About the Academic Scholarship
The BYU-Idaho Academic Scholarship is designed to recognize and reward the exceptional academic achievement of continuing BYU-Idaho and Transfer students attending as campus students.
Application
Applications for this scholarship are open October 1 – March 1 each year.
Eligibility
- Must be a BYU-Idaho Campus student without an earned bachelor’s degree.
- Must have less than 140 cumulative credits earned at the time of evaluation after Fall semester. All credits appearing on the student’s official transcript are counted including Advanced Placement, language exam credits, transfer credits, etc.
Evaluation
The following GPA lines will be used when considering continuing BYU-Idaho and Transfer students for the BYU-Idaho Academic Scholarship.
2024-2025
| Cumulative GPA |
Tuition Amount |
Award per Semester |
|---|---|---|
| 3.95–4.0 | Full Tuition | $2,400 |
| 3.9–3.949 | Half Tuition | $1,200 |
| 3.75–3.899 | Quarter Tuition | $600 |
Evaluations will be based on whether the student is a transfer student or continuing student at BYU-Idaho.
| Student | Qualifications | Evaluation |
| Transfer Student | Student has earned less than 12 BYU-Idaho credits and more than 24 transfer college credits post-high school graduation. | Evaluated based upon student’s cumulative transfer GPA from prior university at the time of evaluation. |
| Continuing Student | Student has earned at least 12 BYU-Idaho credits. | Evaluated based upon the completion of 12 BYU-Idaho credits and the student’s cumulative BYU-Idaho GPA at the end of the previous year’s Fall Semester. |
Transfer Students:
- Transfer transcripts must be processed and part of the student’s university record no later than the Tuesday before the first day of the student's first semester for the student to be considered. No exceptions to this deadline.
| Semester | Transcript Deadline |
| Fall 2024 | September 10, 2024 |
| Winter 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
| Spring 2025 | April 15, 2025 |
| Fall 2025 | September 9, 2025 |
Continuing Students:
- 2024-2025 applicants will be evaluated on cumulative BYU-Idaho GPA at the end of Fall 2023 semester.
Missionaries
If a student has completed 12 BYU-Idaho credits their GPA will be evaluated after Fall semester for eligibility for the BYU-Idaho Academic Scholarship. If awarded a scholarship, it may be deferred by ensuring the Admissions office has the correct missionary deferment details.
Recent Admits
Transfer students recently admitted may be considered for this award if transfer transcripts are processed with the university no later than the Tuesday before the first day of the first semester a student will be enrolled. No exceptions to this deadline.
| Semester | Test and Transcript Deadline |
| Fall 2024 | September 10, 2024 |
| Winter 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
| Spring 2025 | April 15, 2025 |
| Fall 2025 | September 9, 2025 |
Awarding
Students who qualify may receive this award for Fall, Winter, and Spring Semesters of the award year, allowing for Flex Semester attendance.
- Students who have earned 140 or more cumulative credits at the end of Fall Semester will no longer be eligible to receive their scholarship for future award years.
- Award amounts are based on tuition costs for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Credits do NOT need to be program applicable. However, audited courses do not count.
- Individual semester awards will be canceled for students enrolled in less than 6 credits on Full Semester FADD.
- Awards will be prorated based on the number of credits a student enrolls in each semester. This award is subject to the Financial Aid Determination Date (FADD). If you add or drop classes before FADD, the award will adjust to your new credit level
2024-2025 Award Amounts
| Credit Level | Full Tuition | Half Tuition | Quarter Tuition |
| 12+ | $2,400 | $1,200 | $600 |
| 9-11 | $1,800 | $900 | $450 |
| 6-8 | $1,200 | $600 | $300 |
| Below 6 | No awards | No awards | No awards |
Stackable
To allow recipients the opportunity to benefit from additional financial support, these Full, Half, and Quarter tuition Scholarships will be stackable up to full LDS tuition with the following scholarships available from BYU-Idaho:
- Merit Scholarship: A four-year award designed to recognize and reward exceptional high school academic achievement of incoming freshmen attending as campus students.
- The BYU-Idaho Scholarship: This need-based scholarship requires an application in addition to the coming year’s FAFSA to be completed by March 1.
- Talent Scholarships: Available directly from the Art, Dance, Journalism, Theater, and Music departments on campus.
- Returned Missionary Scholarship: A one-time $500 scholarship will be automatically awarded for a returned missionary's first semester back from a mission. No application is necessary.
Starting with the 2025-2026 award year, after completing 12 BYU-Idaho credits, students who received a BYU-Idaho Merit scholarship covering partial tuition can also participate in evaluations as continuing students after the Winter semester. Based on their academic performance they may become eligible for an additional BYU-Idaho Academic Scholarship awarded to continuing students. The combination of these two academic awards may not exceed full LDS tuition.