Up to $15,000
Provost Scholar Scholarship
ApplicationRenewable
- GPA
- 3
- ACT
- 24
Requirements & details
Renewal terms
Maintain 3 GPA
Alcorn State University · Mississippi
Alcorn State Merit Aid
Multiple scholarship tiers reward academic distinction, with special support for Mississippi community college transfers.
Verified Jun 20265 days ago· HX-AUTO
Merit tiers4See requirements
Last verifiedJun 2026Analyst HX-AUTO
Rules that bite at Alcorn State
The trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook. Each is derived from Alcorn State's own published policy, not generic advice.
- displacementNo published displacement order
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.
Who this school is for
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.
Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $25,625 for 2026-2027. Source
Institutional merit aid tiers
Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.
$2,500
Mississippi Community College Transfer Graduates Scholarship
ApplicationRenewable
- GPA
- 3.3
Requirements & details
Renewal terms
Maintain 3 GPA
Up to $18,000
Presidents Excellence Scholarship
ApplicationRenewable
- GPA
- 3
- ACT
- 28
Requirements & details
Renewal terms
Maintain 3 GPA
$5,000
University Scholar Scholarship
ApplicationRenewable
- GPA
- 3
- ACT
- 22
Requirements & details
Renewal terms
Maintain 3 GPA
Outside scholarship stacking policy
Qualified applicants may receive only one of the listed scholarships.
Qualified applicants may receive only one of the listed scholarships.
How Alcorn State compares across our verified dataset
- 199 of 751 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.
Alcorn State is in a recognizable cluster (199 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
- 199 of 751 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.
Alcorn State is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.
- 669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Alcorn State is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
Sources used on this page
Every claim is checked against Alcorn State’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
Compare with similar schools
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Keep exploring Alcorn State merit aid
- Alcorn State scholarship stacking — Whether outside awards land as upside or quietly displace institutional aid.
- Does Alcorn State displace outside scholarships? — The dollar math on a $5,000 outside award, plus peer schools that handle it differently.
- Alcorn State four-year renewal rules — GPA floors, credit-hour pace, and the renewal cliffs that knock awards out by sophomore year.