Admissions
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Presidential Scholarship
- Up to $5,000 per year
- New scholarships offered to incoming freshman only
- Must have a cumlative high school GPA of 3.75 or better
- Must have achieved a minimum combined SAT score of 1180 (critical reading and math sections) or composite ACT score of 26
- Must demonstrate a range of interest through leadership and extracurricular activities
- Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
- Must be admitted to SOU and be a full time student during the period of the award
- Must maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA at SOU
- Selection is made by Financial Aid Scholarship Selection Committee
- Deadline is Feb 15
- Apply by submitting the complete SOU Application for Admission
- * Must be enrolled full-time.
Laurels Scholarship
- Up to $2,500 per year
- Freshman must have a minimum 3.5 cumulative high school GPA
- Freshman must have achieved a minimum combined SAT score of 1100 (critical reading and math sections) or composite ACT score of 24
- Transfer students must have a minimum cumulative college GPA of 3.25 and a minimum of 36 transferable quarter credits
- Must demonstrate a range of interest through leadership and extracurricular activities
- Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
- Must be admitted to SOU and be a full time student during the period of award
- Selection is made by a special committee
- A fee remission scholarship
- Deadline is Feb 15
- Apply by submitting the complete SOU Application for Admission
- * Must be enrolled full-time.
Diversity Scholarship
- Up to full undergraduate resident tuition/fees award
- Must meet SOU's regular admission requirements
- Must demonstrate how applicant will contribute to SOU's diversity
- Must demonstrate community involvement and/or a range of interests through leadership and extracurricular activities
- Open to Freshman and continuing students
- Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
- Transfer and continiuing students at SOU must also have a minimum GPA of 2.5 with a minimum of 36 transferable quarter credits
- For renewable, the recipient must take a minimum of 12 quarter credit hours each term and make satisfactory progress toward completion of a degree objectives and maintain a 3.0 GPA
- Selection is made by the Diversity Scholarship Selection Committee
- A fee-remission scholarsip
- Deadline is Feb 15
- Apply by submitting the complete SOU Application for Admission
- * Must be enrolled full-time.
Provost's Scholarship
- Up to $1,000 per year
- Must be a resident of Oregon's Jackson or Josephine County
- Merit and need based
- Automatically renewable for 3 years
- Must be an admitted first time freshman or transfer student
- Must have a minimum high school GPA of 3.25 and transfers a minimum college GPA of 3.0
- Must show financial need
- Must enroll each term (excluding summer) as a full time student (12+ hours) at SOU and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
- There is no application for this scholarship. To be considered automatically for this scholarship, students must complete their admission and financial aid (FAFSA) application processes by Feb 15
- * Must be enrolled full-time.
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) Scholarship
- Students from the following states will be considered: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
- Freshman and transfer students should meet standard SOU admission requirements
- Reduces non-resident tuition to 150% of Oregon resident tuition
- Priority deadline is Feb 15
- Must be awarded as an incoming student; not available retroactively
- Apply by submitting the complete SOU Application for Admission (Beginning Fall 2009)
- * Must be enrolled full-time.
Financial Aid
- Visit the Enrollment Services Center for financial aid information.
- If you're applying for need-based financial aid, make sure to complete and submit your Application for Admission to Southern Oregon University by Feb 15 for priority packaging.
- You can begin the actual financial aid process Jan.1, which is the earliest you may submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- The FAFSA should be submitted by March 2 to the Department of Education.
- Our U.S. Department of Education Institutional Code is 003219.
- Additional scholarships are available to new students who wish to complete the Southern Online Scholarship Application (SOSA).
