Graduate Tuition & Merit Based Aid

Rangel Fellows receive:

• Application fee waiver to Korbel
• Korbel covers any tuition gap for Rangel Fellows, ensuring 100% of Korbel tuition is covered.

Rangel Finalists receive:

• Application fee waiver to Korbel
• 50% tuition scholarship

Any applicant with a permanent Colorado residence is eligible for:

• Application fee waiver to Korbel
• Korbel scholarship that covers up to 50% of the cost of tuition

• Application fee waiver to Korbel
• 50% tuition scholarship

• Application fee waiver to Korbel
• Korbel covers any tuition gap for Payne Fellows, ensuring 100% of Korbel tuition is covered.

The Korbel School works with offices around the globe to offer scholarship funds to Fulbright Fellows. For more information, please contact Korbel directly at [email protected].

The Korbel School works to support indigenous students as fully as possible. For more information, please contact Korbel directly at [email protected].

JumpStart students receive up to 50% tuition scholarships on the minimum number of graduate credits needed to earn their graduate degree.

Visit our JumpStart BA + MA page for more information.

Participating schools receive a minimum 50% tuition scholarship: 

• Metropolitan State University of Denver
• Colorado Mesa University
• Colorado State University Pueblo

Please contact the Korbel Graduate Admission team for details on Pathways Program admission steps at [email protected].

Korbel has one of the largest, longest-standing Return Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) communities in the U.S. and a proud 18-year partnership with the Coverdell Fellows program.

All eligible RPCVs who are admitted to a master's program will receive:

• Application fee waiver to Korbel
• 30% tuition scholarship
• If desired, a reduction in required internship hours from 150 to 75 as needed for degree completion

• Application fee waiver to Korbel
• 50% tuition scholarship
• PPIA fellows should submit their Junior Summer Institute Transcript with their Korbel graduate application

Admitted master's applicants who hold the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award receive a dollar-for-dollar matching scholarship from Korbel.

Pickering Fellows receive:

• Application fee waiver to Korbel
• Korbel covers any tuition gap for Pickering Fellows, ensuring 100% of Korbel tuition is covered.

Pickering Finalists receive:

• Application fee waiver to Korbel
• 50% tuition scholarship

The University of Denver is committed to supporting the educational attainment of current DU seniors and recent graduates through the Crimson Application process. This application process provides DU graduating seniors and recent undergraduate alumni, the opportunity for accelerated admission into an eligible master’s program of their choice. Students applying through the Crimson Application process will not be required to submit standardized testing scores and DU will waive their application fees.  Students admitted through the Crimson Application process must start their graduate program in the fall.

• 50% tuition scholarship

Please contact Korbel Graduate Admission Staff for details on the Wellesley partnership at [email protected].

• Application fee waiver to Korbel
• 40% tuition scholarship
• A deposit fee waiver valued at $500
• Additional scholarships to cover the required health insurance fee

The Korbel School is proud to be a participant in the Department of Veterans Affairs Yellow Ribbon Program, and eligible veterans and their dependents can attend master’s studies tuition-free. The University’s Office of Veterans Services is also here to support the transition to graduate school.

Learn about the VA Educational Benefits Program, check your eligibility and apply for benefits here.