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Florida Southern scholarships and merit aid

An automatic, GPA-based ladder of seven named merit scholarships ($10,000-$26,000/yr) sits beneath an invitation-only Prestige tier (Hollingsworth full-ride), but each scholarship has its OWN renewal-GPA cliff and you never move between tiers.

Verified Jul 20262 months ago

The short answer

Is Florida Southern worth a closer look?

Florida Southern is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 10 published awards, and 7 are based on those numbers.

Merit tiers107 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team
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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.

$10,000-$14,000 per year

E.T. Roux Scholarship

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Who qualifies

Automatically considered when you apply for admission

How to keep it

Per the FSC Terms & Conditions (2024-2025), Roux renews at a 2.2 cumulative GPA. You do NOT move between scholarship levels.

Notes

Lowest rung of the automatic named ladder.

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$12,500-$17,000 per year

Edna Mae Pearce Lockett Scholarship

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Who qualifies

Automatic with admission

How to keep it

Renews at 2.2 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).

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$14,000-$18,500 per year

Thad G. Buckner Scholarship

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Who qualifies

Automatic with admission

How to keep it

Renews at 2.5 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).

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$15,500-$20,500 per year

Lucius P. Ordway Scholarship

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Who qualifies

Automatic with admission

How to keep it

Renews at 2.5 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).

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$16,000-$22,000 per year

Emile E. Watson Scholarship

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Who qualifies

Automatic with admission

How to keep it

Renews at 2.5 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).

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$18,000-$24,000 per year

William H. Danforth Scholarship

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Who qualifies

Automatic with admission

How to keep it

Renews at 2.75 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).

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$20,000-$26,000 per year

Henry and Annie Merner Pfeiffer Scholarship

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Who qualifies

Automatic with admission

How to keep it

Renews at 2.75 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).

Notes

Top rung of the automatic merit ladder.

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Full ride…Full ride (more than $230,000 over four years)

Hollingsworth Scholarship (Prestige)

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GPA
3.5 or above
SAT
1330
ACT
29
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Who qualifies

First-time first-year; top 10% of applicants; separate scholarship application + essay; finalists interview with faculty committee. Priority deadline Nov 1, final deadline Jan 3 (application currently closed)

How to keep it

Renews at 3.3 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025) — the highest renewal floor of any FSC award.

Notes

Invitation-/competition-based premier award; one application also considers you for McClurg and Christoverson. NOT automatic.

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Amount not published…Amount not published (Prestige add-on / premier award)

C.V. McClurg Scholarship (Prestige)

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GPA
3.5 or above
SAT
1330
ACT
29
See who qualifies and how to keep it
Who qualifies

Same Prestige application/essay/interview as Hollingsworth; top 10% of applicants

How to keep it

Renews at 3.0 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).

Notes

Part of the Prestige program; dollar amount not published on the page.

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Amount not published…Amount not published (Prestige add-on / premier award)

Christoverson Scholarship (Prestige)

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GPA
3.5 or above
SAT
1330
ACT
29
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Who qualifies

Same Prestige application as Hollingsworth; top 10% of applicants

How to keep it

Renews at 2.75 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).

Notes

Part of the Prestige program; dollar amount not published.

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Rules that could change the answer

These are the rules we would flag for your family. Each comes from Florida Southern's published information.

  • Outside awardsNo published displacement order

    Florida Southern'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 families often miss

  1. Each named award has its OWN cumulative-GPA renewal floor (per the FSC Terms & Conditions): Hollingsworth 3.3, McClurg/Jenkins 3.0, Pfeiffer/Christoverson/Danforth 2.75, Watson/Ordway/Buckner 2.5, Lockett/Roux/Transfer 2.2. Fall below your award's floor and you forfeit it.

  2. FSC states 'Students do not move from one academic scholarship level to another academic scholarship level.' If you miss your tier's renewal GPA you lose the scholarship outright — you are not bumped down a rung.

