KENT STATE SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH
Eligibility
You will be considered for first-year student merit scholarships if you are admitted to Kent State University by July 3, 2025. You must apply and be admitted to Kent State University by December 1, 2024 to be considered for an invitation to apply to the Honors College.
You must be classified as an Ohio resident for tuition, be a U.S. citizen, declare a bachelor’s degree-granting major, and plan to enroll full-time at the Kent Campus.
Allowances
If you will be the recipient of a Kent State University Employee Tuition Benefit Waiver or NEOMED employee tuition benefit, your tuition scholarship offer will be reduced or cancelled.
Test-Optional Scores & Test Score Impact on Scholarships
Kent State is test-optional, meaning students are not required to submit standardized test scores (SAT and/or ACT). If you have test scores, you can request that your scores not be used in your admission decision. If submitted, the latest test scores that will be accepted for scholarship purposes is December 2024. Test scores taken after December 2024 will not be considered in the scholarship review process.
Kent State will provide you with our best scholarship offer, regardless of whether test scores are used in your admission decision.
Each of the scholarship programs listed below are competitive. Awards are not guaranteed.
Eligibility
You will be considered for first-year student merit scholarships if you are admitted to Kent State University by July 3, 2025. You must apply and be admitted to Kent State University by December 1, 2024 to be considered for an invitation to apply to the Honors College.
You must be classified as a non-Ohio resident for tuition, be a U.S. citizen, declare a bachelor’s degree-granting major, and plan to enroll full-time at the Kent Campus. Students admitted to an online bachelor's degree program will be considered for the Academic Achievement Award and not the President's Achievement Award.
Allowances
If you will be the recipient of a Kent State University Employee Tuition Benefit Waiver or NEOMED employee tuition benefit, your tuition scholarship offer will be reduced or cancelled.
Test-Optional Scores & Test Score Impact on Scholarships
Kent State is test-optional, meaning students are not required to submit standardized test scores (SAT and/or ACT). If you have test scores, you can request that your scores not be used in your admission decision. If submitted, the latest test scores that will be accepted for scholarship purposes is December 2024. Test scores taken after December 2024 will not be considered in the scholarship review process.
Kent State will provide you with our best scholarship offer, regardless of whether test scores are used in your admission decision.
Each of the scholarship programs listed below are competitive. Awards are not guaranteed.
We want to make it affordable to finish your degree!
Merit Scholarships
The transfer scholarships listed below are merit scholarships and are awarded automatically to students after they are admitted to Kent State University and all transcripts from previous institutions have been received and evaluated. No additional application is required to be considered for these awards. Transfer scholarships are competitive, and funding is limited. The awards are for a maximum of 4 semesters and are awarded for fall and spring only. If the student graduates early, they will forfeit any remaining semesters of eligibility. The transfer scholarship cannot be extended beyond 4 semesters.
Eligibility
To be eligible for an award, students must have a minimum of 24 transfer credit hours, earned after high school graduation, that are accepted as credit at Kent State University, and were used in the GPA calculation at their school.