Students who are offered this award and accept it will abide by the following terms and conditions. See detailed information regarding the Utah State Promise.

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2024-2025 Terms & Conditions

Fall 2024-Spring 2025

Award Title

Utah State Promise

Value

  • Up to full resident tuition & student body fees per semester, after your Pell grant and other aid.
  • The Utah State Promise award amount may vary each semester depending upon tuition and fee charges as well as other scholarships and grants received. This award will be zero dollars during semesters when tuition and student body fees are fully covered by other scholarships and grants. These semesters will still count towards the 8 semesters of program eligibility.

Eligibility

First-year, First-time students; Logan and Statewide

Conditions

  • This scholarship will pay towards undergraduate tuition (excluding differential tuition charges) and student body fees at Logan and Statewide Campuses (excluding online courses completed from a location outside of Utah, usu.edu/online/cost).
  • This is a need-based award and is considered a 'last dollar in' scholarship. This means funds from this award will pay towards any remaining amount of tuition and student body fees not already covered by other grants (including, but not limited to, the Federal Pell Grant) and/or scholarships (including, but not limited to, the Utah Regents Scholarship, departmental scholarships, or outside scholarships).

Award Retention Requirements

  • This scholarship is available for 4 years (8 semesters)
  • Have continued PELL grant eligibility each year
  • Submit renewal FAFSA by February 1st each year
  • A 2.0 or greater USU Institutional GPA is required to maintain your award
  • To retain this award, 24 credits must be earned between fall and spring semesters. To meet this requirement, you must enroll full-time (12-18 credits) by the final add/drop deadline each semester. If you choose to register for more than 18 credits, you will be responsible for the increased tuition charges.

Accepting Your Award

  • Scholarship automatically accepted upon enrollment confirmation

Declining Your Award

Deferral and Notification of Leave

  • Scholarships may be held to a future semester for extenuating illness, military, or humanitarian service.
  • Deferment must be processed through the Office of Admissions. A deferral is for admitted students who have not started classes at USU.
  • To hold this award, submit a Notification of Leave. A notification of leave is for students who have already attended USU.

Terms of Award

Student is either a US citizen, permanent resident of the United States, naturalized citizen of the United States, or resides in Utah and is eligible for HB144/HB118.

The scholarship is applied in consecutive semesters (excluding summer semester) beginning the first term of enrollment at USU, and ending after the 8th semester of attendance, unless a Deferment or Notification of Leave has been submitted.  

Any unpaid expenses may result in the loss of their classes. Review payment deadlines.

Tuition can only be covered once. If the student has been offered tuition-based academic scholarships or waivers covering in total more than 100% tuition, they will contact Student Financial Support to discuss their options. This scholarship is not a cash award. After 100% of tuition charges are paid, any remaining balance of this award will be not be refunded to the student.

If the student has previously received an academic scholarship, the new offer replaces the previous academic award.

This scholarship may be revoked should the student attend another institution of higher education. The student is able to attend another institution of higher education during the summer semester, but attending during the normal academic year (fall/spring) may result in the cancellation of this award.