Graduate Hospitality Institute Scholarships and Financial Aid

The Fordham Hospitality Institute offers several scholarship opportunities to incoming students. This is financial aid that you don't have to pay back. Students must be enrolled in a minimum of six graduate credits in the fall and spring semester and maintain a 3.0 Grade Point Average. Additional payment plans and loan programs are available through Fordham’s Graduate Financial Aid program.


  • Notifications for fall semester scholarships begin going out via email to newly admitted graduate students in mid-April of the entering year.
  • Notifications for spring semester scholarships begin going out via email to newly admitted graduate students in mid-November.
  • All scholarship funding questions can be directed to Admissions at [email protected]

Dean's Awards up to $10,000
The School of Professional and Continuing Studies offers an array of merit and needs based Dean's Awards. Dean's Awards are applied in your first year of study in equal halves in the fall term and in the spring term. Applicants who would like to be considered for one of the following Dean's Awards should email Debbie Lesperance, Director of PCS Admissions, at [email protected]. No additional application required.  

  • Dean's Scholar Award: $10,000
    The Dean's Scholar award is the most competitive award offered through the Hospitality Institute. The scholarship committee identifies those who present the strongest applications, with an emphasis placed on prior academic performance, work experience and the insight provided in a required admissions essay.
  • Dean’s Merit Award: $4,000-6,000
  • Dean's Advanced Graduate Certificate Award: $2,700

We encourage students to seek external scholarships from industry organizations.