Financial Aid & Scholarships

Financial Aid

For more information about financial aid, visit the MUSC Office of Student Financial Aid website. In addition, the College of Health Professions offers a number of scholarship opportunities for students currently enrolled at the college. Students may be eligible to apply for these scholarships after they begin the program.

CHP Scholarships

PLEASE NOTE: The scholarships found on this page are available for currently enrolled CHP students only. Some scholarships may be open to students enrolled in any CHP program or may be Division specific.

Amanda Herrmann 2 
Amanda Herrmann, Ph.D. student, received the Salvatore Scalletta Scholarship, pictured here with Drs. Mike and Lisa Saladin and Dr. Jim Zoller.

Each year the College of Health Professions awards numerous merit-based scholarships to applicants who demonstrate exceptional accomplishment and intellectual promise. Scholarships honor students with high academic standing, volunteer experience, financial need, and those who exhibit exceptional leadership roles within the College and the community. Scholarships are awarded two times a year in the fall and spring semesters. All currently enrolled students within the College of Health Professions will be notified prior to the start of each semester when the scholarship applications open in SOARS.

Michaela McMorris 
Michaela McMorris, MHA student, received the Jamie & Emily Thomas Scholarship at our annual Showcasing Success awards event.

SOARS (Scholarship Opportunity Awards Resource System) is MUSC’s centralized online award management system available to students from all six colleges. SOARS offers students a streamlined approach for applying for scholarships. It simplifies the application process by importing student data directly from the student record, which minimizes the amount of information asked to be provided on the application. Students can view available scholarships for which they are eligible, complete a general and college-specific application that automatically applies them to scholarships, and view and accept scholarship offers.

For a listing of all the scholarships awarded within the College of Health Professions, please review the CHP Scholarship Guide listed below. This will provide more details about each scholarship, such as; the history behind the scholarship, what criteria is required, and the dollar amount of each award.

Access the CHP Scholarship Guide (PDF)

Diversity Scholarship Opportunities

  • Graduate Incentive Scholarship

  • Kim Martino Scholarship

  • Mary Eileen Leonard Scholarship

  • CHP Underrepresented Minority (URM) Alumni Affairs Endowed Scholarship

More information about these scholarships

Deleisha McFadden 
Deleisha McFadden, AFN student, pictured here with Anthony Martino, Marlene O’Bryant-Seabrook and Dr. Jim Zoller. Deleisha was the recipient of the Kim Martino Scholarship.

*All scholarship recipients will be asked to provide consent to disclose personal and educational information to any individual. Pictures or video may be released along with name, scholarship, and biographical information (including, course of study, year in school, and the amount of the scholarship award) for internal and external communications including but not limited to donors, recognition at our annual award ceremony, the CHP Student Newsletter, Alumni Newsletter, social media (such as Facebook), and the Annual Report. All selected recipients will receive a copy of the form enclosed in their notification letter.

Additional Scholarship Opportunities

For information about scholarship opportunities inside and outside of MUSC, please contact the Office of Student Financial Aid at 843-792-2536, or view the MUSC Scholarships page.

In addition, many professional organizations offer scholarship or scholarship assistance. Please see the list below.