Graduate Scholarships
Graduate Student Scholarship Information
GRADUATE COLLEGE TUITION WAIVERS
Graduate Scholarship Deadlines:
Summer - June 1
Fall - August 1
Spring - January 1
First-time graduate student, beginning your first semester?
New Students:
- Must be enrolled in 6 hours of graduate level coursework
- Must have a minimum 2.75 overall GPA or minimum 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate coursework
- Must be degree seeking or ACE program
*If awarded, may apply to tuition only
*New students and Transfer students are eligible to apply for this scholarship in the term that they are first enrolled in courses at Northeastern State University.
New Graduate Student Scholarship Application
Continuing to your second or subsequent semester of graduate coursework, and have not been previously awarded a Graduate Student Scholarship in this academic year?
Continuing Students:
- Must be enrolled in 6 hours of graduate level coursework
- Must have a minimum 3.25 overall GPA
- Must be degree seeking or ACE program
*If awarded, may apply to tuition, fees, room and board, or books
*Continuing students are eligible to apply for this scholarship in the Fall, Spring, or Summer term.
Continuing Graduate Student Scholarship Application
Additional graduate funding options can be found on the Graduate Funding and Scholarships page.
Out-of-State graduate students may want to complete our Out-of-State Student Scholarship Application. Look below for more information on what you might be eligible for.
The General Scholarship Application for the 2025-2026 Academic Year is Open!
New Graduate Student:
Once students are admitted for next Summer 2025 or Fall 2025, the General Scholarship
Application will be added to their admissions portal and a notification will be sent
out when this happens letting them know to go in and complete the application. By
completing this application, students are put in the running for privately funded
scholarships from the NSU Foundation.
This application applies new out-of-state graduate students for our Out-of-State tuition waivers as well that are listed below.
Please complete the scholarship application by March 1 for consideration.
Current Graduate Students:
Current in-state and out-of-state graduate students AND students who will begin taking
classes at NSU for the first time during the Spring 2025 semester should complete this application. You may also fill out this application if you are not currently enrolled at NSU,
but are planning to return for the 2025-26 school year AND NSU was the last school
you attended. By completing this application, you are applying for privately funded
scholarships from the NSU Foundation.
Please complete the scholarship application by March 1 for consideration.
TRIBAL HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship program has been designed to assist in funding American Indian students' education at Northeastern State University for their first master's degree. Those students eligible for the program will receive a non-resident tuition waiver scholarship for 100% of their non-resident tuition. Non-Resident tuition is $345 per hour, in addition to in-state tuition. Students are responsible for paying the in-state portion of their tuition which is $290.92 per credit hour.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Non-resident of the state of Oklahoma (not admitted as in-state)
- Must meet regular admission requirements as an incoming freshmen, transfer, or graduate student. (students alternatively, on probation, or conditionally admitted are not eligible)
- Must be enrolled full-time (at least 12 hours for undergraduate and 6 hours for graduate) at NSU
- Must possess a tribal citizenship card from a federally recognized tribe. A copy of your tribal citizenship card will be required to complete your scholarship application if you choose to apply for funding from this program.
How to Apply? Once students are admitted, the General Scholarship Application will be added to their admission portal to complete and a notification will be sent to the student.
Application Deadlines: August 1 for the Summer or Fall terms and January 1 for the Spring term.
QUAD STATE SCHOLARSHIP
Graduate students from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, or Texas that meet regular graduate admission requirements (not admitted conditionally) may be eligible for the Quad-State scholarship that waives 80-100% of their non-resident tuition. Regularly admitted graduate students will receive a waiver for 80% of their non-resident tuition ($345 per hour) for their first master's degree. Graduate students that live on campus may receive 100% of their non-resident tuition waived. This program waives only the non-resident portion. Non-resident tuition is charged in addition to in-state tuition and students are still responsible for paying in-state portion which is $290.92 per credit hour. If you are a legacy student whose parent, grandparent, or sibling earned a degree (bachelors or masters degree) from NSU, you will not be required to live on campus in order to receive 100% of your non-resident tuition waived.
How to Apply? Once students are admitted, the General Scholarship Application will be added to their admission portal to complete and a notification will be sent to the student.
Application Deadlines: August 1 for the Summer or Fall terms and January 1 for the Spring term.
*Optometry and PA Program students are not eligible due to differential tuition costs.
*If the program you are currently enrolled in only charges $1 per credit hour for
Non-Resident tuition, you are not eligible for Non-Resident tuition waivers.
NON-RESIDENT SCHOLARSHIP
Non-residents are students who are NOT residents of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, or Texas. Non-Resident Graduate Students that live on campus and are regularly admitted to the graduate college may be eligible for a scholarship waiving 50% of their non-resident tuition for their first master's degree. Non-resident tuition is $345 per hour, in addition to in-state tuition. This program waives only a percentage of the non-resident portion. Students are still responsible for paying the remainder of the non-resident tuition and the in-state tuition which is $290.92 per credit hour.
If you are a legacy student whose parent, grandparent, or sibling earned a degree (bachelors or masters degree) from NSU, you will not be required to live on campus in order to receive the scholarship.
How to Apply? Once students are admitted, the General Scholarship Application will be added to their admission portal to complete and a notification will be sent to the student.
Application Deadlines: August 1 for the Summer or Fall terms and January 1 for the Spring term.
*Optometry and PA Program students are not eligible due to differential tuition costs.
*If the program you are currently enrolled in only charges $1 per credit hour for
Non-Resident tuition, you are not eligible for Non-Resident tuition waivers.
Phone: 918-444-3471
We are located in the CASE building.
Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm
Address:
Office of Scholarships
701 North Grand Ave.
Tahlequah, OK 74464-2300