Alaska Southeast Merit Aid

1. Assuming the Chancellor's Award is a fixed cash scholarship.+

   UAS publishes NO dollar amount for it — it only 'covers partial costs of on-campus housing' for the first year, and only if you actually live in on-campus housing. It is not tuition money and not a number you can budget against.

2. Letting a third-party sponsor pay your housing without realizing it cancels the Chancellor's Award.+

   The scholarship page states plainly: if your housing is covered by third-party funding, the Chancellor's Award is removed. A housing voucher from an outside source can erase this award.

3. Missing the February 15 scholarship deadline.+

   February 15 is the deadline to apply (and, for need-based awards, the FAFSA window is October 1–February 15) to be considered for UAS Foundation scholarships for the following academic year.

4. Treating any single COA line as 'the cost.'+

   UAS deliberately does NOT print one total — its 2025-26 budget lists tuition $6,372, fees $1,584, books $1,400, on-campus housing $6,600, food $7,392, transportation $1,852, and personal $6,062 separately. Tuition alone is a fraction of the full on-campus budget, and the figures are estimates that vary by living situation.

5. Out-of-state students expecting UAS merit scholarships to close the gap.+

   The quotable merit money here — UA Scholars and the Alaska Performance Scholarship — is for Alaska high-school graduates. Non-Alaska students should instead weigh the Alaska Unlocked in-state-tuition initiative and WUE rates rather than counting on UAS-specific merit awards.

Alaska high-school students — especially top-10%-of-class graduates and those who hit the state's 2.5/3.0/3.5 GPA performance tiers — who can stack the statewide UA Scholars and Alaska Performance awards on UAS's in-state tuition. Out-of-state students get almost no UAS-specific merit and should weigh WUE/Alaska-Unlocked tuition instead.

Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $31,262 for 2026-2027. Source

Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.

UAS publishes no general institutional stacking grid, but it does publish one hard displacement rule: the Chancellor's Award is REMOVED if your on-campus housing is covered by third-party funding. The statewide UA Scholars and Alaska Performance awards are commonly used together with in-state UAS tuition, but UAS does not publish a formal rule for how an outside scholarship reduces other UAS aid.

Confirmed displacement: third-party funding that covers housing cancels the Chancellor's Award (a housing-targeted award). No published rule was found describing how a general outside/private scholarship displaces the UA Scholars Award, the Alaska Performance Scholarship, or need-based aid at UAS. Treat all amounts as 'up to' ceilings that can be reduced to avoid over-award.

Source

Named awards that don’t always surface on the main financial aid page. Each one has its own eligibility rules.

• What is the scholarship deadline at UAS?

  February 15 is the deadline to apply for UAS Foundation scholarships for the following academic year. For need-based awards you must file the FAFSA between October 1 and February 15. The Alaska Performance Scholarship requires a FAFSA each year before June 30; the UA Scholars Award has a preferred acceptance deadline of June 30 and a final deadline of August 15.

• Is the Chancellor's Award automatic, and how much is it?

  It is automatic for new full-time students with a 3.50+ GPA who live in on-campus housing and have completed the FAFSA — no separate application. But UAS does not publish a dollar amount: it only covers 'partial costs of on-campus housing' for the first year, and it is removed if a third party covers your housing.

• How much is the Alaska Performance Scholarship at UAS?

  It pays up to $7,000/year (Level 1, 3.5 GPA), $5,250/year (Level 2, 3.0 GPA), or $3,500/year (Level 3, 2.5 GPA), as set by the state of Alaska. To keep it at UAS you must maintain a 2.5 GPA and complete 24 credits your first year, then 30 credits per year afterward, and file the FAFSA each year before June 30.

• Can I get the $15,000 UA Scholars Award at UAS?

  Yes if your Alaska high school selected you for being in the top 10% of your class at the end of junior year. It pays $1,875 per semester for eight semesters as long as you remain eligible, and is usable at any University of Alaska campus including UAS.

• University of Alaska Anchorage merit aid — Alaska public university — compare automatic merit, amounts, and stacking.
• UAF merit aid — Alaska public university — compare automatic merit, amounts, and stacking.
• Alaska Pacific University merit aid — Alaska private school — compare automatic merit, amounts, and stacking.
• East Carolina merit aid — North Carolina public university — compare automatic merit, amounts, and stacking.

• Alaska Southeast scholarship stacking — Whether outside awards land as upside or quietly displace institutional aid.
• Does Alaska Southeast displace outside scholarships? — The dollar math on a $5,000 outside award, plus peer schools that handle it differently.
• Alaska Southeast four-year renewal rules — GPA floors, credit-hour pace, and the renewal cliffs that knock awards out by sophomore year.