- Scholarship offers will be made until funds are exhausted.
- Awards are based unweighted high school GPA and composite ACT scores. EKU does not accept ACT superscores.
- Merit scholarships are only offered to students being admitted to the Fall semester. Exceptions include early high school graduates who are enrolling in the Spring term following their high school graduation.
- Transfer students who have earned less than 24 transfer hours may be considered for new freshman merit scholarships. These will be awarded following the transfer merit admit deadlines:
- June 15th for Fall Semester (acceptance deadline June 22nd)
- November 15th for Spring semester (acceptance deadline November 22nd)
- Students need to apply for admission to be considered for listed scholarships. For more information, visit the EKU Admissions website. Qualified students will receive their official scholarship award letter and acceptance form after being admitted to the university.
- Students may not have previously received a Bachelor’s degree.
- Merit Scholarships are awarded for 8 continuous semesters. Transfer Scholarships are awarded for 6 continuous semesters.
- If a student withdraws from their courses, EKU reserves the right to reduce scholarships to prevent a refund to the student.
- For out-of-state students, if his/her residency changes to Kentucky (in-state status) at any point in the future, this may change his/her scholarship eligibility or award amount.
- Students must remain in good Satisfactory Academic Progress.
- If a student is participating in the Academic Common Market program, he/she will NOT be eligible for merit scholarships since he/she is already receiving a tuition waiver which reduces the tuition cost to the in-state level.
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