2023-2024 Transfer Student Scholarships
Based on cumulative college GPA. Communicated at the point of admission.
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Prestige Scholarship: $18,500
- Cumulative GPA: ≥3.75
- Cumulative GPA: ≥3.75
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Distinguished Transfer Scholarship: $15,500
- Cumulative GPA: 3.25-3.749
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Achievement Scholarship: $13,500
- Cumulative GPA: 2.5-3.249
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Distinction Award: $7,500
- Cumulative GPA: 2.0-2.49
- Cumulative GPA: 2.0-2.49
- International students are eligible for standard merit scholarships.
- For all merit scholarships, students must maintain financial aid satisfactory academic progress and have 24 CTX credit hours per academic year to renew their scholarship. Students must be enrolled full-time each semester.
- Remedial courses count towards the 24 requirement.
Other scholarships that may be applicable to students and that will be offered via the financial aid package based on the designation from the admissions evaluation form:
Church Work Grant– $2,500/year for 4 years– Given to students with a major/minor/concentration in a church work program. This award is stackable.
- This is mutually exclusive of the LCMS Award and Partners in Christian Education Award.
- Declaration of Intent form is required.
- No TEG
Community Scholarship– $2,000/year for 4 years – For freshman who are selected by CTX from participating ISDs.
- This award is stackable.
- Cannot be combined with Honors Award.
Esports Scholarship – $2,000/year for students recruited as Esports athletes.
- This award is stackable.
Honors Award – $2,000/year for 2 years for students accepted into the Honors Program.
- This award is stackable.
- Cannot be combined with Community Scholarship.
- This award is for traditional undergraduate freshmen students, and is only eligible the first two years at Concordia.
Partners in Christian Education Award - $2,000/year for 4 years –Given to any HS Graduate of a Christian School or Child of a Full-Time Ministry Employee. (Proof of employment is required)
- This is mutually exclusive of the LCMS Award.
- This award is stackable.
- Cannot be combined with Church Work Grant
LCMS Award– $2,000/year for 4 years – Given to all students who attend an LCMS event, come from an LCMS source, and/or are from an LCMS congregation.
- This award is stackable.
- Mutually exclusive of Church Work Grant.
- Cannot be combined with Partners in Christian Education Award
- This award is for traditional undergraduate transfer students
Loyalty Award – $1,000/year for a maximum of 4 years – Given to each traditional student if there are multiple family members currently attending CTX (all programs) or if they have an immediate family member (i.e. parent, child, sibling, and/or spouse) who is a CTX alum.
- This award is stackable.
- Must maintain SAP to renew.
- Family member enrollment reviewed each semester
Scholarships Available Post-Enrollment

Dean's Scholarship
$1,000/year for every year they receive the Dean’s Scholarship for which the student must have 2 consecutive semesters of the same aid year (Fall & Spring) of a 3.5 CTX GPA.

Tornado Trailblazers Scholarship
$2,000 scholarship awarded to freshmen students who successfully complete the program. Distributed as $1,000 in their first spring term, and the second $1,000 in their second fall term. This award is stackable.
*Notes: Students must maintain full-time enrollment and the specified academic requirements for each scholarship above in order to renew.