South Alabama is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 28 published awards, and 20 are based on those numbers.
Published rules, with the school sources close at hand. Confirm the details before you count on an award.
The award collection
These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.
$3,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$4,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$2,000+
Published award termsAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Start with the award’s published eligibility.
RenewableCheck the conditions$3,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$2,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
Amount not published
Published award termsAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Start with the award’s published eligibility.
RenewableCheck the conditionsMaintain 3 GPA
$5,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$5,500
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$6,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$7,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$8,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
Full tuition
Published coverage or packageAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Full tuition
Published coverage or packageNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Start with the award’s published eligibility.
RenewableCheck the conditions$1,000
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Start with the award’s published eligibility.
$2,000
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Start with the award’s published eligibility.
$4,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$3,500
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$4,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$4,500
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$5,000
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$1,000+
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
$400
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Start with the award’s published eligibility.
RenewableCheck the conditionsMaintain 3 GPA
Amount not published
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
business
$2,500
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
$3,500
Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Maintain 3 GPA
Full tuition
Published coverage or packageAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
$2,000
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Start with the award’s published eligibility.
RenewableCheck the conditionsLights up against South Alabama'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.
Free Merit Check
The free Merit Check shows which South Alabama award your student's numbers reach, and the rules that could change it. About 30 seconds.
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South Alabama runs a transparent automatic merit grid keyed to ACT and GPA, layered with competitive awards (Mitchell Business Scholars, Board of Trustees, Flagship Leaders, Whiddon Honors) and an out-of-state in-state-tuition path.
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.
Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.
Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.
Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.
The fine print / Three questions to carry forward
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.
In-state and out-of-state applicants who can read their award straight off the ACT/GPA grid, honors and business candidates, and nonresidents seeking the in-state-tuition rate.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $30,986 for 2026-2027. Source
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at South Alabama, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
| Family income | Average net price paid |
|---|---|
| $0–$30,000 | $12,657 |
| $30,001–$48,000 | $13,265 |
| $48,001–$75,000 | $16,277 |
| $75,001–$110,000 | $23,252 |
| $110,001+ | $25,322 |
| All income levels (average) | $17,648 |
That works out to roughly a 31% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $25,476 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
South Alabama 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.
Once scholarship opportunities have met 100 percent of demonstrated need, an outside scholarship may require adjusting one or more financial aid sources; loan assistance is adjusted first, wherever possible. The order beyond loans is not published — confirm the full reduction sequence with the Office of Financial Aid.
Once scholarship opportunities have met 100 percent of demonstrated need, an outside scholarship may require adjusting one or more financial aid sources; loan assistance is adjusted first, wherever possible. The order beyond loans is not published — confirm the full reduction sequence with the Office of Financial Aid.
From the South Alabama Common Data Set 2024-2025:
At South Alabama, roughly 1 in 3 first-year admits receive institutional merit aid. The average award is $5,755 — about 19% of total cost.
As filed in South Alabama's CDS Section H2A: of 2,116 first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen, 622 had no financial need and received institutional merit (non-need) scholarship or grant aid, averaging $5,755. Across all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates: 1,911 of 8,101, averaging $5,694. Athletic awards are excluded per the CDS definition.
Priority Admission Deadline and Freshman Scholarship Application deadline for Fall 2026 is February 15, 2026. Students must be admitted by this date to be considered for USA Freshman Admission Scholarships.
Honors Book Scholarship consideration deadline: Students must apply to South and the Honors College by December 15 to qualify for consideration.
South Alabama is in a recognizable cluster (145 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
South Alabama 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.
Every claim is checked against South Alabama’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
