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Norfolk State scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$28,208per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Norfolk State may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.

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. Presidential ScholarshipAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Presidential Scholarship

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot 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.

  2. Provost ScholarshipAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Provost Scholarship

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot 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.

  3. Ncaa Scholarships And GrantsAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Ncaa Scholarships And Grants

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot 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.

  4. Nshss Foundation Stem ScholarshipsAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Nshss Foundation Stem Scholarships

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot 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.

  5. Dozoretz National Institute For Mathematics And Applied Sciences Dnimas ScholarshipAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Dozoretz National Institute For Mathematics And Applied Sciences Dnimas Scholarship

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot 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.

  6. Berbay Marketing Pr Furthering Education With Annual Scholarship$1,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Berbay Marketing Pr Furthering Education With Annual Scholarship

    $1,000

    Published amountNot 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.

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What makes Norfolk State different

Norfolk State rewards strong scholars and STEM-focused students with competitive merit awards.

Merit tiers6See who qualifies
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team

Selection beyond grades and scores

Start with the selection process.

These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.

  1. Read the selection rules

    Look for the school's stated criteria and whether an additional application is needed.

  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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Who this school may work for

High-achieving students with strong academics should aim for Presidential and Provost awards. STEM-focused students, especially those interested in mathematics and applied sciences, will find specialized opportunities tailored to their fields.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $28,208 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Norfolk State, academic year 2021-22 — in-state, Title-IV aid recipients only
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$12,804
$30,001–$48,000$13,905
$48,001–$75,000$15,507
$75,001–$110,000$17,972
$110,001+$26,175
All income levels (average)$15,282

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees (in-state), AY 2022-23
$10,180
Published tuition & fees (out-of-state), AY 2022-23
$21,682
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$15,282

That works out to roughly a 43% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $26,633 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Norfolk State 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
39%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
73%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$29,000 (~$307/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$44,666
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
73%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
66%
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Other Norfolk State scholarships worth checking

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

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityOffice of Civil Rights Scholarship (OCR) provides tuition and/or books for undergraduate students and tuition/stipends for graduate students; eligibility includes full-time electronics or optical engineering enrollment and a minimum 2.8 undergraduate GPA.

Source

AmountUp to $4,000EligibilityCSET Scholarship provides up to $4,000 per year and requires a 2.8 GPA and enrollment in one of the nine science and technology departments.

Source

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Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Norfolk State’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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