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Saginaw Valley State University Scholarships and Merit Aid

University Center, Michigan

15 scholarships Saginaw Valley 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.

6,004Undergraduates
72%Admit rate

Merit awarded on published numbers (12)

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

Founder's Scholarship

$6,500

Published requirement
3.95 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Founder's Scholarship $6,500 - 3.95+ GPA required - Renewable 4-year award to be used toward your first degree - No deadline to qualifysvsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Dean's Scholarship

$5,000

Published requirement
3.7 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Dean's Scholarship $5,000 - 3.70-3.94 GPA required - Renewable 4-year award to be used toward your first degree - No deadline to qualifysvsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Cardinal Scholarship

$4,000

Published requirement
3.4 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Cardinal Scholarship $4,000 - 3.40-3.69 GPA required - Renewable 4-year award to be used toward your first degree - No deadline to qualifysvsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

University Scholarship

$3,000

Published requirement
3.0 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
University Scholarship $3,000 - 3.00-3.39 GPA required - Renewable 4-year award to be used toward your first degree - No deadline to qualifysvsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Valley Housing Scholarship

$1,500

Published requirement
3.0 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Valley Housing Scholarship $1,500 - All undergraduate incoming freshmen with a 3.0+ GPA - This award is renewable for up to two years - On-campus residency required - No deadline to qualifysvsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Red & White Award

$0

Who it is for
Out-of-state students
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Red & White Award REDUCED TUITION - Awarded to all admitted, non-Michigan residents - Award covers balance between out-of-state and in-state tuition - No deadline to qualifysvsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Dean's Scholarship

$5,000

Renewable
Yes, per the school
Dean's Scholarship $5,000svsu.edu (read 2026-06-17)

Cardinal Scholarship

$4,000

Renewable
Yes, per the school
Cardinal Scholarship $4,000svsu.edu (read 2026-06-17)

University Scholarship

$3,000

Renewable
Yes, per the school
University Scholarship $3,000svsu.edu (read 2026-06-17)

Academic Excellence Award

$1,500

Renewable
Not stated as renewable
Academic Excellence Award $1,500svsu.edu (read 2026-06-17)

Valley Housing Scholarship

$1,500

Renewable
Yes, per the school
Valley Housing Scholarship $1,500svsu.edu (read 2026-06-17)

SVSU Opportunity Grant

$0 to $7,500

Renewable
Yes, per the school
SVSU Opportunity Grant UP TO $7,500svsu.edu (read 2026-06-17)

Awards that take an application (1)

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

President's Scholarship

$0

Deadline the school lists
2025-12-01
Renewable
Yes, per the school
President's Scholarship 100% Tuitionsvsu.edu (read 2026-06-17)

Department awards open to incoming freshmen (2)

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

Fine Arts Scholarship

$2,000

Department
Art Department
Renewable
Yes, per the school
The scholarship amount is $2,000 and is renewable for four years based on renewal requirements.svsu.edu

Rhea Miller Scholarships in Music

$2,000 to $4,000

Department
Music Department
Renewable
Yes, per the school
The scholarship ranges from $2,000 to $4,000 and is awarded for one academic yearsvsu.edu
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What Saginaw Valley 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.

$30,198In-state, per year
$39,918Out-of-state, per year

Where Saginaw Valley State University lists its scholarships

AcademicWorks (SVSU Scholarship Opportunities) — General Scholarship Application + "Recommended Opportunities" step surfaces most donor-funded departmental awards; individual opportunity descriptions are mostly login-walled (302 to sign-in for the majority of opportunity IDs tried), though a minority of opportunity pages return 200 without login

Where this came from

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