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Institutional Scholarships Comparison


New Recipients 2019-2020 Academic Year

Students must be admitted to the University by December 1, 2018 for PRIORITY scholarship consideration. 

Scholarship

Requirements

Award Amount

Renewal

Application Procedure

ASTATE Scholar
Final Deadline: December 1, 2018

Competitively Awarded

-U.S. citizen
-2019 High School Graduate
-minimum 32 composite ACT or 1450 New SAT and 3.500 GPA
-Competitively awarded

$15,000
includes $3,000 for meal plan
$3720 for housing

Remaining balance for tuition and fees

15 A-State hours on the A-State Jonesboro campus per semester (including one Honors course) and a cumulative 3.500 gpa

Renewable up to eight semesters

-Be admitted to the university by December 1, 2018
-Additional documents required to be considered for the A-State Scholar:
visit astate.edu/astatescholar

ASTATE Excellence
*Priority Deadline: December 1, 2018

*Final Deadline:  February 15, 2019

-U.S. citizen
-2019 High School Graduate
-30-31 ACT Superscore or 1390-1449 New SAT and minimum 3.500 GPA

$9,220 including room

Scholarships for both ACT scores include:
$3,720 for housing

Remaining balance for tuition and fees

15 A-State hours on the A-State Jonesboro campus per semester and a cumulative 3.250 GPA

Renewable up to eight semesters

-Be admitted to the university by scholarship deadline
-No scholarship application required

ASTATE Leadership
*Priority Deadline: December 1, 2018

*Final Deadline:   February 15, 2019

-U.S. citizen
-2019 High School Graduate
-29 ACT Superscore (1350-1389 New SAT) and minimum 3.500 GPA
-28 ACT Superscore (1310-1349 New SAT) and minimum 3.500 GPA

29 ACT - $8,720 including room
28 ACT - $8,220 including room

Both scholarships include:
$3,720 for housing

Remaining balance for tuition and fees

15 A-State hours on the A-State Jonesboro campus per semester and a cumulative 3.250 GPA

Renewable up to eight semesters

-Be admitted to the university by scholarship deadline
-No scholarship application required

ASTATE Pride
*Priority Deadline: December 1, 2018

*Final Deadline: February 15, 2019

-U.S. citizen
-2019 High School Graduate
-27 ACT Superscore (1280-1309 New SAT) and minimum 3.250 GPA 
-26 ACT Superscore (1240 - 1279 New SAT) and minimum 3.250 GPA 
-25 ACT Superscore (1200-1239 New SAT) and minimum 3.250 GPA

-27 ACT -$7,220 including room
-26 ACT -$6,970 including room
-25 ACT -$6,720 including room

All three scholarships include:
$3,720 for housing
Remaining balance for tuition and fees

15 A-State hours on the A-State Jonesboro campus per semester and a cumulative 3.250 GPA

Renewable up to eight semesters

 

-Be admitted to the university by scholarship deadline
-No scholarship application required

ASTATE Spirit
*Priority Deadline: December 1, 2018

*Final Deadline: February 15, 2019

-U.S. citizen
-2019 High School Graduate
-24 ACT Superscore (1160-1199 New SAT) and minimum 3.250 GPA

 $3,000

15 A-State hours on the A-State Jonesboro campus per semester and a cumulative 3.250 GPA

Renewable up to eight semesters
 

-Be admitted to the university by scholarship deadline
-No scholarship application required

Arkansas Promise ScholarshipTM
Final Deadline:    June 1, 2019

-U.S. citizen
-2019 High School graduate
-23 ACT Superscore or minimum 1130 New SAT and minimum 3.000 GPA

$3,000 

One year award

15 A-State hours on the A-State Jonesboro campus per semester

Nonrenewable


-Be admitted to the university by scholarship deadline
-No scholarship application required

Out-of-State Scholarship

May be combined with Institutional Scholarships 

-U.S. citizen
-Incoming Freshmen - minimum 24 ACT Superscore or 1160 New SAT and 3.000 GPA

-Transfer Students - minimum 24 transfer hours and 3.250 GPA

Equal to out-of-state tuition costs

Automatically awarded and posted to student account upon billing

Must be a full-time A-State student
This benefit is not available to students who attend A-State during the summer unless the student attended A-State full-time the previous spring semester

-Be admitted to the university
-Student athletes receiving institutional athletic aid may not qualify, please contact the A-State Athletic Compliance Office for determination of eligibility

-Students are encouraged to complete the admissions process as early as possible to be admitted before the December 1st PRIORITY DEADLINE to receive full consideration for a scholarship award. February 15, 2019 is the final scholarship deadline (excluding A-State Scholar); however, A-State awards scholarships to eligible students based on the funding available at the time of the award.  A-State reserves the right to make changes to the scholarship program at any time based on the funds available, the number of eligible students and date students were admitted.

*Priority Scholarship award letters will be mailed the third week of December. Any additional offers will be mailed the first week of March.

-December ACT scores will be considered for offers and upgrades if received by February 15, 2019 (excluding A-State Scholar).

-All scholarships are administered according to University guidelines.

-A scholarship award will only be made to those students who have applied and been admitted to Arkansas State University. For a student to be considered for admission, we must receive an admission application, along with an official six semester high school transcript, $30 application fee, and official ACT or SAT score. Please visit www.astate.edu/admissions for complete admission details.

-Arkansas Scholar, Excellence, Leadership and Pride Awards include an allowance for housing valued at a maximum $3720 for the year. Recipients not living on campus will have their award reduced by $3720. All housing scholarships are contingent upon the availability of on-campus housing.

Financial Aid & Scholarships - (870) 972-2310