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Murray State University Scholarships and Merit Aid

Murray, Kentucky

8 scholarships Murray 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.

6,646Undergraduates
84%Admit rate

Merit awarded on published numbers (8)

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

Trustee

$10,000

Published requirement
3.8 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 33 ACT, or 3.8 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 1450 SAT
Renewable
Yes, per the school
$10,000 per yearmurraystate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Regents

$8,000

Published requirement
3.8 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 28 ACT, or 3.8 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 1300 SAT
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Annual amount: $8,000murraystate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Provost

$5,000

Published requirement
3.8 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Annual amount: $5,000murraystate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Carr

$4,000

Published requirement
3.5 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Annual amount: $4,000murraystate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

University

$3,000

Published requirement
3.3 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Annual amount: $3,000murraystate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Deans

$2,500

Published requirement
3.0 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Annual amount: $2,500murraystate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Opportunity

$1,000

Published requirement
2.75 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Annual amount: $1,000murraystate.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Alumni Legacy Tuition Grant

$0

Who it is for
Out-of-state students
The Alumni Legacy Tuition Grant offers out-of-state children and grandchildren of Murray State alumni tuition at the in-state rate.murraystate.edu (read 2026-06-17)
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 Murray 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.

$27,008In-state, per year
$32,360Out-of-state, per year

Where Murray State University lists its scholarships

Murray State runs one general scholarship application (accessed via myGate's Financial Aid/Scholarship section, backed by the ngwebsolutions/Scholarship Manager platform at murraystate.scholarships.ngwebsolutions.com) that matches students to BOTH university-wide merit awards and the dozens of named departmental/college-endowed funds (e.g. the ~40 named College of Education and Human Services scholarships). There is no separate per-department application; committees select recipients and set individual award amounts internally, so per-award dollar figures are not published outside the login-gated application.

Where this came from

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