Church Matching Scholarships

Although the typical Christian university holds its expenses down so their cost to educate a student is less than it costs the typical state university experiences, the tuition rates students are asked to pay at a state university is usually much less because much of the state university's expenses are paid with tax dollars.

However, thanks to grants and scholarships, the amount a student pays for tuition at a Christian university is often reduced to a level that makes attendance possible. For example, at IWU over 75 percent of its students receive some form of financial aid, and almost a third of IWU students receive scholarships from their home church.

Indiana Wesleyan University wants to encourage churches that support their high school graduates financially when they choose to attend a Christian university. Through IWU's Church Matching Scholarship program IWU matches dollar-for-dollar church scholarships up to $900 per student, per year. Last year this meant that $538,000 contributed by churches was matched and became over 1 Million of financial aid!