Baylor Baptist Minister's Dependent Scholarship

About this scholarship

The Baylor Baptist Minister's Dependent Scholarship provides $5,000 per academic year to eligible children of Baptist ministers. A parent may be a pastor, minister of music, minister of education, or another full-time minister who is actively serving—or officially retired from serving—a Baptist congregation, state convention, or agency in a ministerial role certified by a Baptist convention. Applicants must document the parent’s full-time ministerial employment with a Baptist church or other qualifying Baptist entity. The scholarship can continue after the initial year when the student remains a full-time Baylor undergraduate and maintains at least a 2.5 cumulative Baylor GPA. Baylor directs students to submit their documentation as an attachment through its Student Financial Services Contact Us form, which is the actionable link used here; admission to the university is a separate prerequisite. The official page does not publish a single deadline or promise a set number of awards, so families should send current certification before the semester for which assistance is needed and allow time for review. This is distinct from Baylor’s missionary-dependent award, church matching funds, and ministry-major scholarships, each of which has different evidence and eligibility rules.

Eligibility

• Be admitted to and enrolled full time at Baylor University as an undergraduate
• Be the dependent of an active or officially retired full-time Baptist minister
• Have a parent who served a Baptist congregation, state convention, or qualifying agency in a convention-certified ministerial role
• Provide current documentation of the parent’s full-time ministerial employment or official retirement
• Submit the documentation through Baylor Student Financial Services
• Maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative Baylor GPA for renewal