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The award collection
Published scholarships
These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.
Where does your student land?
University Scholar Excellence & Access Award (USE&A)Up to $18,000 over four years (varies by GPA and FAFSA SAI)Not automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
University Scholar Excellence & Access Award (USE&A)
Up to $18,000 over four years (varies by GPA and FAFSA SAI)
Variable or qualified amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Aligns with prior University Scholar / Scholarly-Need matrices (3.0 minimum)
SAT
No SAT/ACT required
ACT
No SAT/ACT required
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for University Scholar Excellence & Access Award (USE&A)
Who qualifies
Requires a processed FAFSA/ORSAA with a valid SAI; automatically considered with your EOU application. Award amount varies dynamically by GPA and FAFSA SAI. Subject to budget availability; first-come, first-served. Priority deadline February 1.
How to keep it
Renews each year for a total of four years, provided you complete 45 EOU credits annually and maintain a GPA within the eligible range.
Worth knowing
New for 2026-27: combines the former University Scholar and University Scholarly-Need awards. Need-factored (uses FAFSA SAI), so not a pure stats award; not guaranteed even at qualifying GPA because funding is limited.
University Scholar Award (2025-26 reference grid)$1,000-$3,000 per year (up to $12,000 over four years)AutomaticRenewable
Published awardAcademic thresholds
University Scholar Award (2025-26 reference grid)
$1,000-$3,000 per year (up to $12,000 over four years)
Variable or qualified amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Open award details for University Scholar Award (2025-26 reference grid)
Who qualifies
Awarded first-come, first-served until funds exhausted. Being merged into USE&A for 2026-27 — shown here as the reference matrix.
How to keep it
Renewable; awarded until funds are exhausted on a first-come-first-served basis based on EOU application date. Mutually exclusive with University Scholar Athlete Award.
Worth knowing
2025-26 reference grid. For 2026-27 this is absorbed into the USE&A award; included because it defines the GPA matrix.
University Scholarly-Need Award (2025-26 reference grid)$750-$1,500 per year (up to $6,000 over four years)Not automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
University Scholarly-Need Award (2025-26 reference grid)
$750-$1,500 per year (up to $6,000 over four years)
Variable or qualified amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Minimum 3.0 cumulative HS GPA
SAT
No SAT/ACT required
ACT
No SAT/ACT required
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for University Scholarly-Need Award (2025-26 reference grid)
Who qualifies
Maximum FAFSA SAI of 20,000. Award set by an SAI x GPA grid (see excerpt). Being merged into USE&A for 2026-27.
How to keep it
Renewable; awarded until funds are exhausted on a first-come-first-served basis based on EOU and FAFSA application dates.
Worth knowing
Need-based (uses FAFSA SAI). 2025-26 reference grid; absorbed into USE&A for 2026-27.
University Achievement Award$500-$1,250 per year (up to $3,500 over four years)AutomaticRenewable
Published awardAcademic thresholds
University Achievement Award
$500-$1,250 per year (up to $3,500 over four years)
Variable or qualified amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Minimum 2.5 cumulative HS GPA
SAT
No SAT/ACT required
ACT
No SAT/ACT required
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for University Achievement Award
Who qualifies
OR a GED score of at least 660. Does NOT stack with University Scholar, University Scholarly-Need, or University Scholar Athlete awards; cannot be combined with Transfer & Returning or Continuing Student Success Awards.
How to keep it
Renewable on a year schedule: Year 1 $500, Year 2 $750, Year 3 $1,000, Year 4 $1,250.
Worth knowing
Escalating award that does not stack with the larger freshman awards. Awarded throughout the freshman application cycle.
University Scholar Athlete Award$1,000-$3,000 per year (up to $12,000 over four years)Not automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
University Scholar Athlete Award
$1,000-$3,000 per year (up to $12,000 over four years)
Variable or qualified amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Open award details for University Scholar Athlete Award
Who qualifies
For new freshman student athletes; applications are submitted by your coach.
How to keep it
Renewable; offered in place of a University Scholar Award when that funding is exhausted. Mutually exclusive with University Scholar Award.
Worth knowing
Coach-submitted, so not automatic. Same GPA dollar matrix as University Scholar.
EOU 4-County Housing Award$500 toward first year on-campus housingNot automatic
Published awardOther selection criteria
EOU 4-County Housing Award
$500 toward first year on-campus housing
Published coverage or packageNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Start with the award’s published eligibility.
Open award details for EOU 4-County Housing Award
Who qualifies
Must be a resident of Union, Wallowa, Baker or Umatilla counties (Oregon).
Renewal terms
First-year housing only as stated.
