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SU Admission Scholarships

A scholarship is gift aid given to you to help fund your education. Most scholarships awarded at SU come from Salisbury University and the SU Foundation’s endowments with unique eligibility and scholarship renewal requirements. There are also many scholarships available to you from other, external organizations. Keep in mind, scholarship money does not have to be repaid.

First-year Academic Merit Scholarships

First-year students are considered for a range of general merit scholarships that do not require a separate application. Prospective incoming first-year will automatically be reviewed for these awards given that their application for admission is received in a timely manner. First-year scholarships range from $1,000 to $6,000 for in-state students and $6,000 to $8,500 for out-of-state students which includes the $6,000 Sea Gull Nation Scholarship.

First-year Academic Merit Scholarships:

  • Presidential
  • SU Deans
  • SU Excellence
  • SU Achievement
  • Holloway

Net Price Calculator - Please click to use the Net Price Calculator tool to estimate your merit award eligibility. In addition, you can use the Net Price Calculator to personalize your estimated net price.

Transfer Academic Merit Scholarships

Transfer students are considered for a range of general merit scholarships that do not require a separate application. Prospective transfer students will automatically be reviewed for these awards given that their application for admissions is received in a timely manner. Transfer scholarships range from $1,500 to 3,000 for in-state students and $6,000 to $7,000 for out-of-state students which includes the $6,000 Sea Gull Nation Scholarship.

Net Price Calculator - Please click to use the Net Price Calculator tool to estimate to estimate your merit award eligibility. In addition, you can use the Net Price Calculator to personalize your estimated net price.

  • Eligibility – First-year candidates are reviewed based on high school GPA and SAT or ACT scores. Award consideration is based upon a numerical standard and the competition of the applicant pool. Transfer students must have a transfer GPA of 2.5 or higher. Merit scholarship awards are limited to the fall and spring semesters for undergraduate studies only.
  • Timing - Incoming first-year students are advised to file early action admission applications (by December 1) for guaranteed scholarship consideration. The scholarship reviews will continue beyond the early action date if funding is still available.
  • Renewal – All students are required to maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA in order to annually renew their academic merit scholarships. Scholarships do have a maximum amount of semesters for which you may receive them so please refer to the Scholarship Policies page for more details. You must also enroll full time 12 credits or more each semester.

Good Neighbor Scholarship

The Good Neighbor Scholarship is currently awarded to incoming freshmen (8 semesters of eligibility) and transfer and 2nd degree/USB students (6 semesters of eligibility) through Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 who have a permanent home address in Delaware, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Starting with the incoming fall 2020 class, students from the following New England States are also eligible: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. No separate application is necessary. Students must be registered full time (12 or more credits per semester) and be meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements to maintain eligibility. Students qualifying for/charged in-state tuition, non-resident regional Hagerstown tuition rate, and those receiving tuition remission are not eligible to receive the Good Neighbor Scholarship. Recipients of the Good Neighbor Scholarship will not be considered for the Salisbury University Transfer Grant or Transfer Merit Scholarships.

Sea Gull Nation Scholarship

The Sea Gull Nation Scholarship will be available to new incoming freshmen (8 semesters of eligibility) and transfer and 2nd degree/USB students (6 semesters of eligibility) beginning with the Fall 2024 semester who have a permanent home address outside of Maryland. No separate application is necessary. Students must be registered full time (12 or more credits per semester) and be meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements to maintain eligibility. Students qualifying for/charged in-state tuition, non-resident regional Hagerstown tuition rate, and those receiving tuition remission are not eligible to receive the Sea Gull Nation Scholarship. Recipients of the Sea Gull Nation Scholarship will not be considered for the Salisbury University Transfer Grant or Transfer Merit Scholarships.