At Butler University, providing an exceptional student-centered learning experience is at the heart of everything we do. We are passionate about the transformative impact we make in students’ lives and are driven to make this experience available to all who seek it. That is why we annually invest more than $74 million in unfunded scholarships to make a Butler education affordable for our students and their families. In keeping with Ovid Butler’s founding vision, we are committed to ensuring that a Butler education remains accessible to every deserving student, regardless of financial circumstance. But to make this vision sustainable, we need your help.
Because many of our students are only able to consider Butler as a viable option with the help of Butler-funded academic and need-based scholarships, Butler offers the best possible financial aid package up front. Unfortunately, the ever-growing total of scholarship funding required to meet our students’ needs is not sustainable. In fact, in 2018-19 Butler provided nearly $78 million in scholarships to our students. Of that total, only $3.1 million was funded by our endowment or annual philanthropic support. Closing this nearly $75 million gap in student scholarship support is essential to making Butler’s personalized educational experience a reality for aspiring Bulldogs. It is for this reason that we look to generous donors like you to help sustain the financial commitment Butler University has made to student scholarship support.
