The starting point
Prairie View A&M's top automatic award, the Regents' Student Merit Scholarship, covers tuition and mandatory fees, on-campus housing, meals and books for students with a 3.50 GPA and a 1260 SAT (26 ACT); the next tier, the Presidential Academic Scholarship, is a flat $11,400.00 per year at 3.25 GPA / 1190 SAT (24 ACT).
Published academic criteria. These awards are recorded as automatic on academic criteria. Match the published grades and scores, then check residency, entering year and every additional condition.
Awards to discuss
The 2 awards in this school's research. Amounts retain the original units and conditions; confirm the entering year with the school.
The Regents' Student Merit Scholarship
Tuition and mandatory fees, on-campus housing, meals and books ($600 per semester) · Published coverage or package
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
GPA: 3.50 cumulative high school GPA (on a 4.0 scale) · SAT: 1260 (Verbal, Writing and Math only) · ACT: 26 composite
Eligibility: Must have graduated from high school within 12 months of enrolling; cannot be a transfer student; SAT/ACT must be same-day testing (no superscoring across sittings). Non-residents receive an out-of-state tuition waiver.
Renewal: Renewable up to four years (eight semesters) provided the student earns 30 semester credit hours per academic year with a minimum 3.2 cumulative GPA (fall and spring semesters only; summer coursework cannot be used to meet the credit load or GPA renewal requirements). Regent scholars must reside on campus for the housing component to be paid.
Other terms: The University's most prestigious award; full-ride-style coverage (tuition + fees + housing + meals + books) excluding summer semesters. No flat dollar figure is published on the official Office of Scholarship Services page (it is described by what it covers, not a dollar amount). A separate 2025 PVAMU news/reception page describes the Regents' award as 'up to $10,000 per academic year for tuition and mandatory fees' plus housing/meals/books — this conflicts with the OSS page's open-ended 'covers tuition and mandatory fees' and is NOT used here; ask the scholarship office to confirm the current dollar value. Awards are limited and given based on admission date and competitiveness.
https://www.pvamu.edu/oss/types-of-scholarships/university-scholarships/
Presidential Academic Scholarship
$11,400.00 per year · Published amount
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
GPA: 3.25 cumulative high school GPA (on a 4.0 scale) · SAT: 1190 (Verbal, Writing and Math only) · ACT: 24 composite
Eligibility: Must have graduated from high school within 12 months of enrolling; cannot be a transfer student.
Renewal: Renewable up to four years (eight semesters) provided the student earns 30 semester credit hours per academic year with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (fall and spring semesters only; summer coursework cannot be used to meet the credit load or GPA renewal requirements). Presidential scholars do not have to reside on campus to receive the scholarship.
Other terms: Flat $11,400.00/year cash-value academic scholarship; the next tier below the Regents' award. All admitted students meeting the criteria are automatically considered (no separate application stated for the university academic scholarships), but availability is limited and awards are made based on admission date and competitiveness, so applying early matters.
https://www.pvamu.edu/oss/types-of-scholarships/university-scholarships/
