Scholarships & Awards

A College of Charleston education is an investment in your future. We understand that paying for college is one of the largest single investments you will make. While you can always count on the Office of Financial Aid to help you navigate this process, the School of the Arts offers a number of scholarship opportunities. All applications for departmental scholarships must be completed through the Cougar Scholarship Awarding System (CSAS). While we've listed some scholarships below, you can find a complete list of all scholarships on the CSAS website. 

Departmental Scholarships

• Art & Architectural History
• Arts Management
• Historic Preservation & Community Planning
• Music
• Studio Art
• Theatre & Dance

 Schoolwide Scholarships

THE MARION AND WAYLAND H. CATO JR. SCHOLARSHIP

Awards from the Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund for the School of the Arts shall be restricted to undergraduate and graduate full-time and part-time students of the College's School of Arts who are pursuing a course of study as a declared major within the School of the Arts leading to an accredited degree and who also have financial need. (Financial need expressly includes students whose income exceeds government assistance criteria, but who can demonstrate a quantifiable need for assistance.) Preference will be shown to students under consideration for a Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Scholarship who show evidence of 1) having worked for pay or who are working for pay at the present time and 2) having worked without pay in some form of community service or who are working without pay in some form of community service at the present time.

 School of the Arts Alumni Awards

In 2011 the School of the Arts established an Alumni Awards program in order to honor those former students who have made significant progress in their careers, the arts or have given of themselves as donors and/or volunteers. Previous winners include: