Tuition and Financial Aid
Undergraduate Students
The Office of Student Financial Services, located at 918 Emmet Street, assists students who demonstrate a need for financial aid and who submit complete applications by the deadline. Most forms of financial aid to undergraduate students are administered through the Office of Student Financial Services. These include grants, scholarships, loans, work-study programs, part-time employment and other special programs.
The School of Nursing Office of Admissions and Student Services maintains some information on government and private programs that aid students. In addition, the Office of Admissions and Student Services coordinates the awarding of more than 50 undergraduate need-based nursing scholarships each year. Once an offer of admission is made, a financial aid application for undergraduates will be sent via email or US mail.
For all of the financial aid programs listed above, students are required to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the College Scholarship Service.
Information about all these sources of financial aid is available in the current Undergraduate Record or on the UVa Financial Aid website. Please pay particular attention to published deadlines.
Some merit awards (financial need not considered) are available, funded by the Nursing Alumni Association.
Graduate Students
The School of Nursing Office of Admissions and Student Services offers tuition assistance to students needing financial aid. A limited number of Institutional Fellowships are available to graduate students of outstanding merit. In addition, Federal Nurse Traineeships are available to students in the Masters programs, subject to certain restrictions. Nurse Faculty Loans are also available to MSN, DNP and PhD students who are thinking of becoming faculty in the future.
All students seeking financial support must complete a School of Nursing Financial Aid Application in addition to a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. For information or materials, contact the Office of Admissions and Student Services in Room 1010, McLeod Hall (434-924-0141). Graduate teaching assistantships and research assistantships are also available. These positions offer tuition assistance as well as stipend support. New Clinical Nurse Leader students are not eligible to be Graduate Research or Teaching Assistants (but second year CNL students are eligible to be Research Assistants).
You can download a Graduate Aid Application for Graduate Assistants and for Scholarships. We use one application form for both awards.
Some merit awards for graduate students (financial need not considered) are available, funded by the Nursing Alumni Association.
Non-University Aid
Graduate students who are considering nursing faculty positions should apply for the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP). The University administers special student loans for the NFLP -- recipients who become become full-time faculty after graduation will have up to 85% of the loan principal cancelled. There is also a special interest rate of 3% for NFLP recipients. Full-time MSN, DNP or PhD students can borrow up to the cost of tuition & books each year. You can download the NFLP application and information.
Students applying for or enrolled in the PhD in Nursing or the Doctor in Nursing Practice (DNP) programs can apply for the Virginia Doctoral Nursing Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program administered through the State Commission for Higher Education in Virginia. Full-time doctoral students are eligible to borrow up to $25,000 per year for their coursework phase of their programs. These loans would be cancelled if you worked as a full-time faculty member at any nursing program in Virginia (public or private). The application deadline is April 1. This application can be downloaded here.
Scholarship Aid from the Commonwealth of Virginia (for BSN, MSN, Post-MSN, DNP & PhD students who are Virginia residents. Applications and information for these three scholarships can be found here:
- Mary Marshall Nursing Scholarship Program for RN students (due June 30)
- Virginia's Nurse Practitioner or Midwife Scholarship Program (due June 30)
- Commonwealth of Virginia Nursing Scholarship Program: Supporting Our Nurse Educators (due July 30)
- The Discover Nursing website offers a directory of more than 100 scholarships available for individuals studying nursing. All students are encouraged to apply for these nursing scholarships.