Excelsior University · New York

Excelsior scholarships and merit aid

Strong support for veterans, military families, and students in nursing or technology fields.

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Is Excelsior worth a closer look?

Excelsior may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.

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Published scholarships

These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.

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Chief Warrant Officer 2 Casey Nicole Frankoski 24 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

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Excelsior University Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Fund

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Master Sergeant David K Thuma Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Military Veteran Scholarship Fund

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Lt Gen Arthur J Gregg Endowed Fund For The Advancement Of Military And Veteran Education

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Military Spouse Scholarship Fund

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Excelsior University Veterans Endowment Fund

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Who this school may work for

Veterans, active-duty service members, and their spouses will find a community built around their needs. Students pursuing nursing or technology degrees should also look closely at what's available.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $26,790 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

Federal reporting on what happened to students who enrolled at Excelsior — independent of anything the school markets.

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers: $13,769 (~$146/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21): $78,493

How to read these numbers

Median debt reflects only completers who took out federal student loans — not Excelsior's full graduating class, and not limited to first-time, full-time students.
Median earnings reflect Title IV aid recipients who entered college and were working (not enrolled) roughly a decade later — not necessarily the graduating cohort, and not a recent graduate's paycheck.

None of this is current-year data — the U.S. Department of Education reports it on a delay, and different figures below come from different reporting years. Median debt reflects the NSLDS FY2020 and FY2021 pooled completer cohorts (GRAD_DEBT_MDN, GRAD_DEBT_MDN10YR_SUPP). Median earnings reflect the Treasury-matched cohort entering college in AY2009-10 or AY2010-11, earnings measured 10 years later in calendar years 2020 and 2021, inflation-adjusted to 2022 dollars (MD_EARN_WNE_P10).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard.

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Other Excelsior scholarships worth checking

These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.

Dr Jane Leclair 94 95 Scholarship Fund For Students In Technology

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Dr. Jane LeClair ’94, ’95 Scholarship Fund for Students in Technology supports scholarships for students in any technology program at the graduate or undergraduate level.

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Dr Lawrence And Betty Wei Nursing Scholarship Fund

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Dr. Lawrence and Betty Wei Nursing Scholarship Fund supports scholarships for students enrolled in an Excelsior undergraduate nursing program to help with costs related to attending in-person clinical experiences.

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Entrepreneur Business And Technology Fund

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Entrepreneur: Business & Technology Fund supports scholarships for students enrolled in Excelsior’s business or technology programs who are, or who plan to become, entrepreneurs.

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Roy L Simpson Endowment Fund For Nursing Informatics

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Roy L. Simpson Endowment Fund for Nursing Informatics supports scholarships for nursing students working toward the Certificate in Health Care Informatics or the Master of Science in Nursing with an emphasis in Informatics.

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Master Chief Electronics Warfare Technician Donald J And Mary Camille Carunchio Endowed Scholarship In Nursing

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Master Chief Electronics Warfare Technician Donald J. and Mary Camille Carunchio Endowed Scholarship in Nursing is awarded to Excelsior nursing students enrolled in the Associate Degree in Nursing program.

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Gregg And Lisa Smith Technology Scholarship Fund

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Gregg and Lisa Smith Technology Scholarship Fund supports costs associated with technology students taking humanities courses in fulfillment of degree requirements at Excelsior.

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Julia O Wells Memorial Education Foundation Scholarship Fund

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Julia O. Wells Memorial Education Foundation Scholarship Fund supports scholarships for students pursuing a degree in registered professional nursing, with fifty percent of the total allotment awarded to alumni of Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Inc.

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Every claim is checked against Excelsior’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

Cost of attendanceExcelsior cost-of-attendance worksheet
Merit tiersChief Warrant Officer 2 Casey Nicole Frankoski 24 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

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