Croft Scholars 2009-2010
(from left to right) Anastasia Varenita, Jackie Boyce, Tori Thoman, Michael Anderson, Sarah Woods, Charles Woods, Sean Ray, Isaac Lichlyter, Arlissa Sneed, Lexi Thoman
Scholarships
The Croft Institute is a privately endowed, selective undergraduate program at the University of Mississippi with generous scholarship support. It offers the benefits of a private Liberal Arts education for the price and with the opportunities of a public university.
The Croft on-line application is both for admission into the program and for the Croft Institute scholarship competition. If you would like to be considered for other University of Mississippi scholarships, you must complete the general UM Scholarship application available through the UM online application.
The Croft Institute offers generous scholarship support for approximately a quarter of its students:
- Ten or eleven Croft scholarships are awarded each year to outstanding freshmen, the Croft Scholars.
- Croft Scholars receive $8,000 per year for four years—a total of $32,000, which may be combined with other scholarship support.
- The Rose Bui Memorial Scholarship for academic excellence ($8,000 per year) is awarded each year to the top rising sophomore who does not already have substantial scholarship support.
- The Foreign Student Scholarship for the most competitive foreign student in the Institute ($9,000 per year) is awarded every time the incumbent graduates.
- The Mike Aune Memorial Scholarship for a rising sophomore concentrating on Latin America makes a significant contribution to defraying tuition expenses.
