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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?
President's Award of Excellence$5,000/yearAutomaticRenewable
Published awardAcademic thresholds
President's Award of Excellence
$5,000/year
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
95+ high school average
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for President's Award of Excellence
Who qualifies
Must live on campus (campus residency requirement = Yes); targeted to non-tuition expenses
How to keep it
Renewable for up to 4 years; requires a 3.0 GPA for renewal and continued campus residency.
Worth knowing
Automatic — students do not apply separately; recipients are notified on a rolling basis from time of acceptance until May 1. The award supports 'non-tuition' costs (fees, room and board, books, personal, travel), not tuition itself. Deposit deadline: May 1 for Fall, Dec 1 for Spring.
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
90-94 high school average
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Fredonia Scholar Award
Who qualifies
Must live on campus (campus residency requirement = Yes); targeted to non-tuition expenses
How to keep it
Renewable for up to 4 years; requires a 2.8 GPA for renewal and continued campus residency.
Worth knowing
Automatic on the high-school-average grid — no separate application. Targets non-tuition costs. Deposit deadline: May 1 for Fall, Dec 1 for Spring.
True Blue Scholar Award$2,000/yearAutomaticRenewable
Published awardAcademic thresholds
True Blue Scholar Award
$2,000/year
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
80-89 high school average
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for True Blue Scholar Award
Who qualifies
Must live on campus (campus residency requirement = Yes); targeted to non-tuition expenses
How to keep it
Renewable for up to 4 years; requires a 2.8 GPA for renewal and continued campus residency.
Worth knowing
Automatic on the high-school-average grid — no separate application. Lowest tier of the three-tier merit grid. Deposit deadline: May 1 for Fall, Dec 1 for Spring.
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.25 GPA
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Yunghans-Mirabelli Science Achievement Award
Who qualifies
High-achieving student majoring in biology; entering as a first-year student in the Fall
How to keep it
Renewable up to three additional years for a full-time student maintaining a 3.25 GPA.
Worth knowing
Largest single named award found. Biology majors only; awarded to a high-achieving incoming first-year student (selective — page says 'for a high achieving student'). Considered automatically through the admission application; no separate scholarship application referenced.
Kelly Family Scholarship Endowment$5,000Not automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Kelly Family Scholarship Endowment
$5,000
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.25 GPA
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Kelly Family Scholarship Endowment
Who qualifies
Biology or chemistry major; entering as a first-year student in the Fall; offered to a limited number of students
How to keep it
May be renewable up to three additional years for a full-time student maintaining a 3.25 GPA.
Worth knowing
Departmental science award for biology/chemistry majors. Page wording is hedged ('is may be renewable').
James J. Kaminski Scholarship Endowment$1,000Not automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
James J. Kaminski Scholarship Endowment
$1,000
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.25 GPA
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for James J. Kaminski Scholarship Endowment
Who qualifies
Chemistry major; entering as a first-year student in the Fall; offered to a limited number of students
How to keep it
May be renewable up to three additional years for a full-time student maintaining a 3.25 GPA.
Worth knowing
Departmental chemistry award.
Dennis and Jan Hefner Presidential Scholarship$5,000Not automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Dennis and Jan Hefner Presidential Scholarship
$5,000
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.0 GPA
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Dennis and Jan Hefner Presidential Scholarship
Who qualifies
Academically high achieving WITH high financial need (Pell eligible); entering as a first-year student in the Fall
How to keep it
Renewable for up to three additional years provided the student remains full-time and maintains at least a 3.0 GPA.
Worth knowing
Merit-plus-need hybrid: requires both high achievement and Pell eligibility. Not pure merit — flagged because eligibility is gated on financial need.
Honors Program Scholarship$1,500 one-time ($375 over four semesters)Not automatic
Published awardOther selection criteria
Honors Program Scholarship
$1,500 one-time ($375 over four semesters)
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
92+ high school average (first-year invitation threshold); 3.3 cumulative GPA to maintain Honors
Open award details for Honors Program Scholarship
Who qualifies
Requires completing the Honors application including a multimedia response to a prompt; new first-year and new transfer applicants only
Renewal terms
One-time award distributed as $375 per semester across four semesters; not annually renewable beyond that.
Worth knowing
NOT automatic — an application/essay is required. First-year applicants with a 92+ HS average are invited to apply. Honors also gives priority course registration. Suggested deadline: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 (by 11:59 p.m.).
Fredonia Transfer Scholar Award$2,000/yearAutomaticRenewable
Published awardAcademic thresholds
Fredonia Transfer Scholar Award
$2,000/year
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
3.0 GPA with at least 12 credits from an accredited college
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Fredonia Transfer Scholar Award
Who qualifies
Full-time enrollment; must live in university housing; annual FAFSA (and TAP for NY residents)
How to keep it
Maximum 3 years of eligibility; must maintain a minimum 2.8 GPA to retain the award and continue residing in university housing.
Worth knowing
For incoming TRANSFER students (not first-year). Automatic on transfer GPA/credits. Deadline: June 1 for Fall, December 1 for Spring.
Lights up against SUNY Fredonia's published cutoffs. Not an award offer; confirm with the financial aid office. Award terms and residency rules change; some awards differ for in-state and out-of-state students. Always confirm at the school’s source page.
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The fine print
Renewal ruleYunghans-Mirabelli Science Achievement Award: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable up to three additional years for a full-time student maintaining a 3.25 GPA. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.
Outside awardsNo published displacement order
SUNY Fredonia's policy doesn't specify whether outside scholarships hit loans, grants, or only the COA ceiling. Get a written aid-office answer before chasing private awards.
