Select Need-Based Scholarships
Select need-based scholarships are awarded to Alabama residents and are renewable for four years for first-year students and for two years for transfer students. First-year students must enroll summer or fall immediately following high school graduation to receive consideration.* Transfer students must enroll summer or fall to receive consideration.
Consideration
- Incoming students accepted for admission by mid-January receive automatic consideration. A scholarship application is not required.
- Consideration is based on financial need and high school GPA for first-year students or transfer GPA for transfer students.
- Financial need is determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)**, which must be received by Auburn by February 1. Students selected for financial need verification are not eligible for need-based scholarships if the verification process is incomplete.
- A minimum 3.0 high school GPA for first-year students or a minimum 3.0 transfer GPA for transfer students is required for consideration.
- Additional consideration is given to first-generation college students and students from highly rural counties or underserved areas in Alabama.
Awards
- Scholarships are awarded competitively. Consideration does not guarantee an award.
- The award amount is $2,000 or $5,000 per year for four years.
- Students may receive a select need-based scholarship in addition to other scholarships awarded.
- Select need-based scholarships are awarded mid-February, and recipients are notified by email to their Auburn email account.
*Please visit First-year Student Scholarships under Frequently Asked Questions for more information on specific enrollment situations that may impact select need-based scholarship eligibility.
Awarded: Mid-February
Amount: $5,000 for one year
Coca-Cola First-Generation Annual Scholarship are awarded among first-year Alabama resident students accepted for admission by mid-January, based on available funding. Consideration does not guarantee a scholarship will be awarded.
- First-year students must have a minimum 3.0 high school GPA.
- Incoming students must demonstrate financial need by February 1 through completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).*
- Students must be a first-generation college student.
- Additional consideration is given to students who qualify for the Federal Pell Grant.
Awarded: Mid-February
Amount: $20,000 over four years ($5,000 per year) for first-year students or $10,000 over two years ($5,000 per year) for transfer students
Ever To Conquer Scholarships are awarded among eligible incoming Alabama resident students accepted for admission by mid-January, based on available funding. Consideration does not guarantee a scholarship will be awarded.
- First-year students must have a minimum 3.0 high school GPA. Transfer students must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative transfer GPA.
- Incoming students must demonstrate financial need by February 1 through completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).*
- Additional consideration is given to students who are first-generation college students who qualify for the Federal Pell Grant.
Awarded: Mid-February
Amount: $2,000 for one year
Together We Will Scholarships are awarded among eligible incoming Alabama resident students accepted for admission by mid-January, based on available funding. Consideration does not guarantee a scholarship will be awarded.
- First-year students must have a minimum 3.0 high school GPA.
- Incoming students must demonstrate financial need by February 1 through completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).*
- Additional consideration is given to students who are first-generation college students from highly rural counties or underserved areas in Alabama who qualify for the Federal Pell Grant.