Quad State Scholarship
Quad State Scholarship Information
If you have a parent or grandparent who have graduated from NSU there is also a Legacy award option. See below for details based on your student type.
If you are a member of a federally recognized tribe, please visit the Tribal Heritage Scholarship page for more information.
Undergraduate students from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, or Texas that meet regular admission requirements (not admitted test-optional, alternatively or on probation) and live on campus, may be eligible for the Quad-State scholarship that waives 100% of their non-resident tuition for their first bachelor's degree. This program waives only non-resident tuition. Non-resident tuition is $316 per credit hour, in addition to in-state tuition and students are still responsible for paying in-state portion which is $230.65 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 and fall semesters and by January 1 for the spring term.
**Keep in mind that incoming freshmen are required to live on campus their freshman
year unless they live within a 30 mile Radius and then they can submit an exemption
form. Please review the Freshman residency policy and exemption information here:
Commuter Exemptions
*If you are unable to live on campus, you can email scholarships@nsuok.edu with your on-campus exemption request explaining why you are unable to live on campus. We will then send the request to our scholarship committee for review and contact you once a decision has been made. If you enter into a housing contract with NSU, you would then need to work with the housing office to see if your contract can be broken along with emailing us. We are unable to make that decision for them.
*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.
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 pursuing their first master's degree may receive a waiver for 80% of their non-resident tuition which is $345 per credit hour. 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 and fall semesters and by 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.