BYU-Idaho Scholarship

Application open October 1 – March 1 

Students should complete the application based on their information on the day they complete the application. 

 

Student 

Defined 

Evaluation 

Freshman 

Student has earned less than 12 BYU-Idaho credits and less than 24 transfer college credits earned post-high school graduation. 

Evaluated based upon unweighted high school GPA at the time of evaluation.  

Transfer 

Student has earned less than 12 BYU-Idaho credits and more than 24 transfer college credits earned post-high school graduation. 

Evaluated based upon student's cumulative transfer GPA from prior university at the time of evaluation. 

Continuing 

Student has earned at least 12 BYU-Idaho credits. 

Evaluated based upon the completion of 12 BYUI credits and the student's cumulative BYU-Idaho GPA at the end of the previous year's Fall semester. 

Freshmen Students: 

  • Incoming freshmen with at least a 3.3 unweighted high school GPA at the time of evaluation will likely be awarded at least a partial grant if they apply by the March 1 deadline. ACT/SAT scores will no longer be used to evaluate academic achievement for this scholarship. 

Transfer Students: 

  • Evaluated on transfer GPA using the official transcript on record with BYU-Idaho at the time of evaluation. 

Continuing Students: 

  • Evaluated on cumulative BYU-Idaho GPA at the end of the most recent Fall semester. Students must have completed at least 12 resident credits at BYU-Idaho. 
     

  • Example: The 2023-2024 academic evaluation is based on students' cumulative BYU-Idaho GPA at the end of Fall 2022. 

Home schooled students need a transcript to be evaluated for the academic portion of the award. 

2023-2024 Transfer/Continuing Academic Achievement Award Amounts 

Cumulative GPA 

Award Tuition Amount 

2023-2024 

Grant Award Per Semester 

3.95 - 4.0 

Full Tuition 

$2,328 

3.9 - 3.949 

Half Tuition 

$1,164 

3.75 - 3.899 

Quarter Tuition 

$582 

 

Awarding 

  • Award amounts are in reference to tuition costs for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

  • The BYU-Idaho Scholarship will be awarded for all three semesters but will not exceed full LDS tuition amounts per semester. 
     

  • Students who do not attend a semester they have been awarded will forfeit the individual award for that semester (exceptions to this rule are students who submit a mission deferment with the Admissions Office.) 

Students must be enrolled in 12 or more credits as of the Full Semester Financial Aid Determination Date (FADD) to receive their full award. This means students MUST be enrolled in any 2nd block classes by the Full Semester FADD to receive and keep their grant. 
 

  • Credits do NOT need to be program applicable. However, audited courses do not count. 

  • Students taking 6-11.5 credits as of Full Semester FADD will receive a prorated portion of their grant. 

2023-2024 Prorated Award Amounts 

Credit Level 

2023-2024 Award Amount 

 

Full 
Tuition 

3/4 
Tuition 

1/2 
Tuition 

1/4 
Tuition 

12+ 

$2,328 

$1,746 

$1,164 

$582 

9-11.5 

$1,746 

$1,310 

$873 

$437 

6-8.5 

$1,164 

$873 

$582 

$291 

Below 6 

No Awards 

 

 

 

Details

Article ID: 14370
Created
Fri 1/26/24 3:53 PM
Modified
Fri 1/26/24 3:53 PM