Tuition, Financial Aid & Scholarships

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must show a commitment to practice clinical pharmacy and provide pharmaceutical care upon graduation.

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must:

• be a current P2 student
• demonstrate interest in clinical pharmacy practice
• have strong communication skills
• plan to complete a post-PharmD residency and pursue a career in clinical pharmacy
• have evidence of involvement in community service and/or student/professional organizations (e.g. ASHP-ASP, Rho Chi, etc)
• show academic achievement
• show evidence of financial need is not required

Albertsons Safeway:

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must show academic achievement, financial need and a commitment to community pharmacy. Applicants should provide a brief statement demonstrating these criteria:

• P1 & P2 only
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Have financial need
• Demonstrate leadership
• Must be open to working in a community pharmacy.
• Existing employee preferred, not required.

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must maintain good scholastic standing in the School of Pharmacy, be a current member of NCPA chapter and submit an application through the school.

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must have definite plans to practice community pharmacy in Colorado after graduation.

Eugene McMahan’s legacy lives on through scholarship

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must have scholastic achievement, financial need and a desire to be a community pharmacist.

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must:

• be a pharmacy student with high scholastic standing in his/her last three years of school.
• have a financial need for help with tuition, books and more
• show the ability to lead others
• show a strong desire to enter community practice upon graduation and experience in community practice
• have a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

Preference is given to Walmart/Sam’s Club interns or students who have completed their IPPE Rotation at Walmart or Sam’s Club

Academic merit and preference to students who have resided in Colorado's San Luis Valley. Provide a brief statement about your academic achievements and about your residency in Colorado's San Luis Valley. Begin your statement with your first and last name.

Dr. Glenn Appelt’s legacy of generosity lives on with new CU Pharmacy scholarship in his name

The scholarship recipient will be an active or honorably discharged member of the United States Armed Forces. If there are no candidates who meet that criteria, a dependent (spouse, partner, child or parent) of an active or honorably discharged member of the Armed Forces will be selected. To qualify, provide a brief statement about your experience in the Armed Forces, or as a dependent of a person who served in the Armed Forces. Begin your statement with your first and last name.

Veterans Day 2019: Honoring veterans through the C. David Elm Scholarship

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must:

• be a full-time P4 student in entry-level PharmD. program during the academic year.
• be a citizen or permanent resident of U.S.
• show career goals after graduate school and a commitment to pursuing an advanced degree, such as conducting part-time work in a research lab, submitting of an application to an accredited graduate program or being accepted to a graduate program (e.g., PhD, MBA, MPH)
• be in good academic standing in the PharmD program.

Named for Dr. Gene Erwin and James Vincent, this scholarship helps students who are in need financially. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants much show that their academic opportunities are limited because of financial hardship.

This scholarship is open to current Professional Year 2 students (P2s) or P3s only.

To apply, please provide a brief statement describing why you are interested in advancing the profession and practice of pharmacy and how you intend to pursue this goal. Tell how your financial need and academic opportunities would be enhanced by financial assistance.

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must donate 20 hours per semester to the JP Opioid Interaction Awareness Alliance Scholarship.

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must have good academic standing and demonstrated leadership within the School of Pharmacy.

Two George Masunaga Scholarships are available: one for merit and one for financial need.

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must show academic achievement and demonstrated interest in advancing the profession and practice of pharmacy.

To qualify, applicants must show financial need and that academic opportunities would be assisted by support from this scholarship.

Grateful Alumnus Gives a Gift that Keeps on Giving

This scholarship is awarded based on financial need, ethical responsibility and academic achievement.

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must be:

• in good academic standing as defined by CU Pharmacy
• interested in a career in community pharmacy practice
• bilingual
• an intern or volunteer with organizations that are supporting underserved populations.

CVS Health Foundation Spanish Scholarship

To qualify, applicants must be:

• in good academic standing as defined by the institution
• interested in a career in community pharmacy practice
• a volunteer for organizations that support underserved populations
• bilingual in English and Spanish

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must enhance diversity of the student population and show academic achievement.

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must provide a statement describing how they contribute to the diversity of the CU Pharmacy student population.

Celebrating a Legacy. Inspiring Diversity.

Walgreens Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Award

To qualify, applicants must provide a brief statement about how they embrace diversity, promote the diversity and inclusion initiative on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and intend to practice in community pharmacy.

Walgreens Multilingual Scholarship

Applicants must provide a brief statement confirming that they are fluent in more than one language in addition to English and have an interest in community pharmacy.

To qualify for the Louis and Karen Diamond New American Scholarship, the applicant must be a full-time P3 student in the entry-level PharmD program, a citizen or permanent resident of U.S., a first or second generation immigrant to the U.S. and in good academic standing in the PharmD program.

The applicant's statement should provide documentation of the status of the candidate regarding:

• citizenship/permanent residence of the U.S.
• history of family immigration to the U.S.
• current academic standing

Begin the statement with first and last name.

This scholarship is awarded to a pharmacy student in good academic standing who has overcome a significant physical/medical challenge or is a person with a disability.

Erin Terrio’s legacy of determination lives on through posthumous CU Pharmacy degree

The primary goal of the Gateway to Research Scholarship program is to help students gain an understanding of the importance of research by enabling them to apply that knowledge to improve their clinical skills. This scholarship provides a unique opportunity for talented PharmD and baccalaureate degree students to participate in a faculty-mentored research project. The Gateway to Research Scholarship also encourages students who have the aptitude and desire to pursue a career in research to continue their education in a PhD program.

provides support for diverse students enrolled in the Skaggs School from geographic areas and socioeconomic backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in the school or in the pharmacy and pharmaceutical science professions. 

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must demonstrate a commitment to practice in a rural area of Colorado or Wyoming. Applicants should provide information demonstrating these criteria:

Completion of the P1 year

Good academic and professional standing within the program

Plans to practice as a pharmacist in rural Colorado or Wyoming

awarded to a CU Pharmacy student who wishes to pursue a career in a community/independent pharmacy including ownership.

given to students from populations that are historically underrepresented in the school or the pharmacy and pharmaceutical science professions.

awarded to students who cultivate a spirit of community and ownership, with the hope that they will "Pay it Forward."

awarded to support a married student with children

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must demonstrate professionalism and show they make a positive impact in the classroom. Additionally, they must contribute to the culture of the profession.

In addition to the scholarships listed above, we encourage you to independently research and apply to as many scholarships as possible. If the Office of Student services is notified of other scholarships, we will share those opportunities with you.