Transfer Scholarships
Transfer Scholarship Information
Will You be a New Transfer Student at NSU in the Summer or Fall of 2025?
The Transfer Scholarship Application for the 2025-2026 academic year is open! This application applies new transfers for the tuition waivers listed below as well as NSU foundation scholarships. It also applies out-of-state students for our Out-of-State tuition waivers as well.
Application Deadline: May 1
Application Location: The scholarship application will be added to student's admissions portal upon admission and they will receive a notification at that time.
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 (Carl Albert State College, Connors State College, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, Tulsa Community College) are eligible.
4 Our Smart Choice partner (Carl Albert State College, Connors State College, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, Tulsa Community College) 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 applies new transfers for the tuition waivers listed below for Spring 2025 and also applies out-of-state students for our Out-of-State tuition waivers as well.
Application Deadline: Dec 1
Application Location: The scholarship application will be added to student's admissions portal upon admission and they will receive a notification at that time.
Please note that new Spring 2025 transfers will also want to complete our Continuing Student Scholarship Application. 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.
| 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 (Carl Albert State College, Connors State College, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, Tulsa Community College) are eligible.
4 Our Smart Choice partner (Carl Albert State College, Connors State College, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, Tulsa Community College) 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.
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