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Florida Southern scholarships and merit aid

The short answer

Florida Southern awards automatic merit on admission. Florida Southern does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jul 2026
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Published rules, with the school sources close at hand. Confirm the details before you count on an award.

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?

  1. E.T. Roux Scholarship$10,000-$14,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    E.T. Roux Scholarship

    $10,000-$14,000 per year

    Published rangeAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for E.T. Roux Scholarship

    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.

    Worth knowing

    Lowest rung of the automatic named ladder.

  2. Edna Mae Pearce Lockett Scholarship$12,500-$17,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Edna Mae Pearce Lockett Scholarship

    $12,500-$17,000 per year

    Published rangeAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Edna Mae Pearce Lockett Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Automatic with admission

    How to keep it

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

  3. Thad G. Buckner Scholarship$14,000-$18,500 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Thad G. Buckner Scholarship

    $14,000-$18,500 per year

    Published rangeAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Thad G. Buckner Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Automatic with admission

    How to keep it

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

  4. Lucius P. Ordway Scholarship$15,500-$20,500 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Lucius P. Ordway Scholarship

    $15,500-$20,500 per year

    Published rangeAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Lucius P. Ordway Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Automatic with admission

    How to keep it

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

  5. Emile E. Watson Scholarship$16,000-$22,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Emile E. Watson Scholarship

    $16,000-$22,000 per year

    Published rangeAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Emile E. Watson Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Automatic with admission

    How to keep it

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

  6. William H. Danforth Scholarship$18,000-$24,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    William H. Danforth Scholarship

    $18,000-$24,000 per year

    Published rangeAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for William H. Danforth Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Automatic with admission

    How to keep it

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

  7. Henry and Annie Merner Pfeiffer Scholarship$20,000-$26,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Henry and Annie Merner Pfeiffer Scholarship

    $20,000-$26,000 per year

    Published rangeAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Henry and Annie Merner Pfeiffer Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Automatic with admission

    How to keep it

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

    Worth knowing

    Top rung of the automatic merit ladder.

  8. Hollingsworth Scholarship (Prestige)Full ride (more than $230,000 over four years)Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Hollingsworth Scholarship (Prestige)

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

    Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3.5 or above
    SAT
    1330
    ACT
    29
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Hollingsworth Scholarship (Prestige)

    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.

    Worth knowing

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

  9. C.V. McClurg Scholarship (Prestige)Amount not published (Prestige add-on / premier award)Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    C.V. McClurg Scholarship (Prestige)

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

    Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3.5 or above
    SAT
    1330
    ACT
    29
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for C.V. McClurg Scholarship (Prestige)

    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).

    Worth knowing

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

  10. Christoverson Scholarship (Prestige)Amount not published (Prestige add-on / premier award)Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Christoverson Scholarship (Prestige)

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

    Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3.5 or above
    SAT
    1330
    ACT
    29
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Christoverson Scholarship (Prestige)

    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).

    Worth knowing

    Part of the Prestige program; dollar amount not published.

Lights up against Florida Southern'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

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.

Annie Pfeiffer Chapel at Florida Southern College

Annie Pfeiffer Chapel at Florida Southern College

What makes Florida Southern different

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.

Merit tiers107 based on grades or scores
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.

  1. Match the published criteria

    Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.

  2. Check the application dates

    Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.

  3. 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.

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A printable research summary, source links and room for your questions.

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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.

Source

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

Source

AmountVarious amountsEligibilityFinancially deserving students pursuing liberal arts; automatic during enrollment

Source

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

Renewable

Source

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

Source

AmountVarious amountsEligibilityFull-time Publix employees and their dependents

Source

AmountVarious amountsEligibilityStudents who log HS achievements on RaiseMe

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

Source

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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