Purdue University Fort Wayne Scholarships and Merit Aid

Fort Wayne, Indiana

8 scholarships Purdue University Fort Wayne 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.

5,450Undergraduates

84%Admit rate

Merit awarded on published numbers (6)

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

Purdue Fort Wayne Scholarship (In-State, 3.5+ GPA)

$2,000

Published requirement: 3.5 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Scholarship Amounts for First-Time Beginner Students per Year | GPA | In-State | Out-of-State | Transfer | | 3.5+ | $2,000 | $3,000 | $1,500 |pfw.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Purdue Fort Wayne Scholarship (In-State, 3.0-3.49 GPA)

$1,000

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

Scholarship Amounts for First-Time Beginner Students per Year | GPA | In-State | Out-of-State | Transfer | | 3.0–3.49 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 |pfw.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Purdue Fort Wayne Scholarship (In-State, 2.5-2.99 GPA)

$500

Published requirement: 2.5 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Scholarship Amounts for First-Time Beginner Students per Year | GPA | In-State | Out-of-State | Transfer | | 2.5–2.99 | $500 | $500 | $750 |pfw.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Purdue Fort Wayne Scholarship (Out-of-State, 3.5+ GPA)

$3,000

Published requirement: 3.5 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: Out-of-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Scholarship Amounts for First-Time Beginner Students per Year | GPA | In-State | Out-of-State | Transfer | | 3.5+ | $2,000 | $3,000 | $1,500 |pfw.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Purdue Fort Wayne Scholarship (Out-of-State, 3.0-3.49 GPA)

$2,000

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

Scholarship Amounts for First-Time Beginner Students per Year | GPA | In-State | Out-of-State | Transfer | | 3.0–3.49 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 |pfw.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Purdue Fort Wayne Scholarship (Out-of-State, 2.5-2.99 GPA)

$500

Published requirement: 2.5 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: Out-of-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Scholarship Amounts for First-Time Beginner Students per Year | GPA | In-State | Out-of-State | Transfer | | 2.5–2.99 | $500 | $500 | $750 |pfw.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Department awards open to incoming freshmen (2)

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

Doermer Distinguished Scholarship

Department: Doermer School of Business
Renewable: Yes, per the school

the prestigious Doermer Distinguished Scholarship offers full tuition, housing, textbooks, a stipend for food, and fees paid for up to four years.pfw.edu (read 2026-07-10)

Outstanding Freshman Chemistry Award

Department: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The award includes the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.pfw.edu (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 Purdue University Fort Wayne 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.

$28,134.74In-state, per year

$42,176.26Out-of-state, per year

Where Purdue University Fort Wayne lists its scholarships

ScholarshipUniverse — matches students to university and departmental scholarships via a login-walled personalized portal (pfw.scholarshipuniverse.com, career-account SSO)

Where this came from

https://www.pfw.edu/admissions-financial-aid/financial-aid/scholarshipuniverse (read 2026-07-10)
https://www.pfw.edu/admissions-financial-aid/financial-aid/types-financial-aid (read 2026-07-07)
https://www.pfw.edu/business/student-resources/scholarships (read 2026-07-10)
https://www.pfw.edu/science/student-resources (read 2026-07-10)

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