92% of AJU students receive scholarship support.  With our wide range of scholarships and financial assistance, an AJU education is within reach.

Scholarships and grants do not have to be repaid. AJU scholarship and grant opportunities are based on a range of criteria, including:

  • Merit-Based Scholarships: Your academic record determines eligibility.
  • Need-Based Grants: Eligibility is based on financial need and the FAFSA is required.
  • AJU Opportunity Grants: Eligibility for some grants is met through other non-need-based criteria, such as individual excellence, leadership potential, and community engagement.

For maximum consideration, students are encouraged to apply by the priority deadlines.

AJU Tuition Grants are awarded by American Jewish University to eligible full-time students to help offset the cost of tuition and/or on-campus housing. Open to graduate students and based primarily on need.  Completed FAFSA and financial aid application required for grant evaluation.

Undergraduate Scholarships & Grants

  • Presidential Scholarship

    Awards range from 80%-100% of tuition and require a minimum 3.75 GPA plus an additional scholarship essay. Open to new incoming undergraduate students only.

  • Dean's Merit Scholarship

    Awards range from 50% - 70% of tuition and require a minimum 3.2 GPA plus an additional scholarship essay. Open to new incoming undergraduate students only.

  • AJU Opportunity Grant

    Awards range from $2,500 - $10,000 per academic year, and require a minimum 2.5 GPA. Open to new incoming undergraduate students only.

  • Gap Year Scholarship

    Awards are $7500 per academic year, and require a minimum 2.0 GPA as well as successful completion of a recognized gap year program. Open to new incoming undergraduate students only.

  • Social Justice Grant

    $1,500 award to applicants with demonstrated commitment to social justice issues

  • Leadership & Ethics Award

    $1500 award to applicants with demonstrated leadership and commitment to ethics.

  • Community & Culture Award

    $1500 award to applicants with specific interest in Jewish culture and/or the American Jewish University community.

  • AJU Tuition Grant

    AJU Tuition Grants are awarded by American Jewish University to eligible full-time students to help offset the cost of tuition and/or on-campus housing. Open to graduate and undergraduate students, and based primarily on need.  Completed FAFSA and financial aid application required for grant evaluation.

  • AJU Housing Grant

    One academic year of fully-paid on-campus housing (double occupancy) for new students whose home resident is 75+ miles from campus and met other academic criteria. Open to new incoming undergraduate students only.

Graduate Scholarships & Grants

  • Ziegler Program Awards

    Ziegler Awards are granted to each Ziegler School student, based on the available funds. Because Ziegler Awards are contingent on the availability of funds to distribute, an award in one academic year does not guarantee another in subsequent years. Ziegler awards are granted on a need-blind basis. To be eligible for Ziegler Awards, continuing students must be in good academic standing, with a cumulative Ziegler School grade point average of at least 3.0 at the time that awards are granted.

    Goldstine and Chairmen fellowships are an investment by the lay leadership of the Ziegler School to lighten the financial load by shouldering some of your burden so you can devote yourself wholeheartedly to the path of becoming a rabbi. In accepting this fellowship, you commit to rabbinic training full of excellence, openness, and responsiveness.

    Contact Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies for more information.

  • AJU Tuition Grant

    AJU Tuition Grants are awarded by American Jewish University to eligible full-time students to help offset the cost of tuition and/or on-campus housing. Open to graduate and undergraduate students, and based primarily on need.  Completed FAFSA and financial aid application required for grant evaluation.