The starting point
Every admitted first-year student is automatically considered for a Presidential Scholarship of $2,500, $1,500, $750, or $500 — no separate application — and the foundation's 450+ Huskies Scholarships are reachable through a single application.
More than one award path. Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.
Awards to discuss
The 3 awards in this school's research. Amounts retain the original units and conditions; confirm the entering year with the school.
Presidential Scholarship
$2,500, $1,500, $750, or $500 per year · Published award terms
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
GPA: 2.6 cumulative high school GPA or above on a 4.0 scale · ACT: 24
Eligibility: Awarded through the Office of Admissions; all admitted new incoming first-year students are automatically considered, no additional application. May not be applied to Accelerated Online Programs.
Renewal: Renewable for up to four years pending SCSU GPA and course completion. The exact renewal GPA and credit-completion threshold are not published on the page.
Other terms: Automatic on stats: a 24 ACT OR a 2.6+ HS GPA qualifies. The page does not publish which GPA/ACT bands map to which of the four dollar amounts, so the specific tier a student receives is not knowable in advance from the official page.
https://www.stcloudstate.edu/scsu4u/financing/scholarships.aspx
Be A Husky Rate (out-of-state tuition match)
Amount varies (tuition reduced to match Minnesota in-state rate) · Variable or qualified amount
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: Admitted, undergraduate, out-of-state students. Eligible for incoming first-year students and incoming first-year transfer students. Wisconsin and North Dakota have separate reciprocity agreements and are not covered by this rate.
Renewal: Functions as a tuition rate rather than a fixed-dollar scholarship; applies to out-of-state students for the duration they pay the matched in-state rate. Specific renewal conditions not published on the page.
Other terms: Not a cash award — it lowers the tuition price out-of-state students pay to the Minnesota in-state rate. The 2026-27 COA page shows the out-of-state Be A Husky discount as $11,172/year. No dollar amount is stated on the scholarships page itself, so amount is left as 'varies' here.
https://www.stcloudstate.edu/scsu4u/financing/scholarships.aspx
Huskies Scholarships (SCSU Foundation, single application)
Amount not published (more than 450 scholarships; individual amounts not listed) · Published award terms
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: Foundation scholarships gifted by friends and alumni, plus academic merit awards from admissions; one application covers more than 450 scholarships. Must be enrolled when the scholarship is received.
Renewal: Renewal terms vary by individual foundation scholarship and are not published on the program landing page.
Other terms: One application opens access to 450+ donor-funded scholarships. The 2026-27 application ran February 2-March 15, 2026; offers must be accepted (with the acceptance questionnaire) before June 7, 2026, or the offer may be forfeited. No specific dollar amounts are published, so amount is honestly left unstated rather than invented.
https://www.stcloudstate.edu/huskiesscholarships/
