The starting point
An HBCU whose flagship Cheatham-White Scholarship is a fully funded, four-year, full-cost-of-attendance award (open to non-residents), backed by fixed-amount Chancellor's Cycle of Success scholarships awarded on GPA with no test scores required. DRAFT.
Selection beyond grades and scores. 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.
Awards to discuss
First 3 of 4 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.
Cheatham-White Scholarship
Full ride (full cost of attendance: full tuition and fees, housing, meals, textbooks, a laptop, travel, and personal expenses) plus four funded summers · Published coverage or package
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
GPA: Minimum weighted or unweighted cumulative GPA of 4.0 or higher · SAT: Optional: minimum SAT 1280 (test scores OPTIONAL for 2026-2027; superscores accepted) · ACT: Optional: minimum ACT 28 (test scores OPTIONAL for the Cheatham-White for 2026-2027; superscores accepted)
Eligibility: Admitted as a freshman in the fall into a baccalaureate program; U.S. citizen or permanent resident; on course to graduate HS the spring prior; exceptional character/leadership; significant extracurricular involvement; strong commitment to service. Requires nomination (by a HS administrator or self-nomination) then an application. Applicants do NOT have to be NC residents.
Renewal: Renewed annually contingent on: minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 annually; enroll full time each semester and earn a minimum of 30 credit hours each academic year; maintain membership and active participation in the University Honors Program.
Other terms: Fully funded four-year award covering full cost of attendance (not merely full tuition). Scholar performance averages cited on the program page (4.42 GPA, 28.8 ACT, 1322 SAT) are AVERAGES of selected scholars, not minimum cutoffs.
https://www.nccu.edu/usp/cheatham-white-scholarship-program
Chancellor's Cycle of Success Scholarship — Soaring Eagle
$7,500 · Published amount
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
GPA: Awarded based on entering students' cumulative GPA (specific GPA band for each level not published) · SAT: Test scores are not required · ACT: Test scores are not required
Eligibility: New first-time entering undergraduate students who have exemplified academic excellence.
Renewal: Renewal terms not stated on the award-levels page.
Other terms: Highest of three GPA-based levels. The page states awards are based on cumulative GPA with test scores not required; whether placement is fully automatic or requires a separate application is not fully clear from the pages opened (a 'how to apply / selection guidelines' page was not opened).
https://www.nccu.edu/chancellors-cycle-success-scholarship
Chancellor's Cycle of Success Scholarship — Rising Eagle
$3,500 · Published amount
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
GPA: Awarded based on entering students' cumulative GPA · SAT: Test scores are not required · ACT: Test scores are not required
Eligibility: New first-time entering undergraduate students.
Renewal: Renewal terms not stated on the award-levels page.
Other terms: Middle of three GPA-based levels.
https://www.nccu.edu/chancellors-cycle-success-scholarship