What makes SUNY Fredonia different
SUNY Fredonia awards a published, fully automatic high-school-average merit grid — $2,000-$5,000/year (President's Award of Excellence, Fredonia Scholar, True Blue Scholar) — but every award is residency-tied and targets non-tuition costs, not the already-low $7,070 NY-resident tuition.
Merit tiers94 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team
More than one award path
Separate the two paths.
Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.
Match the published criteria
Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.
Check the application dates
Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.
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.
A printable research summary, source links and room for your questions.
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What families often miss
Fredonia's awards are explicitly 'targeted to support non-tuition related expenses' — fees, room and board, books, personal and travel. NY-resident tuition is already only $7,070; the scholarship money is aimed at the room-and-board side, not tuition.
Every tier of the merit grid (President's, Fredonia Scholar, True Blue) and the Transfer Scholar Award carries a 'Campus Residency Requirement: Yes.' Moving off campus can cost you the scholarship.
Renewal GPAs differ by award: President's Award needs a 3.0, Fredonia Scholar and True Blue need a 2.8, the science awards (Yunghans-Mirabelli, Kelly, Kaminski) need a 3.25, and the Hefner needs a 3.0. The grid is automatic at entry on your high-school average, but renewal is on your college GPA.
The merit grid is automatic on your high-school average, but the Honors Scholarship requires a separate Honors application with a multimedia response, with a suggested deadline of Feb 17, 2026 — and it's a one-time $1,500 spread over four semesters, not an annual award.
The Dennis and Jan Hefner Presidential Scholarship requires high financial need (Pell eligible) in addition to high achievement — a strong record alone won't qualify you.
See costs and school data+
Who this school may work for
In-state (and price-sensitive out-of-state) students with an 80+ high-school average who plan to live on campus all four years; the merit grid is automatic on GPA, so it rewards solid-but-not-elite records, and biology/chemistry majors can stack a large departmental science award on top.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $24,825 for 2025-2026. Source
Cost and graduation facts
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at SUNY Fredonia, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
Average annual net price by family income at SUNY Fredonia, academic year 2021-22 — in-state, Title-IV aid recipients only
Family income
Average net price paid
$0–$30,000
$9,395
$30,001–$48,000
$11,327
$48,001–$75,000
$16,116
$75,001–$110,000
$16,302
$110,001+
$20,743
All income levels (average)
$15,897
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
Published tuition & fees (in-state), AY 2022-23
$8,831
Published tuition & fees (out-of-state), AY 2022-23
$19,771
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$15,897
That works out to roughly a 39% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $25,879 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
SUNY Fredonia 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
50%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
76%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$24,250 (~$257/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$54,247
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
41%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
72%
See other scholarships and cost examples+
If your student brings another scholarship
No published institutional policy was found describing how outside (third-party) scholarships displace Fredonia's own merit awards. The one displacement rule that IS published concerns the NY Excelsior Scholarship: it is a 'last dollar' award, so all federal, state, and institutional grants/scholarships reduce the Excelsior amount. Treat outside-award displacement of the Fredonia merit grid as unconfirmed.
Fredonia's merit awards are explicitly targeted at NON-tuition costs (fees, room and board, books, personal, travel). Because they are aimed at non-tuition expenses rather than tuition, they may sit alongside need-based and tuition-focused aid, but the financial-aid pages do not state an outside-scholarship displacement rule for the institutional merit awards. The Excelsior 'last dollar' interaction is the only published displacement mechanic, and it reduces Excelsior (a tuition award), not the merit grid.
These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.
AmountVariesEligibilityReturning and continuing students; matched by major, department, and donor criteria through the FREDscholar / Scholarship Universe matching system.
Foundation-funded named scholarships are largely for returning students and require matching/applying through FREDscholar; amounts and criteria vary by fund.
AmountUp to the cost of tuition ($7,070)EligibilityEligible NY State residents meeting income and academic-progress requirements.
State 'last dollar' tuition award — NOT a Fredonia merit award. All other federal/state/institutional grants and scholarships reduce the Excelsior amount.
Do I have to apply for the main Fredonia merit scholarships?
No. The President's Award of Excellence, Fredonia Scholar Award, and True Blue Scholar Award are awarded automatically based on your high-school average through the admission application; recipients are notified on a rolling basis from acceptance until May 1. The Honors Scholarship is the exception — it requires a separate Honors application and essay.
What high-school average do I need for each award?
95+ average earns the $5,000/year President's Award of Excellence, 90-94 earns the $4,000/year Fredonia Scholar Award, and 80-89 earns the $2,000/year True Blue Scholar Award. A 92+ average gets you an invitation to apply to the Honors Program.
What's the deadline?
First-year merit recipients are notified from acceptance until May 1; the enrollment-deposit deadline is May 1 for Fall (Dec 1 for Spring). Transfers: June 1 for Fall, Dec 1 for Spring. The Honors application has a suggested deadline of Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
Will an outside scholarship reduce my Fredonia award?
Fredonia does not publish a clear outside-scholarship displacement policy for its institutional merit awards. The one published rule is that the NY Excelsior Scholarship is a 'last dollar' award, so other grants and scholarships reduce Excelsior. Confirm displacement of your specific merit award with the financial-aid office before counting on stacking.
See sources and other schools+
How SUNY Fredonia compares
133 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.
SUNY Fredonia is in a recognizable cluster (133 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
133 of 749 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.
SUNY Fredonia is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.
665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
SUNY Fredonia 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 SUNY Fredonia’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
