Eagle Scholarship

The Eagle Scholarship is a need-based award that is given to eligible students. The maximum award a student can receive for the 2013–2014 academic year is $2,000. Students must complete a FAFSA to be considered for the scholarship.

  • Full admission to an undergraduate degree program at National Louis University
  • Completion of the FAFSA (Students must meet all federal financial eligibility requirements to be considered for the scholarship)
  • An Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of less than $10,000
  • A minimum of 16 quarter hours of accepted college transfer credits
  • A transfer GPA of at least 2.25 
    • Students who do not enter the University with a transfer GPA of 2.25 or higher will have their GPAs reviewed after two terms of enrollment at NLU. If at the end of the second term the GPA is at least 2.25 or higher the student is eligible to begin receiving the Eagle scholarship
  • Eligibility for the scholarship is reviewed annually. Must maintain a cumulative 2.25 GPA or higher to remain eligible each term.
  • Enrollment in at least 8 quarter hours per academic term
  • The award is renewable as long as a 2.25 GPA is maintained
  • Students will be awarded $500 per term if enrolled in 12+ hours. Students enrolled in 8-11 hours will be awarded $400 per term.
  • The scholarship can be awarded until the student has reached 180 quarter hours of combined transfer and institutional coursework
  • All NLU resources cannot exceed 25% of the tuition charges each term
  • Scholarship is not refundable to the student, can only be used to cover tuition costs
Locations

  • CHICAGO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

    NLU’s Chicago campus on South Michigan Avenue occupies five floors of the historic Peoples Gas Building. This landmark building, across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago and Grant Park, is easily accessible by train, bus and car and is surrounded by restaurants, parking lots/garages and shops.

    122 S. Michigan Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60603
    800.443.5522

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  • ELGIN

    Conveniently located in a fast-growing business district off I-90 and Route 31, NLU Elgin features 10 classrooms with high-tech media equipment; a computer lab with high-speed Internet access; two conference rooms; and comfortable student lounges. Parking is free at this recently remodeled and upgraded teaching site, which now includes wireless Internet access.

    620 Tollgate Road
    Elgin, IL 60123
    800.443.5522

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  • NORTH SHORE

    Opened in the summer of 2006, NLU North Shore at Skokie is a state-of-the-art modern campus located just off the Edens Expressway near the Old Orchard Shopping Center. The campus includes 44 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a walk-in lab in the library; six conference rooms; a public café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; and multiple, comfortable student lounge areas.

    5202 Old Orchard Road
    Skokie, IL 60077
    800.443.5522

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  • LISLE

    Located just minutes from the East-West Tollway (I-88), NLU Lisle features 42 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a separate walk-in lab in the library; a café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; conference rooms; and six comfortable student lounge areas with wireless access.

    850 Warrenville Road
    Lisle, IL 60532
    800.443.5522

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  • WHEELING

    Located in one of Chicago's major northwest suburbs, the newly renovated NLU Wheeling includes 20 classrooms with high-tech media equipment, four conference rooms, four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, large student lounge areas with wireless capabilities and interactive video capabilities, and an extensive research library. The site also houses the university library research collection.

    1000 Capitol Drive
    Wheeling, IL 60090
    800.443.5522

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  • FLORIDA (TAMPA)

    Established in 1988 and located in one of the city's major business districts, NLU's Tampa campus serves students in 13 counties in central Florida. In addition to six classrooms, the campus features a conference room, a computer lab with high-speed Internet access, an extensive research library and comfortable student lounges.

    4950 West Kennedy Blvd. #300
    Tampa, FL 33609
    800.366.6581 | www.nl.edu/florida

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  • WISCONSIN

    NLU's Milwaukee campus has a proud history of serving graduate students in education in southeastern Wisconsin. Nearly one in five certified Wisconsin teachers looks to NLU for graduate education programs – more than any other university in the state. In addition to classrooms with high-tech media equipment, the campus offers a state-of-the-art computer lab with wireless Internet access and an extensive IDS research library.

    12000 West Park Place, Suite 100
    Milwaukee, WI 53224-3007
    414.577.2658

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