21%
of St. Thomas students are Pell grant eligible, meaning they have high financial need
Top Priority: Scholarships
Expanding Access
Many promising students can't attend St. Thomas due to insurmountable financial barriers.
Generous donors who fund scholarships break down those barriers, making way for a student to have the full transformtional St. Thomas experience and fulfill their potential.
Because helping every student achieve their full potential is at the core of our mission as a Catholic university.
Priority One: Scholarships
Affordability is the #1 reason students don’t enroll at St. Thomas.
Providing financial aid to 97% of undergraduate students is insufficient to meet the need of all qualified students who want to become Tommies.
More than 35% of enrolled students still have significant financial need after scholarships, grants, work study and federal loans. This gap often forces students to:
- take on excessive loans
- opt out of living on campus with peers
- work extraordinarily long hours, jeopardizing academic success
- delay graduation
- withdraw from school
Be a Difference-Maker
Our financial aid team has found that a scholarship of $6,000 per year closes the financial gap for potential Tommies.
You can be a difference-maker with immediate impact by contributing to our general scholarship fund or by creating a named annual scholarship.
For lasting impact, create a named endowment that will provide support to promising Tommies for years to come.
Promising Students Need Your Support
35%
of St. Thomas students find that scholarships, work study and federal loans don't cover their college expenses
#1
Reason for withdrawal from college is financial need
Indebted, But Not Forever In Debt
Together we can prevent students from dropping out with debt and no degree.
Your gift – at any level – will help new and current students get their degree so they can become morally responsible leaders who will make the world a better place.
If scholarship support shows a student that someone cares about them, someone wants them to go to school, imagine - just imagine what that could do.
Erin '22