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Penn State Academic Award

Pennsylvania State University, United States

Scholarship overview

Annual award for first-year Pennsylvania residents entering a baccalaureate degree at Penn State University Park. Transfer students are not eligible.

Award Information

  • First-time, first-year student, enrolling at University Park for the fall semester immediately after high school graduation
  • Resident of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. citizen or permanent resident
  • Enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at any campus other than World Campus
  • File the FAFSA and have demonstrated financial need
  • Be a full-time student (twelve or more credits each semester)
  • Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher at the end of the spring semester
  • Complete at least 24 credits at the end of the spring semester
  • Award amounts vary with the student's academic profile, demonstrated financial need and other institutional grants and scholarships received.
  • Available for up to eight consecutive semesters in a baccalaureate degree, unless the student moves to World Campus, receives the employee-child grant-in-aid discount or no longer shows financial need.

Eligible first-year Pennsylvania residents with an offer to University Park are considered through May 1.

  1. Apply for admission to Penn State through MyPennState or the Common App.
  2. Submit the FAFSA where the award requires or encourages it.
  3. No separate scholarship application is needed; eligible admitted students are evaluated automatically from admission and financial aid information.

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How selection works

Awards are evaluated from admission and financial aid information; no separate application is made.

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