Honor Scholarships & Awards

Elmira College offers more than $14 million each year in academic scholarships and awards. Money magazine has named EC in the Top 10
Colleges in the Nation for Academic Scholarships.



Who Qualifies:
For most secondary school valedictorians and salutatorians: Competition is open to high school Valedictorians or Salutatorians with forty anticipated scholarships available each year.

Value:
Full tuition scholarship, renewable at the level of the freshman year for three additional years, when you maintain a 3.4 GPA on scale of 4.0.

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Who Qualifies:
Awarded to all accepted students who have earned a 3.5 GPA (on 4.0 scale as determined by the Office of Admissions) and an SAT Reasoning Test total of 1200 (ACT composite of 27), or a comparable combination of scores. Best Critical Reading Score and best Math Score from any set of SAT Reasoning tests are used.

Value:
$92,000 over four years; $23,000 per year.
Renewable with a 3.3 GPA on a scale of 4.0. 

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Who Qualifies:
Awarded to all accepted students who have earned a 3.5 GPA (on 4.0 scale as determined by the Office of Admissions) and an SAT Reasoning Test total of 1100 (ACT composite of 24), or a comparable combination of scores. Best Critical Reading Score and best Math Score from any set of SAT Reasoning tests are used.

Value:
$80,000 over four years; $20,000 per year.
Renewable with a 3.3 GPA on a scale of 4.0.  

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Who Qualifies:
Awarded to all accepted students who have earned a 3.0 GPA or a slightly lower GPA in combination with appropriate SAT score (on 4.0 scale as determined by the Office of Admissions)

Value:
$72,000 over four years; $18,000 per year.
Renewable with a 3.0 GPA on a scale of 4.0.

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Who Qualifies:
Awarded to accepted students who have demonstrated leadership contributions in various school (excluding athletics), religious, or community activities and who have a total of 1000 on the SAT Reasoning Test, Critical Reading and Math sections (or ACT composite score of 22).

Value:
$48,000 over four years; $12,000 per year.
Renewable with a 2.5 GPA on a scale of 4.0.

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Who Qualifies:
Awarded to all accepted students who have demonstrated leadership in school, religious or community activities (excluding athletic ability or participation).

Value:
$40,000 over four years; $10,000 per year.
Renewable with a 2.5 GPA on a scale of 4.0.

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Awarded to all accepted transfer students who have a combined cumulative GPA at all colleges previously attended of 3.3 on a scale of 4.0. $10,000 per year. Renewable with an Elmira College GPA of 3.3 on a scale of 4.0, for the number of terms normally required to earn the baccalaureate degree.

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Awarded to all accepted transfer students who have a combined cumulative GPA at all colleges previously attended of 3.0 -3.29 on a scale of 4.0.  Beginning with transfer students entering Elmira College in the Fall of 2009, $7,500 per year.  Renewable with an Elmira College GPA of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 for the number of terms normally required to earn the baccalaureate degree.

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U.S. Residents living outside New York State who visit Elmira College before January 31 of the senior year will receive an additional award of $12,000 over four years; $3,000 per year upon entering Elmira College, residing and boarding on campus. Not eligible if aid from Elmira College is equal to or greater than tuition.

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ROTC
The United States Army offers 1 ½ to 4-year full tuition scholarships plus a $1200 per year book allowance and monthly stipend of $300-500. For more information contact Major David Fosdick at armyrotc@elmira.edu, 607-735-1799.