Indiana State University Scholarships and Merit Aid

Terre Haute, Indiana

9 scholarships Indiana State University publishes, each with the amount, what the school says it takes, and the sentence we read it in. This is what the school states, not a list of every award it offers.

6,620Undergraduates

92%Admit rate

Merit awarded on published numbers (5)

These are the awards the school ties to stated GPA and test bars. No separate application is listed for them.

Academic Excellence Scholarship

$3,000

Published requirement: 3.8 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 1270 SAT, or 3.8 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 27 ACT, or 3.8 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 1270 SAT, or 27 ACT
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$3,000 a yearindianastate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Incentive Scholarship

$5,000

Published requirement: 3.0 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: Out-of-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$5,000 a yearindianastate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Academic Distinction Scholarship

$2,500

Published requirement: 3.5 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$2,500 a yearindianastate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Academic Merit Scholarship

$1,000

Published requirement: 3.25 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$1,000 a yearindianastate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Child of Alumni Textbook Scholarship

$100

Deadline the school lists: 2026-06-01
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$100 yearly, renewable for 3 additional yearsindianastate.edu (read 2026-06-17)

Awards that take an application (3)

The school publishes an amount for these, and also publishes that something beyond the admission file decides them.

President's Scholarship

Deadline the school lists: 2025-12-15
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Valued at full in-state tuition and traditional housing and foodindianastate.edu (read 2026-06-17)

University Honors Scholarship

Deadline the school lists: 2025-12-15
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Valued at full in-state tuitionindianastate.edu (read 2026-06-17)

Sycamore String Quartet Program Scholarship

$3,000

Deadline the school lists: 2026-04-01
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Minimum $3,000 per yearindianastate.edu (read 2026-06-17)

Department awards open to incoming freshmen (1)

Run by a college or department, and published as open to students entering as freshmen.

Family & Consumer Sciences Incoming Freshman Scholarship

Department: Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

Award: Variesindstate.academicworks.com (read 2026-07-10)

Which of these a student actually clears depends on GPA, test score, home state, and major. A free Graidy account works that out award by award, and shows what is left to pay after it.

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What Indiana State University costs

Cost of attendance as published: tuition, fees, housing, and food for one year. It is the sticker, before any of the awards above and before need-based aid.

$26,662In-state, per year

$30,712Out-of-state, per year

Where Indiana State University lists its scholarships

The Branch (Blackbaud/AcademicWorks) — Indiana State University's central scholarship application portal. Publicly browsable award listing (no login required) covering continuing-student and departmental/college scholarships not individually listed on the school's public site.

Where this came from

https://indianastate.edu/costs-aid/scholarships/freshman-scholarships (read 2026-07-07)
https://indstate.academicworks.com/ (read 2026-07-10)
https://indstate.academicworks.com/opportunities/19803 (read 2026-07-10)

Every amount on this page was read off a Indiana State University page on the date shown. Schools change award tables, so check the school's page before you count on a number.