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Stephen F Austin State University Scholarships and Merit Aid

Nacogdoches, Texas

5 scholarships Stephen F Austin 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.

8,746Undergraduates
83%Admit rate

Merit awarded on published numbers (4)

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

Academic Excellence Scholarship

$6,000

Published requirement
3.75 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
| High School GPA | Rank % 100<br>(Top 1%) | Rank % 95<br>(Top 5%) | Rank % 90<br>(Top 10%) | Rank % 85<br>(Top 15%) | Rank % 80<br>(Top 20%) | Rank % 75<br>(Top 25%) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 4.00 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | | 3.95 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | | 3.90 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | | 3.85 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | | 3.80 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | | 3.75 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award |sfasu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Academic Excellence Scholarship

$5,000

Published requirement
3.3 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 3.75 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
| High School GPA | Rank % 100<br>(Top 1%) | Rank % 95<br>(Top 5%) | Rank % 90<br>(Top 10%) | Rank % 85<br>(Top 15%) | Rank % 80<br>(Top 20%) | Rank % 75<br>(Top 25%) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 4.00 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | | 3.75 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.70 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.65 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.60 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.55 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.50 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.45 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.40 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.35 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.30 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | No Award |sfasu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Academic Excellence Scholarship

$3,500

Published requirement
3.0 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 3.05 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 3.5 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 4.0 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
| High School GPA | Rank % 100<br>(Top 1%) | Rank % 95<br>(Top 5%) | Rank % 90<br>(Top 10%) | Rank % 85<br>(Top 15%) | Rank % 80<br>(Top 20%) | Rank % 75<br>(Top 25%) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 4.00 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | | 3.50 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.30 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.25 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | No Award | | 3.20 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | No Award | | 3.15 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | No Award | | 3.10 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | No Award | | 3.05 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | No Award | No Award | | 3.00 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | No Award | No Award |sfasu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Academic Excellence Scholarship

$2,500

Published requirement
3.0 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 3.3 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 3.8 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Renewable
Yes, per the school
| High School GPA | Rank % 100<br>(Top 1%) | Rank % 95<br>(Top 5%) | Rank % 90<br>(Top 10%) | Rank % 85<br>(Top 15%) | Rank % 80<br>(Top 20%) | Rank % 75<br>(Top 25%) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 3.80 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | | 3.30 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | No Award | | 3.00 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | No Award | No Award |sfasu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Department awards open to incoming freshmen (1)

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

STEM Scholarship

$10,000

Department
College of Sciences and Mathematics
$10,000 per yearsfasu.edu (read 2026-07-10)
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What Stephen F Austin 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.

$30,576In-state, per year
$43,412Out-of-state, per year

Where Stephen F Austin State University lists its scholarships

AcademicWorks (sfasu.academicworks.com) — SFA's centralized scholarship application platform; students sign in with mySFA credentials to browse and apply to hundreds of endowed/departmental scholarships (~18 pages, ~450 entries visible without login, each showing an "up to $X" amount but full eligibility/committee detail is behind mySFA SSO for most awards)

Where this came from

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

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