Worth knowing
Geography-based housing grant.
Lights up against EOU's published cutoffs. Not an award offer; confirm with the financial aid office. Award terms and residency rules change; some awards differ for in-state and out-of-state students. Always confirm at the school’s source page.
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The fine print
Outside awardsNo published displacement order
EOU'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.
What makes EOU different
Beginning 2026-27 EOU folds its two main freshman awards into one need-and-merit USE&A award (up to $18,000 over four years) that's automatically considered from your application — but every EOU award requires a FAFSA and is first-come, first-served until funds run out.
Merit tiers62 based on grades or scores
First-year students with school awards31%First-year students, CDS 2022-2023
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team
More than one award path
Separate the two paths.
Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.
Match the published criteria
Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.
Check the application dates
Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.
Know what happens next year
Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.
The fine print / Three questions to carry forward
Before you count on it.
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.
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What families often miss
The page states plainly: 'to receive EOU Awards you must have a current FAFSA on file,' and the USE&A award requires a processed FAFSA/ORSAA with a valid SAI. No FAFSA means no EOU award.
Awards are 'subject to budget availability and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis' until funds are exhausted, and 'Awards are not retroactive' — apply early (priority deadline February 1).
The University Achievement Award does not stack with University Scholar, Scholarly-Need, or Scholar Athlete awards, and University Scholar and Scholar Athlete are mutually exclusive — you get one track, not several.
The USE&A award is 'up to $18,000 over four years' and varies dynamically by GPA and FAFSA SAI — the per-year amount is much smaller and not fixed.
Renewal requires completing 45 EOU credits annually and keeping a GPA within the eligible range; falling short ends the award.
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Who this school may work for
Students who file the FAFSA early and have at least a 3.0 GPA (2.5 for the Achievement Award) — the awards reward both GPA and financial need, and applying early matters because funding is limited.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $28,896 for 2025-2026. Source
Cost and graduation facts
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at EOU, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
Average annual net price by family income at EOU, academic year 2021-22 — in-state, Title-IV aid recipients only
Family income
Average net price paid
$0–$30,000
$12,563
$30,001–$48,000
$11,150
$48,001–$75,000
$14,208
$75,001–$110,000
$22,566
$110,001+
$21,835
All income levels (average)
$17,148
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
Published tuition & fees (in-state), AY 2022-23
$11,076
Published tuition & fees (out-of-state), AY 2022-23
$25,431
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$17,148
That works out to roughly a 36% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $26,718 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
EOU 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.
Outcomes for students who enrolled here
Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
43%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
71%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$20,500 (~$217/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$50,112
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
35%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
43%
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If your student brings another scholarship
The freshman merit awards do not all stack: the University Achievement Award cannot combine with University Scholar, Scholarly-Need, or Scholar Athlete awards; University Scholar and Scholar Athlete are mutually exclusive. All EOU awards require a current FAFSA on file.
The EOU Awards page states the University Achievement Award 'does not stack with University Scholar, University Scholarly Need, or University Scholar Athlete Awards,' and that University Scholar and University Scholar Athlete are 'Mutually exclusive.' The page does not specifically describe how private/third-party OUTSIDE scholarships are treated against EOU awards.
Merit penetrationHow likely is merit aid here?From EOU’s Common Data Set: the share of first-year students who receive institutional merit and the average dollar amount when they do.
31%of admitsget merit
Average award$2,743Covers ~9% of $28,896 cost of attendance
At EOU, roughly 1 in 3 first-year admits receive institutional merit aid. The average award is $2,743 — about 9% of total cost.
As filed in EOU's CDS Section H2A: of 245 first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen, 75 had no financial need and received institutional merit (non-need) scholarship or grant aid, averaging $2,743. Across all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates: 220 of 1,552, averaging $3,366. Athletic awards are excluded per the CDS definition.
Receive institutional merit31%First-year students, Common Data Set 2022-2023
Average merit award$2,743Across recipients, Common Data Set 2022-2023
February 1 is the priority deadline for the freshman awards, including the University Scholar Excellence & Access Award.
Do I need to fill out the FAFSA to get EOU scholarships?
Yes. To receive EOU Awards you must have a current FAFSA (or ORSAA) on file, and the USE&A award requires a valid SAI.
Is there a separate scholarship application for freshman awards?
No — you are automatically considered for incoming freshman awards with your EOU application (the Scholar Athlete award is submitted by your coach; some other awards are application-based).
See sources and other schools+
How EOU compares
133 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.
EOU 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.
133 of 749 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.
EOU is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.
665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
EOU 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.
Sources used on this page
Every claim is checked against EOU’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
