The starting point
Every Asbury applicant automatically gets a GPA-based merit scholarship from $9,000 to $15,000 per year with no separate application; 4.0+ students are invited to a Scholarship Competition to compete for two full-tuition Hughes awards or thirty $5,000 Morrison awards.
More than one award path. Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.
Awards to discuss
First 3 of 9 recorded awards, in chapter display order. This is a selection, not a ranking. Read the full chapter for all awards. Amounts retain the original units and conditions; confirm the entering year with the school.
Academic Merit Scholarship (automatic GPA grid)
$9,000-$15,000 per year · Published range
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
GPA: 4.0+ = $15,000; 3.70-3.99 = $13,000; 3.40-3.69 = $12,000; 3.00-3.39 = $11,000; below 3.00 = $9,000 (Asbury-recalculated 4.0 scale, weighting AP/IB/Honors)
Eligibility: No separate application required; awarded to all admitted traditional undergraduates (freshmen and transfers)
Renewal: Awarded annually based on recalculated GPA; page states the scholarship is 'automatically added to your financial aid package each year.' Specific college-GPA renewal threshold for the base academic scholarship is not stated on the page.
Other terms: Automatic on the GPA Asbury recalculates to a 4.0 scale (AP/IB/Honors weighted). Test scores are not stated as a factor in this base grid. Does not apply to the Online Undergraduate (APS) program.
https://www.asbury.edu/undergraduate/cost-and-aid/scholarships/
Francis Asbury Scholarship (National Merit)
$5,000 per year · Published amount
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
Eligibility: National Merit Finalists automatically earn this award and are also invited to Scholarship Competition
Renewal: Described as a stackable annual scholarship; specific renewal GPA not stated on the live undergraduate page (the Asbury catalog lists a 3.5 cumulative GPA for the National Merit honors scholarship, but at a different award level — see conflict note in Section C).
Other terms: Automatic for National Merit Finalists per the live page. Stackable. NOTE: the older Asbury catalog page describes a 'National Merit Semifinalist/Frances Asbury Honors Scholarship' equal to 60% of tuition for Semifinalists — this conflicts with the live page's flat $5,000-for-Finalists figure; the live undergraduate page is treated as current.
https://www.asbury.edu/undergraduate/cost-and-aid/scholarships/
Kentucky Governor's Programs Scholarship
$15,000 per year · Published amount
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
GPA: Automatic regardless of GPA
Eligibility: Graduated from a Kentucky high school AND completed the Governor's Scholars Program, the Governor's School for Entrepreneurs, or the Governor's School for the Arts
Renewal: Equal to Asbury's top guaranteed academic merit scholarship amount; renewal follows the academic scholarship terms.
Other terms: Guarantees the $15,000 top tier regardless of GPA, and also earns an invitation to the Scholarship Competition.
https://www.asbury.edu/undergraduate/cost-and-aid/scholarships/
Ask before you decide
- Which entering-year policy and residency category apply to us? What are the admission and scholarship deadlines?
- What grades and credits are required to renew, and for how many terms?
- How would other school awards or outside scholarships change the offer?
Recorded stacking policy: Asbury's awards explicitly stack, capped at 100% of tuition, with one carve-out: the John Wesley Hughes (full-tuition) award is NOT stackable with any other Asbury gift aid. The Morrison, Francis Asbury (National Merit), Windgate, alumni, and competition-participation awards all stack on top of the automatic GPA scholarship up to 100% of annual tuition. No published policy was found on the financial-aid pages describing how third-party OUTSIDE scholarships displace institutional aid; the catalog notes the Governor's Scholarship 'will not affect' KEES or other external sources but this is not a general displacement rule.
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