  3. 'FSC scholarships specific to a student's major will be forfeited if the student changes majors. Those scholarships will not be replaced with other FSC funds.'

  4. FSC 'reserves the right to adjust academic scholarships if students receive scholarships from multiple sources to keep within college packaging parameters,' so an outside award can trigger a reduction of institutional aid.

  5. The tuition page lists '2026-2027 Annual Direct Costs' (Tuition+Fees $47,670 + Food+Housing $15,130 = $62,800). This is a direct-cost figure only — it excludes books, transportation, and personal expenses, so it is not the full COA.

  6. Unlike the seven named merit tiers (automatic with admission), the Hollingsworth/McClurg/Christoverson Prestige awards require a separate application, essay, and finalist interview, with a priority deadline of Nov 1 / final Jan 3.

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Who this school may work for

Strong-stats students (the top tiers want high GPA + rigor) who can hold their specific scholarship's renewal GPA; top-10% applicants with 3.5+ GPA and 29 ACT/1330 SAT who apply by the Prestige deadline can compete for the Hollingsworth full ride.

Cost and graduation facts

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Florida Southern, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Florida Southern, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$23,624
$30,001–$48,000$21,385
$48,001–$75,000$25,830
$75,001–$110,000$29,044
$110,001+$33,706
All income levels (average)$28,551

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Total cost of attendance (sticker), AY 2021-22
$60,768
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$44,040
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$28,551

That works out to an average 53% discount off the sticker price above — both figures come from the same federal AY 2021-22 Scorecard report, not a number the school itself published.

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
71%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
80%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$25,000 (~$265/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$55,294
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
31%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
60%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Florida Southern's Financial Aid Office states it reserves the right to adjust academic scholarships when a student receives aid from multiple sources 'to keep within college packaging parameters'; the published language does not name a cost-of-attendance or other specific threshold, so confirm with the aid office how an outside scholarship would affect the award before counting on full stacking.

Verified policy language (2026-07-02): The Financial Aid Office reserves the right to adjust academic scholarships if students receive scholarships from multiple sources to keep within college packaging parameters.

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Other Florida Southern scholarships worth checking

These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.

Amount$3,000 per yearEligibilityGraduates of Lakeland High School and the Harrison School for the Arts with financial need; preference to English/Education majors

Local-school exclusivity

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AmountVarious amountsEligibilityFinancially deserving students pursuing liberal arts; automatic during enrollment

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Amount$1,000 per yearEligibilityStudents with a sibling enrolled full-time as an undergraduate at FSC

Renewable

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Amount$1,000 per yearEligibilityVal/Sal from high schools with more than 50 students; notify Admissions

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AmountVarious amountsEligibilityFull-time Publix employees and their dependents

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AmountVarious amountsEligibilityStudents who log HS achievements on RaiseMe

Combined with FSC merit/grant, whichever is higher (not additive)

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Florida Southern merit aid FAQ

  • What is the FAFSA deadline at Florida Southern?

    The priority deadline for filing the FAFSA is March 1. FSC's FAFSA code is 001488.

  • What are the Prestige (Hollingsworth) scholarship deadlines and requirements?

    Priority deadline November 1, final deadline January 3. Applicants should be first-time first-year students with a 3.5+ GPA and at least a 29 ACT / 1330 SAT, in the top 10% of applicants, and must submit an essay and (if a finalist) interview with a faculty committee.

  • What GPA do I need to renew my merit scholarship?

    It depends on which award you hold (per the FSC Terms & Conditions): e.g., Roux/Lockett/Transfer 2.2, Watson/Ordway/Buckner 2.5, Pfeiffer/Christoverson/Danforth 2.75, McClurg/Jenkins 3.0, Hollingsworth 3.3. Awards are for up to 8 semesters (4 years) of full-time study.

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How Florida Southern compares

  • 133 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.

    Florida Southern 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.

    Florida Southern 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.

    Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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