Financial Aid & Scholarships
Financial Aid
Financial aid is a critical part of most students' education. Currently, about 70 percent of Baylor students are on financial assistance or scholarship aid.
Financial aid is offered through department scholarships, federal loans, grants and scholarships. For federal loans, grants and scholarships, students must apply through Baylor's Financial Aid Office located in Clifton Robinson Tower.
Contact the office for further details at 254-710-2611.
JPRNM Scholarships
Our department offers nearly $300,000 in annual scholarship funds to students. An additional $40,000 is set aside for incoming freshman and transferring Journalism majors. The amount offered in scholarships is more than any other department in the College of Arts & Sciences.
For more information, students should contact Dr. Mia Moody at Mia_Moody@baylor.edu, Chair of the Journalism, Public Relations & New Media scholarship committee. The window for 2025-2026 scholarships is open from Dec. 16, 2024 to March 15, 2025.
Available Scholarships include:
- Al Quinn Scholarship
- Baylor Journalism Department Scholarship
- Patrick Frey and Katherine Frost Scholarship
- Frank Burkhalter Scholarship
- Carmage Walls Scholarship
- C.D. Johnson Scholarship
- David Cheavens Scholarship
- E.S. James Baptist/Standard Scholarship
- E.S. Fentress Scholarship
- Elizabeth and Russell Hallberg Scholarship
- Headliners Club Scholarship
- J.R. Kilgore Scholarship
- David McHam Scholarship
- Hope Ridings Miller Scholarship
- Harry and Frances Provence Scholarship
- Dr. Moody-Ramirez & Tom Belden Diversity Scholarship
- Tommy West Journalism Scholarship
- Sam Wood Scholarship
- Sara Stone Scholarship
- Sue Mayborn Endowed Scholarship
- William and Joanne Moore Scholarship
- Wilson Fielder Jr. Scholarship
- Willie Foster Scholarship
- Adrian Vaughn Scholarship
All required scholarship application materials to must be submitted through the scholarship application portal when it is open.
Department of Journalism, Public Relations & New Media Scholarship Committee
Attn: Dr. Mia Moody-Ramirez, Professor & Chair
Baylor University, One Bear Place #97353
Waco, TX 76798-7353
