Freshmen Scholarships

*Students admitted after the February 1 deadline, will only be awarded if funds are available.
Must be an Oklahoma Resident in order to receive these waivers.
Students can only be awarded one of the above tuition waivers and must meet both of the requirements listed for each scholarship.
Official ACT Superscores provided by ACT will be accepted for scholarship consideration.
Out-of-state students are only eligible for our foundation scholarships.

The General Scholarship Application for the 2025-2026 Academic Year 

This application will be added to the students admissions portal upon admission and a notification will be sent out when this happens. 

This application applies students for our foundation scholarships that vary in requirement and amount. They are available to both in-state and out-of-state students. This one application will place you in the running for 98% of the foundation scholarships that you qualify for.

This application applies new out-of-state freshman for our Out-of-State tuition waivers as well.

Deadline: March 1 for foundation scholarships

Deadline: August 1 for out-of-state scholarships

By completing this application, you are applying for all three NSU Honors Scholarships:

• Baccalaureate Scholars
  • Each year, a select number of entering freshmen from the state of Oklahoma are selected as Baccalaureate Scholars. Students must demonstrate exceptional academic achievements while in high school. Eligibility is based on a composite ACT score, GPA, exceptional class rank, or status as a National Merit Semifinalist or Commended Student.
• Academic Scholars
  • Oklahoma students automatically qualify for the Academic Scholars Program by being named a Presidential Scholar by the United States Department of Education, a National Merit Scholar or National Merit Finalist, or by scoring in the 99th percentile of the American College Testing Program. In addition to automatic qualifiers, seven additional academic scholars are selected each year. 
• Northeastern Honors Scholars
  • Each year, a select number of entering freshmen are selected as Northeastern Honors Scholars. Students must demonstrate exceptional academic achievements while in high school.

Each Honors scholarship has a tuition waiver that will cover up to 18 hours of tuition each semester, a $1500 housing waiver (for on-campus housing only) per semester, and a cash stipend that varies per scholarship ($1750 Baccalaureate, $1600 Academic, $500 Northeastern Honors) that will apply each semester. 
'These scholarships are awarded to incoming freshmen only.
*Academic Scholars and Baccalaureate Scholars can only be awarded to Oklahoma residents.
Students can only receive one of the above scholarships. 
Non-Oklahoma NHS students' tuition waiver will cover their out-of-state tuition and they will still be responsible for covering their in-state tuition.
Students must meet BOTH the GPA and ACT score requirements in order to be eligible to apply. Official ACT Superscores provided by ACT will be accepted for scholarship consideration.

Honors Application Deadline: February 1
Students must be admitted by the scholarship deadline.

Late interested applicants (past February 3rd) can email scholarships@nsuk.edu for late consideration but they will be considered after all applicants that applied by the scholarship deadline of February 1st which may result in not hear back regarding an offer until June or July.  

NSU Honors Program

*This scholarship is awarded to incoming freshmen only.
The PLC Scholarship has a tuition waiver that will cover up to 18 hours of tuition each semester, a $1200 housing waiver (for on-campus housing only) per semester, and a cash stipend in the amount of $800 that will apply each semester. Non-Oklahoma PLC students' tuition waiver will cover their out-of-state tuition and they will still be responsible for covering their in-state tuition. In very limited cases, non-Oklahoma PLC students may have some or all of their in-state tuition covered, subject to the availability of private funding for that purpose. 
Students must meet BOTH the GPA and ACT score requirements in order to be eligible to apply. Official ACT Superscores provided by ACT will be accepted for scholarship consideration.

President's Leadership Class Application Deadline: February 1
Students must be admitted by the scholarship deadline.