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Coyote Beginnings Scholarship and Grant (International First-Year Students)

University of South Dakota, United States

Scholarship overview

First-time international undergraduate students at the University of South Dakota are considered automatically for two awards that reduce the annual tuition fee of $13,299: the Coyote Beginnings Scholarship and the Coyote Beginnings Grant.

The two awards can be combined. A student who receives the high end of both reaches the equivalent of a half-tuition scholarship.

Award Information

  • First-time freshman applicant to USD.
  • Scholarship: awarded at admission, based on high school GPA.
  • Grant: awarded to freshmen with a qualifying SAT or ACT score.
  • Coyote Beginnings Scholarship: up to $4,000 per year.
  • Coyote Beginnings Grant: $1,500 to $2,500 per year, stackable with the scholarship.

Full consideration: apply to USD by June 1 for fall intakes and October 1 for spring intakes. Later applications are reviewed for any remaining funds.

  1. Submit the USD undergraduate application (or the Common App).
  2. No separate scholarship application is needed; eligibility is assessed from the admissions application.

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How selection works

Awards are assigned automatically from the admissions application using high school GPA and SAT/ACT scores.

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