National Service Scholarships

At Heller, our students are driven by their missions and passion for social justice and service. One in five of our American students has a background in national service: Peace Corps, AmeriCorps State and National, City Year, Teach for America, AmeriCorps Vista, and AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps).

AmeriCorps Scholarships

The Heller School is pleased to offer guaranteed partial-tuition scholarships of at least 50% to AmeriCorps alumni admitted to one of the following Heller Degree Programs:

MPP Master of Public Policy
Social Impact MBA
MBA/MPP Dual Degree
MA in Sustainable International Development (SID)
MBA/SID Dual Degree
MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence (COEX)
MBA/COEX Dual Degree
SID/COEX Dual Degree
MS in Global Health Policy and Management (GHPM)
MBA/GHPM Dual Degree
SID/GHPM Dual Degree

Heller AmeriCorps scholarships exceed the match provided through the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Match Program. The application fee will be waived for all AmeriCorps alumni.

City Year Scholarships

The Heller School is pleased to offer guaranteed partial-tuition scholarships of at least 50% to City Year alumni admitted to one of our master’s degree programs. The application fee will be waived for all City Year alumni.

Commonwealth Corps Scholarships

The Heller School is pleased to offer guaranteed partial-tuition scholarships of at least 50% to Commonwealth Corps alumni admitted to one of the following Heller Degree Programs:

MPP Master of Public Policy
Social Impact MBA
MBA/MPP Dual Degree
MA in Sustainable International Development (SID)
MBA/SID Dual Degree
MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence (COEX)
MBA/COEX Dual Degree
SID/COEX Dual Degree
MS in Global Health Policy and Management (GHPM)
MBA/GHPM Dual Degree
SID/GHPM Dual Degree

The application fee will be waived for all Commonwealth Corps alumni.

Peace Corps Scholarships

All Returning Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) admitted to Heller's master's degree programs receive a guaranteed 50% tuition scholarship for each semester enrolled as an in-residence student.

Five RPCVs admitted to Heller each fall term will receive a 100% tuition scholarship for each semester enrolled as an in-residence student. One new student in each master's degree program will receive this award:

MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence
MA in Sustainable International Development
MS in Global Health Policy and Management
Master of Public Policy
Social Impact MBA

Learn more about our RPCV scholarships!

Meet a few of our service alumni:

Max Brodsky, MBA'20

AmeriCorps*VISTA

“I took a service year with AmeriCorps*VISTA and ended up being placed at Brandeis to help oversee programs that work with low-income community centers here in Waltham. Serving with VISTA is something I found to be incredibly important. I was able to fine-tune more of what I hope to be as a leader.”

Elizabeth Nguyen, MBA/MA SID'20 (VIDEO)

Peace Corps

"There's a huge Peace Corps community here [at Heller]. If you walk anywhere on campus, you'll notice everyone is either Peace Corps or AmeriCorps or City Year, which is a really nice community to have. The fact that we are service driven is obvious in every classroom and I really love that part about Heller. "

Joel Pugh, MBA'20

AmeriCorps

“I did two terms of AmeriCorps, and I absolutely loved it. It completely changed my life,” says Pugh. “It was my first job, and I got to meet people who were different from me, which was a big deal having growing up in this very rural, shut-off part of the country. It taught me about myself, about other people, about intersectionality. That experience instilled a sense of social justice in me.”