Huntsman School Scholarships

Financial Need (FAFSA dependent) Scholarships

Please note that delays at the US Department of Education mean that USU, and indeed all universities across the US, have not received completed FAFSA information from the Department of Education. We are unable to award any scholarships that specify some financial need component as a criteria for selection since FAFSA score is a part of the evaluation of need. This means that we are unable to award more than 50 scholarships in the Huntsman School until we receive this data. We anticipate being able to open applications for these scholarships in May with scholarships funds being awarded in late May. The availability of the needed data is entirely outside of USU control.

We understand this delay is unhelpful, to say the least. We will award all scholarships without a need component on our normal, advertised schedule, which is posted below. We will keep updating you on the timing of the need-based scholarships as we receive information from the Department of Education.

Utah State Today Article: USU Working to Smooth Issues Caused by FAFSA Updates

The Huntsman School offers many scholarships. These scholarships are based on a student’s academic performance (GPA) and/or financial need. The application opens in December of each year, with scholarships being awarded in late Spring. Awarded scholarships are applied to the following academic school year.

Huntsman Scholarship Donors

During academic year 2022-23, the Huntsman School awarded more than $4 Million in scholarships. These funds were donated by alumni and friends of the Huntsman School, with many scholarships carrying specific criteria for awards. The following page lists the criteria for many scholarships that will be awarded this year.

Huntsman Scholarships Criteria

Scholarship Application Requirements

To qualify for Huntsman Scholarships students must:

  • Be declared a Huntsman School of Business student with at least one primary major in the Huntsman School of Business
    • Be an undergraduate student
  • Complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the academic year 2023-24 (Required to be considered for financial need based scholarships)
  • Be a full-time student (12 credits or more)

Application Preparation

The Huntsman School and USU use a scholarship application system called “Scholarship Universe.”  This system matches students with both USU and external (third party) scholarships based on appropriate qualifications. Students are then prompted to provide additional information and/or answer questions to finalize applications for individual scholarships.

Dates to Remember

Due to the delay in the FAFSA application opening, the Huntsman School will be running TWO awarding cycles this year. One for Academic Based Scholarships and one for Financial Need (FAFSA) Based Scholarships. The timeline for each awarding cycle is noted below:

Academic Based Scholarship cycle:

  • December 1, 2023: Academic based scholarship applications open
  • January 31, 2024: Huntsman school academic based scholarship applications deadline (not including the FAFSA based scholarships)
  • April 5, 2024: Students notified through Scholarship Universe of academic based scholarship awards
  • April 29, 2024: Official acceptance of academic based scholarships deadline (Includes submitting official acceptance, thank you letter per scholarship award and photo)

Financial Need Based Scholarship cycle:

Due to delays in receiving information from the Department of Education (see explaination at the top of this page), application and awarding dates for Financial Need Based Scholarship are tentatively outlined below.

  • April 1, 2024: Financial need based scholarship applications open
  • May 15, 2024 (tentative): Financial need based Huntsman School scholarship applications deadline
  • May 31, 2024 (tentative): Students notified through Scholarship Universe of financial need based scholarship awards
  • June 14, 2024 (tentative): Official acceptance of financial need based scholarships deadline (Includes submitting official acceptance, thank you letter per scholarship award, and photo)

Awarding of Scholarship Funds:

The following outlines when awarded (and accepted scholarship funds) will be distributed to students via Banner per semester.

  • Summer 2024: Awarded scholarship funds posted to banner on April 1, 2024
  • Fall 2024: Awarded scholarship funds posted to banner on July 1, 2024
  • Spring 2025: Awarded scholarship funds posted to banner on January 1, 2025
  • Summer 2025: TBD

What Happens to Your Application?

Your application is considered for a cash award by the Huntsman School of Business Scholarship Committee.

In order to allocate funds in as objective and equitable method as possible, the Huntsman School uses an index score based on several factors related to academic success and financial need.

For academic success, we calculate an index formula that awards a score with weighted components based upon:

  • Overall GPA and credit hours
  • Huntsman GPA and credit hours (this makes up approximately 2/3 of the weighting).

Needs-based awards also take the FAFSA score into account. For scholarships with specific donor criteria, potential recipients are qualified based on responses to questions in the application. See Huntsman Scholarships Criteria.

After the awarding has been completed, award and denied letters will be emailed to you.

We wish you the best of luck in your scholarship quest. If you have any questions not answered above, please send an email to huntsmanscholarships@usu.edu.

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Scholarship Application will open on December 1, 2023

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