Transfer Scholarships

Will You be a New Transfer Student at NSU in the Summer or Fall of 2024?

The Transfer Scholarship Application for the 2024-2025 academic year is now closed! You can also visit our Outside Scholarship page for additional funding options. Out-of-State students will want to visit our Out-of-State scholarship page for more information on our non-resident tuition waivers.

Application Deadline: May 1

Students must be admitted by the scholarship deadline.

Scholarship	Minimum College GPA	Amount Per Year	Duration
Phi Theta Kappa*1	PTK Member	$2,500	2 Years
Tulsa Achieves*2	3.75-4.0	$2,000	2 Years
Tulsa Achieves*2	3.5-3.74	$1,500	2 Year
Tulsa Achieves*2	3.25-3.49	$1,000	1 Year
Smart Choice Presidential*3,4	3.8-4.0	$4,000	2 Years
Smart Choice*3	3.5-4.0	$1,500	2 Years
Smart Choice Part-Time*3	3.5-4.0	$500	1 Year
RiverHawk Transfer*	3.5-4.0	$1,000	1 Year

Scholarships are not automatic and are awarded based on availability of funds and application receipt date. Students can only receive one of the above tuition waivers.

*Only in-state students, that are pursuing a first bachelor's degree, are eligible for these tuition waivers. Students must plan to enroll full-time (enroll in at least 12 hours at NSU) in order the be awarded a transfer scholarship. There is one exception to this rule: our Smart Choice Part-Time award. Students would need to be enrolled in between 6-11 hours in order to be considered a part-time student.

¹ Only those applicants that are members of the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society are eligible.

² Only those applicants that have completed/will complete the Tulsa Achieves program are eligible.

³ Only students transferring from one of our Smart Choice partner institutions (CASC, CSC, EOSC, NEO, TCC) are eligible. 

⁴ Our Smart Choice partner (CASC, CSC, EOSC, NEO, TCC) president's will each nominate 2 recipients for these awards entering in a Summer or Fall term. We are unable to award the Smart Choice Presidential Scholarship to spring admits at this time. 

Are you an Out-of-State transfer student?

Please visit our Out-of-State scholarship page for more information on our non-resident tuition waivers.

New transfer student at NSU in the Spring 2025 semester?

The Spring 2025 Transfer Scholarship Application will open in July. 

Application Deadline: Dec 1

Scholarship	Minimum College GPA	Amount Per Year	Duration
Phi Theta Kappa*1	PTK Member	$2,500	2 Years
Tulsa Achieves*2	3.75-4.0	$2,000	2 Years
Tulsa Achieves*2	3.5-3.74	$1,500	2 Year
Tulsa Achieves*2	3.25-3.49	$1,000	1 Year
Smart Choice Presidential*3,4	3.8-4.0	$4,000	2 Years
Smart Choice*3	3.5-4.0	$1,500	2 Years
Smart Choice Part-Time*3	3.5-4.0	$500	1 Year
RiverHawk Transfer*	3.5-4.0	$1,000	1 Year

Scholarships are not automatic and are awarded based on availability of funds and application receipt date. Students can only receive one of the above tuition waivers.

*Only in-state students, that are pursuing a first bachelor's degree, are eligible for the tuition waivers listed above. Students must plan to enroll full-time (enroll in at least 12 hours at NSU) in order the be awarded a transfer scholarship. There is one exception to this rule: our Smart Choice Part-Time award. Students would need to be enrolled in between 6-11 hours in order to be considered a part-time student.

¹ Only those applicants that are members of the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society are eligible.

² Only those applicants that have completed/will complete the Tulsa Achieves program are eligible.

³ Only students transferring from one of our Smart Choice partner institutions (CASC, CSC, EOSC, NEO, TCC) are eligible. 

⁴ Our Smart Choice partner (CASC, CSC, EOSC, NEO, TCC) president's will each nominate 2 recipients for these awards entering in a Summer or Fall term. We are unable to award the Smart Choice Presidential Scholarship to spring admits at this time. 

This application is temporarily closed for Spring 2025. We are switching application systems and are trying to finalize the application now. Once students are admitted for Spring 2025, the General Scholarship Application will be added to their admissions portal and they will receive a notification at that time. We are also working to finalize our admissions applications and processes so please be patient as our teams work tirelessly to make this happen. We will ensure that you do not miss out on filling out this application. This application applies new transfers for the tuition waivers listed above for Spring 2025 and also applies out-of-state students for our Out-of-State tuition waivers as well.

New Spring 2025 transfers will also want to complete our Continuing Student Scholarship Application when it opens mid December. That one application will place you in the running for 98% of the foundation scholarships that you qualify for. This scholarship deadline will be March 1st.