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Graduating soon? Receive your diploma years ago? Either way, we invite you to continue your USF journey in one of our graduate programs — on a Double Dons Scholarship.
The Double Dons Scholarship covers 20 percent of tuition for your graduate program.
No separate application is needed. You'll automatically be considered for the scholarship when you apply to a participating graduate program at USF for the summer, fall, or spring terms in the 2024-25 academic year. If you are accepted to the program, the Double Dons Scholarship will be applied to your student account once you submit your enrollment deposit.
To be eligible for a Double Dons Scholarship, you must be in good academic standing and be a graduating student in the Class of 2024 or a USF alum.
Frequently Asked Questions
- The Double Dons Scholarship is restricted to tuition, and does not cover fees or housing.
- Other institutional awards (including cohort discounts, school/program merit awards, athletics scholarships) cannot be stacked on top of this 20 percent tuition scholarship. In the event you are eligible for both the Double Dons Scholarship and another award, you will be offered the larger of the two awards. Exceptions may apply.
- The scholarship does not cover undergraduate prerequisite courses.
- The scholarship is valid for graduate courses beginning in the 2024–25 academic year (with programs starting in the summer, fall, or spring).
- The scholarship does not apply to additional or optional units that students choose to take in the first year of the program, beyond the standard number of units required in the selected graduate program.
Eligible programs include all credit-bearing post-baccalaureate certificate programs, post-baccalaureate pre-health programs, and master’s programs, and master’s programs except for Master of Science in biology, Master of Science in chemistry, Master of Laws, Master of Legal Studies in Taxation (MLST), and Marriage and Family Therapy, MA.
- All doctoral programs in the School of Nursing Professions also participate.
- 4+1 programs are not eligible for the Double Dons scholarship.
- The Double Dons Scholarship is restricted to tuition, and does not cover fees or housing.
- Other institutional awards (including cohort discounts, school/program merit awards, athletics scholarships) cannot be stacked on top of this 20 percent tuition scholarship. In the event you are eligible for both the Double Dons Scholarship and another award, you will be offered the larger of the two awards. Exceptions may apply.
- The scholarship does not cover undergraduate prerequisite courses.
- The scholarship is valid for graduate courses beginning in the 2023–24 academic year (with programs starting in the summer, fall, or spring).
- The scholarship does not apply to additional or optional units that students choose to take in the first year of the program, beyond the standard number of units required in the selected graduate program.
You may defer admission for up to one year and still be eligible for the scholarship pending the program’s approval and continued availability and participation of the program. Scholarship programs are subject to change.
There is no minimum number of units required beyond any stated program requirements.
Students who have been admitted to a participating USF graduate program starting summer, fall, or spring 2024 forward and who meet the eligibility requirements will automatically receive a Double Dons scholarship.
Please follow up with the contact in your program's college. We are happy to help.
College of Arts and Sciences:
Amy Fogliani, Director, Office of Admission
afogliani@usfca.edu
School of Education:
Nicole Cuadro, Director of Admission and Outreach
ncuadro@usfca.edu
School of Management:
Hannah Artis, Director of Graduate Admissions, Masagung Graduate School of Management
hartis@usfca.edu
School of Nursing and Health Professions:
Patrik Donahue, Director of Graduate Enrollment
pdonahue@usfca.edu
Eligible Programs
Explore participating Double Dons programs, grouped thematically.
Climate Resilience & Energy Transition, Environmental Studies
Public Policy, Health & Service
- Organization and Leadership, MA
- Organization and Leadership with Preliminary Admin. Services Credential, MA
- Public Administration, MPA
- Public Health, MPH
- Public Leadership, MA
- Urban and Public Affairs, MA
Technology & AI
- Applied Economics, MS
- Computer Science, MS
- Computer Science Bridge, MS
- Data Science, MS
- Educational Technology, MA
- Educational Technology with Credential, MA
- Information Systems, MSIS
- Master of Science in Digital Health Informatics, MSDHI
Life Sciences
- Biotechnology, PSM
- Master of Science in Nursing, RN-MSN — for RNs seeking a master's nursing degree
- Nursing Practice, DNP
Sport, Entertainment & Art
Communication & Literature
International Affairs, Education, Language & Culture
- Human Rights Education, MA
- International and Multicultural Education, EdD
- International and Multicultural Education, EdD with Preliminary Admin. Services Credential
- International and Multicultural Education, MA
- International Studies, MA
- Migration Studies, MA
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, MA
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with Credential, MA
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages — concentration in Educational Technology, MA
Economic Policy & Analysis
Healthcare & Social Assistance
- Doctor of Psychology, Clinical Psychology, PsyD
- Family Nurse Practitioner, DNP — for RNs with a bachelor's degree
- Family Nurse Practitioner, DNP — for RNs with a master's degree
- Master of Science in Digital Health Informatics, MSDHI
- Nursing Practice, DNP
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, DNP — for RNs with any bachelor's degree
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, DNP — for RNs with any master's degree
Psychology, Counseling & Mental Health/Wellness
- Counseling Psychology — concentration in School Counseling/PPS Credential, MA
- Doctor of Psychology, Clinical Psychology, PsyD
- Nursing Practice, DNP
Management & Business
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation, MS
- Marketing Intelligence, MS
- MBA, Full-Time
- MBA, Part-Time
- MBA, Executive
- Sport Management, MS
Educator Preparation Programs
- Catholic Educational Leadership, MA
- Catholic Educational Leadership, MA with Preliminary Admin. Services Credential
- Special Education with Mild/Moderate Specialist Credential, MA
- Special Education with Mild/Moderate Specialist Credential 1-year, MA
- Teaching with Credential — Catholic School Teaching, MAT
- Teaching with Credential, MAT
- Teaching with Credential — Urban Education and Social Justice, MAT
- Teaching Reading with Certificate, MA
- Teaching Reading with Certificate and Credential, MA
Public Scholarship & Social Science
- Catholic Educational Leadership, EdD
- Catholic Educational Leadership, EdD with Preliminary Admin. Services Credential
- Higher Education and Student Affairs, MA
- International and Multicultural Education, EdD
- International and Multicultural Education - concentration in Human Rights Education (EdD)
- International and Multicultural Education - concentration in Racial Justice and Education (EdD)
- Learning and Instruction, EdD
- Organization and Leadership, EdD