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.

Alaska Southeast· Renewal Rules

Keeping Alaska Southeast’s Merit Aid for Four Years

What the financial-aid office actually requires after freshman year: minimum GPA, credit-hour pace, and the cliffs that quietly downgrade families mid-degree.

Verified Jun 20264 days ago· CC

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 2 of 3
One-time tiers: 1
Tiers with published renewal terms: 2
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Alaska Southeast's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

UA Scholars Award (statewide University of Alaska award administered at UAS): See notes
Alaska Performance Scholarship (statewide award administered at UAS): 2.5 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

UA Scholars Award (statewide University of Alaska award administered at UAS)
$15,000 total ($1,875 per semester for eight semesters)
To keep it: Distributed at $1,875 per semester across eight semesters 'provided the Scholar remains eligible.'
Source: https://catalog.uas.alaska.edu/financial-aid/types-available-aid/
Alaska Performance Scholarship (statewide award administered at UAS)
Up to $7,000 per year (Level 1), $5,250 per year (Level 2), or $3,500 per year (Level 3)
Entry requirements: Level 1: 3.5; Level 2: 3.0; Level 3: 2.5 (high-school GPA, or qualifying ACT/SAT/WorkKeys scores) GPA · Qualifying test-score path available SAT · Qualifying test-score path available ACT
To keep it: Usable for up to eight semesters; to keep it at UAS you must maintain a 2.5 GPA and complete 24 credits the first year, then a 2.5 GPA and 30 credits per year afterwards. The FAFSA must be submitted each year before June 30 to use the APS.
Source: https://uas.alaska.edu/financial_aid/scholarships.html

How families lose this aid

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.

Renewal questions families ask

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.

How Alaska Southeast compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Alaska Southeast is one of them. The cohort minority (82 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 renewal claim is checked against Alaska Southeast’s own published materials.