First-Year Scholarships
The following scholarships represent a sample of academic merit scholarships awarded to incoming first-year students based on grade point average, class rank, standardized test scores, or similar criteria. In most instances, no additional application is required. In some cases, a limited number of awards is available.
Apply to MSU by mid-October of your senior year of high school to be fully considered for the awards listed below. Follow this link for a full list of MSU scholarships.
All Honors College scholarships require good standing in the Honors College in order to be renewed, if applicable.
Awarded to a select set of Michigan resident Honors College invitees; $5,000 annually; eight semesters.
Awarded to non-resident Honors College invitees who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents or citizens of Canada or Mexico; $5,000 annually, eight semesters.
Awarded to a select set of non-resident and international Honors College invitees; $13,000 annually; eight semesters.
The Honors Excellence Scholarship may not be combined with the Honors Distinction Scholarship.
The Professorial Assistantship (PA) program aims to link the top Honors College incoming students, based on high school academic performance, with leading research faculty and their projects at Michigan State University; approximate $4,000 annual stipend for 8-10 hrs./week of work in an area of interest; four semesters.
A select number of students invited to the Honors College who have GPAs that place them in the top 5% of applicants to MSU from their respective schools will be invited and offers extended. International students and homeschooled students will be reviewed and invited to the Professorial Assistantship program on an individual basis after a holistic review of their academic records.