Resident Freshman Scholarships

National Scholars
Students who are named as National Merit and National Achievement Finalists receive a National Scholars Presidential Scholarship. Alabama National Merit and Achievement Semifinalists receive a four-year, renewable Spirit of Auburn Founders Scholarship valued in the amount of tuition. National Hispanic Scholars may be eligible for a university stipend for four years based on financial need as determined through completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). For more information about National Scholars scholarship consideration, click here.

Spirit of Auburn Scholarships
Spirit of Auburn Scholarships are automatically awarded to Alabama residents from October to December, based on academic achievement as demonstrated by the high school GPA and standardized test scores. These four-year, renewable scholarships are awarded at three levels: Presidential, Founders, and University. For information about Spirit of Auburn Scholarships, click here.

Elite Scholarships
The University Scholarship Committee invites a select group of eligible incoming freshmen to apply for up to six of Auburn’s most prestigious scholarships. Students typically invited to apply in December are those with a minimum 34 ACT or 1490 SAT score and a 3.5 high school GPA by the December 1 Freshman Scholarship priority deadline. Following a January application deadline, finalists are invited to campus in February to interview. Several hundred applications are received each year, from which approximately 14 students are named finalists. Elite Scholars receive an additional $10,000 to $30,000 over four years ($2,500 to $7,500 per year).

Elite Scholarships include:

	Roberts and Mildred Blount Presidential Endowed Scholarship Must be a resident and a graduate of a high school in Elmore County, Alabama, and have a minimum 28 ACT or 1250 SAT score and a 3.5 high school GPA. Awarded at $20,000 over four years ($5,000 per year).
	Blount Presidential Endowed Scholarship Must be an Alabama resident; have a minimum 31 ACT or 1360 SAT score and a 3.5 high school GPA; and be enrolled in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, or building science. Awarded at $20,000 over four years ($5,000 per year).
	Dudley University Scholarship Must meet the criteria for another Elite Scholarship. Award amount varies.
	McWane Foundation Scholarship Must have a minimum 34 ACT or 1490 SAT score and a 3.5 high school GPA. Awarded at $30,000 over four years ($7,500 per year).
	Yetta G. Samford Class of 1917 Engineering Endowed Scholarship Must have a minimum 34 ACT or 1490 SAT score and a 3.5 high school GPA and be enrolled in engineering. Awarded at $16,000 over four years ($4,000 per year).
	Vulcan Materials Company Presidential Endowed Scholarship Must have a minimum 34 ACT or 1490 SAT score and a 3.5 high school GPA. Awarded at $20,000 over four years ($5,000 per year).

Auburn Spirit Foundation Scholarship
Incoming freshmen who meet the December 1 Freshman Scholarship priority deadline receive automatic consideration. Auburn Spirit Foundation Scholarships are awarded among students with a minimum 26 ACT or 1170 SAT score and a 3.5 high school GPA who have not already been recognized by the Office of University Scholarships with a scholarship of equal or greater value. Additional consideration is given to first generation college students. Auburn Spirit Foundation Scholarships are awarded competitively in January at $6,000 over four years ($1,500 per year) based on available funding, and consideration does not guarantee a scholarship will be awarded.

Achievement Scholarship
Incoming freshmen who meet the December 1 Freshman Scholarship priority deadline receive automatic consideration. Achievement Scholarships are awarded among students with a minimum 26 ACT or 1170 SAT score and a 3.5 high school GPA who have not already been recognized by the Office of University Scholarships with a scholarship of equal or greater value. Achievement Scholarships are awarded competitively in January at $6,000 over four years ($1,500 per year) based on available funding, and consideration does not guarantee a scholarship will be awarded.

Auburn Sponsored Freshman Scholarships
	Alabama Eagle Scout of the Year (American Legion)
	Alabama Science Scholar Search (The Gorgas Foundation)
	Boys State (American Legion)
	Bryant-Jordan Student-Athlete Program (Bryant-Jordan Foundation)
	Department of Alabama National High School Oratorical Contest (American Legion)
	Distinguished Young Women of Alabama (formerly Alabama's Junior Miss)
	Girls State (American Legion Auxiliary)
	Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen
	Mobile Azalea Trail

Last Updated: May 30, 2012