Financial Aid
Financial Aid in the form of Federal Stafford Loans and competitive merit scholarship are available. Information on applying for Federal Stafford Loans, both subsidized and unsubsidized is available on applying for financial aid. (Click here for more information about financial aid.)

Employer’s Tuition Reimbursement Program Agreement   ( Download PDF Here )

Competitive Scholarship
The Avila University MBA Program also offers a competitive merit scholarship. The scholarship will be granted to new MBA students, never before enrolled in the program.

Minimum Criteria to be considered for the competitive Scholarship:

You must achieve a minimum of 1330 merit points to be considered for the scholarship. The merit points are based on the following formula, which combines your cumulative undergraduate grade point average(GPA) and your GMAT score.

Total Merit Points =(cumulative GPA X200) + GMAT

Once awarded, this is an ongoing scholarship, paying up to one-half of your graduate tuition per enrolled term. The amount of the award will be based on your merit point ranking. To continue your eligibility, you must carry at least 9 graduate hours per academic year and maintain an overall 3.5 GPA.

How to apply:
In order to apply the following information must be received at least three weeks prior to the beginning of a class term.

1. Completed Application for Admission
2. Official transcripts for all undergraduate course work
3. GMAT score

The letter requesting consideration for the MBA scholarship should be sent to:

Avila University
Wendy Acker, MBA Director
11901 Wornall Road
Kansas City, MO 64145-1698