BFA Equity Scholarships

• Submit a completed Undergraduate application for 2025. You must be admitted into PNCA for the 2025 incoming class.

• Complete the online PNCA Equity Scholarship Application.

• Fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). List Willamette University as one of your choices. The Willamette University school code is 003227. (Note: Dreamer students including students who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status or Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as well as other undocumented students who are ineligible to submit a FAFSA may submit an Oregon Student Aid Application (ORSAA), which is an alternative to the FAFSA.) Ask your Admissions Counselor for more information.

• Transcripts can be emailed to bearcat@willamette.edu or mailed to Willamette University, Office of Admission, 900 State Street, Salem OR, 97301. Unofficial transcripts can be used to apply, but we will need copies of all official transcripts as soon as you graduate from your current institution.

• Submit one letter of recommendation. In the application form you will be asked to include your recommender's contact information and email address so instructions can be shared with them on how to submit the recommendation letter to PNCA's Admissions office. Recommendation letters should come from people who are familiar with your academic abilities, achievements, community involvement, and/or potential for college success. Recommendations should not come from an immediate family member, classmate, peer, or friend.

The PNCA Equity Scholarship Committee will determine the recipients of the following scholarships:

• Two full tuition scholarships (renewable annually) will be awarded to incoming students who have demonstrated a commitment to working with impacted communities to end racial injustice. 

• Two scholarships of $5,000 (renewable annually) will be awarded to incoming students who have demonstrated a commitment to working with impacted communities to end racial injustice. These scholarships are in addition to the initial merit and portfolio based scholarship that students receive upon admission into PNCA.

Full Tuition Scholarship Details

The PNCA Equity Scholarship will cover the full amount of tuition for annually at PNCA. The two students who receive this scholarship must use all grants that they are eligible to receive through our Financial Aid Office, and the Equity Scholarship will cover the remaining tuition balance.

The awarded students are responsible for their own housing costs. PNCA Students are required to live in Arthouse their freshman year. Click here for more information. Students who live within 25 miles from PNCA are not required to live in Arthouse, and may fill out an exemption form.

Application Deadline: February 1st, 2025