Undergraduate Scholarships
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Spring 2024 or Fall 2024 Incoming Students
Students transferring from any four-year accredited university or college as their last institution attended are eligible. If your last institution attended was a four-year accredited university or college, regardless of previous attendance at other institutions, you will be evaluated as a university transfer student and cannot be considered for any freshman or community college transfer scholarships. Automatic consideration upon admission. Check your USM email address and the GO System to accept any available offers.
- Students must transfer within one year of enrollment at their previous institution.
- Readmitted students to The University of Southern Mississippi do not qualify for transfer scholarships.
- Click back here to a full list of eligibility requirements for all transfer scholarships.
Spring Deadline: January 15
- Must be fully admitted with all final college transcripts processed by the Office of Admissions
- All Transfer Designation-Based Scholarships applications submitted in the GO System.
Initial offers may change as updated transcripts are submitted to the Office of Admissions.
Initial offers may change as updated transcripts are submitted to the Office of Admissions.
Fall 2024 Deadline: August 1
- Must be fully admitted with all final college transcripts processed by the Office of Admissions
- All Transfer Designation-Based Scholarships applications submitted in the GO System.
Initial offers may change as updated transcripts are submitted to the Office of Admissions.
Initial offers may change as updated transcripts are submitted to the Office of Admissions.
University Transfer Academic Scholarship $8,000
- Transfer cumulative gpa of 3.0 or higher
- Transfer cumulative hours 48 - 89
- 2 Years (4 consecutive fall/spring semesters)
$4,000 annually/$2,000 per semester
Automatic consideration upon admission. Check your USM email address and the GO System to accept any available offers. Scholarships are awarded a monthly basis.
University Transfer Academic Scholarship $4,000
- Transfer cumulative gpa of 3.0 or higher
- Transfer cumulative hours 90-119
- 1 Year (2 consecutive fall/spring semesters)
$4,000 annual/$2,000 per semester
Automatic consideration upon admission. Check your USM email address and the GO System to accept any available offers. Scholarships are awarded on a monthly basis.
Can only be combined with the Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award Scholarship.
Students whose last institution is a 4-year institution do not qualify for Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships or any other community college transfer award.
Scholarship automatically renews if the student maintains a 2.5 USM cumulative GPA and 15 USM credit hours each fall and spring semester. Failure to meet these stipulations results in immediate cancellation of the scholarship.
Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award - $4,000 Total
- Application must be submitted in the GO System before the stated deadlines with proper documentation to be considered.
- Must have a transfer cumulative gpa of 3.25 or higher
- Must have between 48-119 transfer cumulative hours
- Awarded for 2 years (4 consecutive fall/spring semesters)
- $2,000 Total ($2,000 Annually at $1,000 per semester)
- Scholarship automatically renews if the student maintains a 2.5 USM cumulative GPA and 15 USM credit hours each fall and spring semester. Failure to meet these stipulations results in immediate cancellation of the scholarship.
Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award can be combined with the University Transfer Academic Scholarship.