Jacksonville State University Scholarships

Many of our students attend JSU and are eligible for scholarships.  This year, JSU has made some scholarship policy changes, as follows.

JSU's scholarship application opened on October 1, 2012, and closes on March 1, 2013!  In order to be considered for any scholarship, students must be unconditionally admitted to JSU and MUST COMPLETE THE ONLINE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION by the deadline!  The qualifications and restrictions of each scholarship can be viewed by clicking on the name of the scholarship.  The JSU  Scholarship site is located at http://www.jsu.edu/finaid/scholarships/types.html.  Student must list each scholarship for which he/she wants to be considered on the online scholarship application.

IMPORTANT:  Students need to be aware that all correspondence sent from the JSU Scholarship office will be emailed to the students' JSU Gamecock email account.  The student's logon information is found in the JSU Admissions letter.  You must reply to your offer of a scholarship within a certain number of days, so it is imperative that you check your JSU email account daily.

Here is a list of some of the ACT/SAT academic scholarships offered by JSU:

Elite Honors Scholars - Requires a 30 ACT or above; 3.5 GPA; renewable 4 years, up to 128 hours.  Candidates will be selected from the Elite Scholars recipients and will be contacted and required to submit an essay and resume.  Includes 16 in-state tuition hours per semester, housing, meal plan, books, and laptop computer.

Elite Scholars - Requires a 30 ACT or above; renewable 4 years, up to 128 hours; Includes 16 in-state tuition hours per semester, housing, and meal plan.

Faculty Scholars - Requires a 26-29 ACT; renewable 4 years, up to 128 hours; Includes 16 in-state tuition hours per semester and books.

Gamecock Scholars - Requires a 24-25 ACT; renewable one year, up to 36 hours; Includes 9 in-state tuition hours per semester.

Gem of the Hills Scholars - Requires 22-23 ACT; renewable one year, up to 24 hours; Includes 6 in-state tuition hours per semester.

Valedictorian - Scholarship is offered to incoming first-time freshmen who are declared Valedictorian their senior year of high school; renewable one year, up to 64 hours.  Includes 16 in-state tuition hours per semester.

Leadership - Requires a 2.5 academic GPA or above; a 20 ACT or above; based primarily on offices held in extracurricular activities, leadership roles, and community involvement.  Paper application with resume and official high school transcript are required.  Renewable one year, up to 64 hours, based on continued leadership role.  Includes 16 in-state tuition hours per semester.