Alcorn State may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.
Published rules, with the school sources close at hand. Confirm the details before you count on an award.
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The award collection
These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.
Up to $15,000
Variable or qualified amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$2,500
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
Up to $18,000
Variable or qualified amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$5,000
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
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Alcorn State's policy doesn't specify whether outside scholarships hit loans, grants, or only the COA ceiling. Get a written aid-office answer before chasing private awards.
Multiple scholarship tiers reward academic distinction, with special support for Mississippi community college transfers.
Selection beyond grades and scores
These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.
Look for the school's stated criteria and whether an additional application is needed.
Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.
Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.
The fine print / Three questions to carry forward
Does it apply to us? Confirm the entering year, residency and every eligibility condition.
Can we keep it? Check renewal GPA, credits and how long the award lasts.
Can we combine it? Ask how outside scholarships and other school awards change the offer.
A printable research summary, source links and room for your questions.
Incoming freshmen with strong academic records should aim for the top tiers, while Mississippi community college graduates will find a clear transfer pathway to additional merit support.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $25,625 for 2026-2027. Source
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Alcorn State, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
| Family income | Average net price paid |
|---|---|
| $0–$30,000 | $12,613 |
| $30,001–$48,000 | $12,344 |
| $48,001–$75,000 | $16,296 |
| $75,001–$110,000 | $18,244 |
| $110,001+ | $17,620 |
| All income levels (average) | $13,265 |
That works out to roughly a 44% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $23,751 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
Alcorn State is a public school; Scorecard's net price figure covers in-state, Title-IV-aid-recipient payers only — there is no comparable federal figure for out-of-state students.
Qualified applicants may receive only one of the listed scholarships.
Qualified applicants may receive only one of the listed scholarships.
The scholarship application must be on file by April 1 of the year the student plans to attend.
Alcorn State is in a recognizable cluster (133 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
Alcorn State is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.
Alcorn State is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
Every claim is checked against Alcorn State’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
