Southwestern Michigan College
58900 Cherry Grove Rd
Dowagiac, Michigan 49047-9793
» Search for other schools Dowagiac, Michigan 49047-9793
Contact for Financial Aid
| Mr. Rob Wirt Director of Financial Aid | |
| Address: | 58900 Cherry Grove Road Dowagiac, Michigan 49047 |
| Phone: | (269)782-1316 |
| Toll-Free: | (800)456-8675 |
| Fax: | (269)782-8414 |
| E-mail: | |
| URL: | |
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Financial Aid Options
| Institutional Payment Plan | Yes |
| Scholarships | Yes |
| Loans | Yes |
| Grants | Yes |
| Need-based Scholarships or Grants | -- |
| Merit Scholarships | -- |
| Federal Student Loans | -- |
| Athletic Scholarships | -- |
| Federal Family Loans | -- |
| Other Loans | -- |
Important Financial Aid Dates
| Priority Date | -- |
| Deadline Date | -- |
| Student Notification Date | -- |
Required Forms
| FAFSA | -- |
| State | -- |
| Institutional Form | -- |
| Non-custodial Profile | -- |
| CSS Profile | -- |
| Business/Farm Supplement | -- |
| Other Forms | -- |
Who is Receiving Financial Aid?
| First-Year | Transfer | Graduate | International | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Receiving Need-based Aid | 55% | 55% | -- | -- |
| Average Need-based Amount | $3,000 | -- | -- | -- |
| % Receiving Merit-based Aid | 25% | 25% | -- | -- |
| Average Merit-based Amount | $800 | -- | -- | -- |
| % Receiving Self-help Aid | 10% | 10% | -- | -- |
| Average Self-help Amount | $1,000 | -- | -- | -- |
Scholarships Offered
| Academic Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | For incoming freshmen based on their potential contribution to the academic life of the College. |
| Eligibility | Freshmen Only |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 100 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $300 |
| High Amount | $1,200 |
| Bitantis Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $800 |
| High Amount | $800 |
| Bowsman Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $600 |
| High Amount | $600 |
| Cecil Kirby Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $200 |
| High Amount | $200 |
| Community Grange of Summerville | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $1,000 |
| High Amount | $1,000 |
| Darrin Williams Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $400 |
| High Amount | $400 |
| Dowagiac Business and Professional Women's Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 10 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $400 |
| High Amount | $400 |
| Dowagiac Rotary Club Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 10 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $1,000 |
| High Amount | $1,000 |
| Edith B. Powell Endowment | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 10 |
| Number of Years | 5 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $300 |
| High Amount | $1,000 |
| Edna Carlson Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 5 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $600 |
| High Amount | $600 |
| Erma Lilly Nursing Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 15 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $100 |
| High Amount | $600 |
| Exchange Club Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 5 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $200 |
| High Amount | $200 |
| Father William O'Leary Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 20 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $600 |
| High Amount | $600 |
| Foster Daugthery Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 12 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $300 |
| High Amount | $300 |
| Gula Thatcher Estate Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 6 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $300 |
| High Amount | $300 |
| Harold Franklin Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 2 |
| Number of Years | 25 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $1,000 |
| High Amount | $1,000 |
| Helen File Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 8 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $100 |
| High Amount | $600 |
| Hon. Fred and Ina Hunter Wells Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 0 |
| Number of Years | 5 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $100 |
| High Amount | $400 |
| Ivan Kincheloe Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 0 |
| Number of Years | 5 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $1,000 |
| High Amount | $1,000 |
| J. Gressel Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 5 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $1,000 |
| High Amount | $1,000 |
| J. Whitman File Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 13 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $600 |
| High Amount | $600 |
| Jean Ledman Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 4 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $200 |
| High Amount | $200 |
| John Bjerke Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 2 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $300 |
| High Amount | $300 |
| Katherine Haas Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $500 |
| High Amount | $500 |
| Keith and Betty Russom Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 7 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $200 |
| High Amount | $200 |
| Lodge #10 Peninsula Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $600 |
| High Amount | $600 |
| Lulu W. and Harold A. Amersdorfer Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 5 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $200 |
| High Amount | $800 |
| Marsh Bostwick Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 6 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $400 |
| High Amount | $1,000 |
| Martha L. Hale Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $800 |
| High Amount | $800 |
| Matt Weid Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 8 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $300 |
| High Amount | $300 |
| Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Kairis Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 12 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $1,000 |
| High Amount | $1,000 |
| Nineteenth Century Club Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 0 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $800 |
| High Amount | $800 |
| Oppenheim Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 2 |
| Number of Years | 4 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $800 |
| High Amount | $800 |
| Redner Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 8 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $600 |
| High Amount | $600 |
| Richard Kaiser Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 15 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $100 |
| High Amount | $300 |
| Richmond T. Kingman Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 20 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $800 |
| High Amount | $800 |
| Robert Mater Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 5 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $400 |
| High Amount | $400 |
| Springsteen Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 1 |
| Number of Years | 15 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $400 |
| High Amount | $400 |
| Steven C. Briegel Memorial Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Description | Endowment fund scholarship |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 2 |
| Number of Years | 10 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $800 |
| High Amount | $500 |
| Trustee Awards | |
|---|---|
| Description | For students with financial need who may not be eligible for other types of financial assistance. |
| Eligibility | -- |
| Type | Scholarship |
| Number per Year | 250 |
| Number of Years | 15 |
| Basis | Academic |
| Low Amount | $100 |
| High Amount | $400 |
Contact for Financial Aid
| Name | Mr. Rob Wirt |
| Title | Director of Financial Aid |
| Job Description | -- |
| Address | 58900 Cherry Grove Road Dowagiac, Michigan 49047 |
| Phone | (269)782-1316 |
| Toll-Free | (800)456-8675 |
| Fax | (269)782-8414 |
| URL |
Percentage of Students Receiving Financial Aid
Average Financial Aid Provided
(compared to in-state tuition of $3,976 and out-of-state tuition of $4,332)
» Counselors