2022 State Teachers of the Year Scholarship

¹State Teachers of the Year Full-Tuition Scholarship: All scholarship award recipients must be eligible to enroll in a Walden program and apply to Walden within 24 months of receiving their state teacher of the year award. Once Walden has verified the recipient’s eligibility and status as a state teacher of the year award winner, the recipient may complete the application and begin the enrollment process. Recipient must apply to a Richard W. Riley College of Education and Human Sciences degree or certificate program by March 2024.

Individuals who participate in the Walden State Teachers of the Year Scholarship program must affirm that they are willing and able to participate in all publicity efforts surrounding the program. Such publicity may include news releases and media advisories, local and national media coverage, media interviews and photos, and other similar public relations activities. Scholarship recipients must sign a release that allows Walden University to use the individual’s participation in the program for publicity purposes without limitation and states that all such materials remain the sole and exclusive property of Walden University.

The university must be in receipt of all of the applicant’s official admission documentation for scholarship funds to be applied to the student’s account. If a student has a previous merit-based Walden scholarship that was received after January 1, 2022, disbursements from the previous scholarship will end simultaneously when funds from a higher-value merit-based scholarship are applied.

Students who withdraw from the university will forfeit the scholarship. Students who take a leave of absence and re-enter the same program will retain the scholarship award. Students who take a leave of absence and choose to enter a different program will forfeit the scholarship award.

The scholarship covers the cost of tuition only and recipients are responsible for the cost of books, materials and any technology fees. Scholarship recipients enrolling in either the PhD in Education program or the Doctor of Education (EdD) program are also responsible for all associated residency costs. Recipients are responsible for all other non-tuition costs including but not limited to residency travel and other university or program fees as applicable.

In order for scholarship funding to continue throughout the length of the program, recipients must meet the satisfactory academic progress criteria set forth by Walden University’s current catalog for the duration of their program.

If a student is in a new semester and forfeited in the previous semester (due to internal lag time), the student will receive a revised bill for the prior semester in which they received the scholarship.

This scholarship is not managed by Walden University’s Office of Financial Aid. Please call an Enrollment Manager listed above for more information.

²Referral Tuition Reduction: This tuition reduction is available to all U.S. educators who are eligible to enroll in a Walden program and are referred by a 2022 State Teacher of the Year. The State Teacher of the Year does not have to enroll in a Walden program in order to refer up to two educators for the 25% tuition reduction. Recipient must apply to a Richard W. Riley College of Education and Human Sciences degree or certificate program by March 2025. Once Walden has verified the recipient’s eligibility, the recipient may complete the application and begin the enrollment process.

Educators who are nominated by a 2022 State Teacher of the Year for the 25% referral tuition reduction must affirm that they are willing and able to participate in all publicity efforts surrounding the program. Such publicity may include news releases and media advisories, local and national media coverage, media interviews and photos, and other similar public relations activities. Recipients must sign a release that allows Walden University to use the individual’s participation in the program for publicity purposes without limitation and states that all such materials remain the sole and exclusive property of Walden University.

Tuition reductions are not retroactively applied. Tuition reductions are applicable to tuition only and do not apply toward books, materials, technology fees and other supplies or fees needed for a course. Recipients enrolling in either the PhD in Education program or the Doctor of Education (EdD) program are also responsible for all associated residency costs. Recipients are responsible for all other non-tuition costs including but not limited to residency travel and other university or program fees as applicable.

The university must be in receipt of all of the applicant’s official admission documentation for the tuition reduction funds to be applied to the student’s account. This referral tuition reduction may not be combined with other Walden offers unless otherwise noted in another offer.

Any tuition reduction will end with any change or completion of current program. Students who withdraw from the university will forfeit their referral tuition reduction. Students who take a leave of absence and re-enter the same program will retain the referral tuition reduction. Students who take a leave of absence and choose to enter a different program will forfeit the referral tuition reduction.

In order for the referral tuition reduction funding to continue throughout the length of the program, recipients must meet the satisfactory academic progress criteria set forth by Walden University’s current catalog for the duration of their program.

This referral tuition reduction is not managed by Walden University’s Office of Financial Aid. Please call an Enrollment Manager listed above for more information.