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Pitt State scholarships and merit aid

PSU offers merit awards spanning freshman academics, honors enrollment, and international student populations.

Verified Jun 20263 months ago

The short answer

Is Pitt State worth a closer look?

Pitt State is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 13 published awards, and 3 are based on those numbers.

Merit tiers133 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJun 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.

Where you landAutomatic merit aid by ACT compositeEach bar marks the ACT score range that qualifies for the tier.
Great Gorilla Scholarship Freshman$1,000
ACT 20GPA 2.85

Not on this ladder: Gorilla International Scholarship, Malaysian High Achiever Scholarship, Undergraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship, Kansas All State Academic Team, Phi Theta Kappa, Great Gorilla Scholarships, Great Gorilla Scholarship Program, Alumni Legacy License Plate Scholarship, Intensive English Program Academic Excellence Scholarship, Tsang Hsun Tsai And Ching Hui Huang Scholarship, International Advocate Scholarship, Samuel J Pease And William R Herr Foreign Student Scholarship — application required, holistic, or scored on a different axis.

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TierACT compositeAward
Great Gorilla Scholarship Freshman20$1,000–$4,000
$1,000–$4,000

Great Gorilla Scholarship Freshman

Based on grades or scores
GPA
2.85
ACT
20

Source

Up to $6,000

Gorilla International Scholarship

Apply separatelyCan continue

Source

$1,000

Malaysian High Achiever Scholarship

Apply separatelyCan continue

Source

$1,000

Undergraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship

Apply separately

Source

$1,000

Kansas All State Academic Team

Apply separately

Source

$500

Phi Theta Kappa

Apply separately

Source

$1,000–$4,000

Great Gorilla Scholarships

Based on grades or scoresCan continue

Source

$1,000

Great Gorilla Scholarship Program

Based on grades or scores
GPA
3

Source

Amount not published

Alumni Legacy License Plate Scholarship

Apply separately
GPA
3
ACT
21

Source

$1,000

Intensive English Program Academic Excellence Scholarship

Apply separately

Source

$150

Tsang Hsun Tsai And Ching Hui Huang Scholarship

Apply separatelyCan continue

Source

$1,000

International Advocate Scholarship

Apply separatelyCan continue

Source

$1,000

Samuel J Pease And William R Herr Foreign Student Scholarship

Apply separatelyCan continue

Source

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Who this school may work for

Incoming freshmen with strong academic records, honors-eligible students, and international applicants—particularly those from Malaysia or other countries—will find the most robust scholarship pathways here.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $20,233 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Pitt State, academic year 2021-22 — in-state, Title-IV aid recipients only
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$11,968
$30,001–$48,000$11,453
$48,001–$75,000$14,676
$75,001–$110,000$18,873
$110,001+$20,237
All income levels (average)$15,784

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees (in-state), AY 2022-23
$8,400
Published tuition & fees (out-of-state), AY 2022-23
$19,744
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$15,784

That works out to roughly a 29% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $22,099 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Pitt 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
57%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
77%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$18,969 (~$201/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$50,579
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
34%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
47%
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Other Pitt State scholarships worth checking

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

Amount$4,500–$9,500EligibilityThe Honors College Scholarship for international students awards $4,500 to $9,500.

Source

Amount$6,000EligibilityHonors College Scholars receive $6,000 for four consecutive years and a one-time $2,000 stipend for a faculty-led or independent study abroad program.

Source

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How Pitt State compares

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Pitt State 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 Pitt State’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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