Utah State University Scholarships and Merit Aid

Logan, Utah

8 scholarships Utah 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.

20,342Undergraduates

93%Admit rate

Merit awarded on published numbers (7)

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

Nonresident Scholar

$16,500

Published requirement: 3.7 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: Out-of-state students
Renewable: Not stated as renewable

$16,500 per year | HS GPA 3.7-4.0 | 1 yearusu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Nonresident Merit

$11,500

Published requirement: 3.0 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: Out-of-state students
Renewable: Not stated as renewable

$11,500 per year | HS GPA 3.0-3.69 | 1 yearusu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

SE Presidential

$3,000

Published requirement: 4.0 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

4.0 | $3,000 ($1,500 per semester) | 4 Yearsusu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

SE Deans

$2,500

Published requirement: 3.8 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

3.99 - 3.8 | $2,500 ($1,250 per semester) | 4 Yearsusu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

SE Scholar

$1,500

Published requirement: 3.4 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

3.79 - 3.4 | $1,500 ($750 per semester) | 4 Yearsusu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

SE Merit

$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

3.39 - 3.0 | $1,000 ($500 per semester) | 4 Yearsusu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Alumni Legacy Nonresident Scholarship

Who it is for: Out-of-state students
Renewable: Not stated as renewable

This is a 1 year nonresident tuition waiver and cannot be renewed.usu.edu (read 2026-05-21)

Department awards open to incoming freshmen (1)

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

Quinney Scholarship

$8,000

Department: S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Quinney Scholarship award recipients will receive $8,000 per year for up to 4 years.qanr.usu.edu

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 Utah 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.

$23,842In-state, per year

$41,288Out-of-state, per year

Where Utah State University lists its scholarships

USU Scholarship Universe (usu.scholarshipuniverse.com) — the single application system for all university, college, and departmental scholarships at Utah State. Students build one profile and are matched to every eligible award; most individual award dollar amounts are only surfaced inside the logged-in matching engine, not on the public department pages.

Where this came from

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