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Columbia Business School Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans

Scholarships

Criteria:
Need-based and or merit based
Amount: Partial-tuition scholarships
Deadline: Scholarship applications and related materials are due by March 13 or
three weeks from the date of admission, whichever is later

P.S: Columbia Business School begins sending out financial aid packages in May, and the selection process continues throughout the summer.

Evaluation of Need-based aid based on:

  • Cash
  • Savings
  • Investments
  • Money market
  • IRA and 401(k) accounts
  • CDs
  • Trust funds
  • Real estate equity
  • G.I. and Social Security benefits
  • Income of student and spouse
  • Income tax refunds
  • Educational debt levels.

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Fellowships

Criteria

  • Academic excellence,
  • Geographic and Personal background
  • Professional experience

Amount:Full and Partial-tuition fees
P.S: Second year students are not considered.
Fellowship Deadline

Other Funding Options:

How does Columbia Business school process scholarship request?

Application for Scholarship not to be submitted until admissions to the MBA program

Fall Entry

Due by: March 1st or Three weeks from the Date of Admission

Spring Entry


Due by: October 15th or Three weeks from the Date of Admission


Date of Admission = The Date on which the Admissions Office notifies the candidate via e-mail. 

Students opting for need based financial aid request is recommended to apply at the earliest
Amount Range:
Amounts range from $4,000 - $10,000

When are the financial Aid packages sent?

For Fall Entry : May
For Spring Entry: November

Scholarships


African American Alumni Association Scholarship
Association of Real Estate Women Scholarship
John J. & Teresa M. Azrack Scholarship
E. Stephen Benson Scholarship
Donald B. Bibeault Scholarship
Benjamin Botwinick Scholarship
Dr. Victor Z.and Loreen H. Brink Scholarship
Bronfman Program Alumni Scholarship
Henry Bronner Scholarship
Charles H. Brunie Scholarship
Jerome A. Chazen Scholarship
Class of ’68 Scholarship
Class of ’76 / ’77 Scholarship
Class of 2000 Scholarship
Bernice Coester Scholarship
Columbia Women in Business Scholarship
Leon Cooperman Scholarship
Peter Dix Memorial Scholarship
James L. Dohr / Florence Stanley Scholarship
Edward A. Filene Scholarship
Financial Women’s Association Scholarship
Hugh Frater Scholarship
Fredericks Family Scholarship
James L. Freeman Scholarship
Robert N. Fried Scholarship
Gantcher Family Scholarship
General Motors Corporation Scholarship
Mario Gabelli Scholarship
Michael Gillette Scholarship
Evelyn & Simon Gluckman Scholarship
Gus Grammas Memorial Scholarship
Paul B. Guenther Scholarship
William Randolph Hearst Scholarship
William J. Heffernan Scholarship
Heilbrunn Scholarship
Henry and Edith Hoffman Scholarship
Dr. Frederick E. Horn Scholarship
Rose & Kurt Josephy Scholarship
Harry Kadell Scholarship
Irwin and Beatrice Klipstein Memorial Scholarship
Henry J. Krooss Scholarship
Leonard C. Lane Memorial Scholarship
Florence & Leonard Masius Scholarship
Wesley G. McCain Scholarship
Roswell C. McCrea Scholarship
Yosaji Morita Scholarship
Mortgage Bankers Association Scholarship
Downie D. Muir Scholarship
Theodora Fonteneau Rutherford Scholarship

Arthur Samberg Scholarship

Nasima Simjee Memorial Scholarship
Nicholas & Suzanne Bachner Samstag Scholarship
Walter D. Smith Scholarship
Burt & Francine Steinberg Scholarship
Sumitomo Bank Global Foundation Scholarship
Mamady Taghinia-Milani Scholarship
Tam Yik Fong Scholarship
Jimmy L. Thomas Scholarship
UBS Financial Services Scholarship
Unilever United States Scholarship
Alberto Verme Scholarship
Lillian M. Vernon Scholarship
Marie Vittoria Scholarship
A. Lorne Weil Scholarship
Mark Hinckley Willes Scholarship
Henry Parker Willis Scholarship
Erwin S. Wolfson Scholarship
Garland E. Wood Scholarship


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