BYU-Idaho Scholarships

To be evaluated for both academic and need based consideration for the BYU-Idaho Scholarship, students must complete the BYU-Idaho Scholarship Application and corresponding FAFSA by March 1st. International and DACA students are not required to submit the FAFSA. Students wishing to be evaluated only for academic consideration do not need to complete the FAFSA.

• Must be admitted to BYU-Idaho as a Campus student without an earned bachelor’s degree
• Must have less than 140 cumulative credits earned at the time of evaluation. All credits appearing on the student’s official transcript are counted including Advanced Placement, language exam credits, transfer credits, etc.

The BYU-Idaho Scholarship is evaluated for the following criteria:

• Financial need: information taken from the BYU-Idaho Scholarship Application and the FAFSA.
  
  • The 2024-2025 FAFSA application will open in December, so don’t forget to complete it for the need-based evaluation.
• Academic achievement

Academic Achievement Requirements

BYU-Idaho Scholarships are evaluated for academic achievement. These evaluations are based on whether the student is a freshman, transfer, or continuing student at BYU-Idaho.

Student Definition Table

Freshmen Students:

• Incoming freshmen with at least a 3.8 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.

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.

2023-2024 Transfer/Continuing Academic Achievement Award Amounts

Recently Returned Missionaries must complete the required applications before the full-semester Financial Aid Determination Date (FADD) of their first semester back in order to be evaluated.

Students who are admitted to BYU-Idaho after the March 1 deadline can complete the BYU-Idaho Scholarship application and corresponding FAFSA for financial need  only. Awards are based on fund availability. Late admits will NOT be given academic consideration, and they must complete the required applications before the full-semester Financial Aid Determination Date (FADD) of their first semester in order to be evaluated.

• 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.)
  • Awards cannot be moved or combined.
• 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 - students do not need to contact the Financial Aid Office to have grants prorated.
  • The prorated award amount can be determined by finding the student's original award amount on the 12+ credit row and then following that column down to the number of currently enrolled credits.

2023-2024 Prorated Award Amounts

• Individual semester awards will be canceled for students enrolled in less than 6 credits on Full Semester FADD.
• BYU-Idaho Scholarships will typically disburse during the first week of the semester.