandywine we offer numerous scholarships and awards, which provide financial assistance and recognize excellence in a specific discipline.

Scholarship application requirements:

Most requirements for these scholarships are a 3.0 GPA or better. There are limited scholarships that require a 2.5 GPA.
No more than one half of a student's schedule may be developmental.
Student's semester bill must be in paid status.
Student must have met the above criteria and be in good standing the prior fall of the application.
Student must be enrolled at Penn State Brandywine for the 2021-2022 school year.

Recipients will be notified in the summer prior to the Fall semester and will be required to write a thank-you note to the donors who have funded the scholarship.

Below are the Penn State Brandywine awards and scholarships for students. Students who apply are considered for any/all of these for which they may qualify.

First-Year Student Scholarship Application

Returning Student Scholarship Application

The Adult Student Organization Scholarship

This scholarship rewards part-time adult students who have spent significant time doing community or campus service, or enhancing the academic prestige of the campus in some way. It recognizes part-time students enrolled at Penn State Brandywine who have achieved superior academic records. Preference is given to adult students.

The John E. and Judith Baillis Endowed Scholarship

Funded by John E. and Judith Baillis, friends of the campus, two scholarship are given: one to any student who has been out of high school for four years or more and who is enrolled or is planning to enroll in a Baccalaureate program at Penn State Brandywine; the second scholarship is given to a provisional student, either incoming or returning, at Penn State Brandywine.

The Edward Berman Memorial Award

Funded by Mrs. Trina Berman and friends and business associates of Edward Berman, this award honors undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in a baccalaureate degree program at Penn State Brandywine, who have a minimum 3.0 GPA and who have contributed to the prestige of the University by leadership activities and personal traits of character. Preference is given to Journalism or Communications majors who have demonstrated willingness to serve their community.

The Judge Louis A. Bloom Scholarship

This scholarship was established in honor of Judge Bloom, president of the campus Advisory Board from 1968-1987. Endowed with gifts from the Bloom family and friends, and by campus alumni and friends, the scholarship is made to promising incoming freshmen, full-time undergraduate students planning to enroll at Penn State Brandywine who have achieved superior academic success or manifest promise of academic success.

The Joseph J. Bradley Memorial Scholarship

Funded by Michael J. Bradley and his wife, Linda, in memory of Michael's brother, Joey, one of eight children, who died at the age of six and therefore was unable to attend any school. T