ASTATE Leadership Scholarship

Scholarship Sponsored by Arkansas State University

The ASU Financial Aid & Scholarships Office is responsible for managing the ASTATE Leadership Scholarship. For any inquiries regarding the scholarship, please contact the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office at (870) 972-2310.

Arkansas State University holds the right to modify the scholarship program at any given time, depending on the availability of funds and the number of eligible applicants.

Eligibility for High School Graduates

The scholarship is exclusively granted during the senior year of high school.

Benefits of the Scholarship:

• The ASTATE Leadership Scholarship offers the following annual awards, divided between the Fall and Spring semesters:
  • 29 ACT  $5000 plus an ASUJ housing allowance up to $3720
  • 28 ACT  $4500 plus an ASUJ housing allowance up to $3720
• The scholarship covers courses (excluding correspondence) taken solely at the Arkansas State University-Jonesboro campus. Awards and housing scholarships are subject to fund and on-campus housing availability.
• The scholarship is granted for eight consecutive semesters or until the completion of the undergraduate degree, whichever comes first, as long as the student fulfills all scholarship requirements.
• Students opting not to reside in an ASUJ residence hall will not receive a financial equivalent for off-campus living.

Qualification Criteria:

• The scholarship is granted during the senior year to U.S. citizens graduating from high school.
• Students must be admitted to the university, which includes submitting an admissions application with fee, official ACT or SAT scores, and an official six-semester transcript.
• Students must have an ACT composite score of 28-29 and a minimum high school GPA of 3.50 on a six-semester transcript.
• The deadline for scholarship application is December 1 of the high school senior year. Award letters will be mailed in the third week of December. All awards are dependent on state-supported available funds.
• A limited number of awards are available.

Responsibilities of ASTATE Leadership Scholarship Recipients:

• Selected students have until May 1 of their senior year to accept the award; however, it is advised to accept the offer within 30 days. The scholarship offer will expire after May 1. If you accept the scholarship and later decide to attend another university, please inform the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office in writing or by email at scholarships@astate.edu.
• The residence hall room is dependent on the purchase of a meal plan. If a student is exempted from the meal plan for any reason, the student will be responsible for the cost of the room.
• NOTE: Students receiving a room as part of their scholarship package must separately apply for housing through the Office of Residence Life and pay the applicable housing deposit.
• Full-time enrollment of 15 college-level credit hours on the ASUJ campus is required during each consecutive Fall and Spring semester. Concurrent enrollment on another campus cannot be used to meet full-time enrollment status nor be paid for by the scholarship. Enrollment is locked as of the 11th class day.
• Student must be pursuing a Bachelor's Degree.
• All online degree programs are ineligible for Institutional Scholarships.
• Enrollment at ASUJ must occur in the Fall semester immediately following high school graduation.
• Any student who is enrolled full-time at another college, university, technical college, or branch of ASU during a regular semester (Fall or Spring) following high school automatically forfeits the scholarship.
• Students who are taking a developmental course as part of their ASUJ hours and who also plans to test out of the course, must contact the Scholarships Office before taking the test to discuss possible options for keeping the scholarship.
• All college coursework is calculated into the overall GPA for scholarship renewal.
• Students who have grade changes are responsible for contacting the Scholarships Office so that their scholarship status can be reevaluated.
• For military exceptions, contact the ASU Scholarships Office at (870) 972-2310.
• Recipients may take courses at the Paragould campus and receive their scholarship up to the cost of 15 hours of tuition and fees.
• Award holders who are dependents of faculty and staff will be paid 25% of the scholarship value per semester for ASUJ credit hours in addition to the faculty/staff discount.

Scholarship Renewal:

• Students are required to maintain an overall 3.250 GPA and successfully complete 30 ASUJ hours (fall and spring combined) each academic year. Students with Incomplete grades will forfeit their scholarship if they do not otherwise meet the scholarship criteria. Note - accepted transfer credits will be calculated into overall GPA.
• Any student who receives all W’s, F’s, WN’s, I’s and/or FN’s at the end of any fall term will lose their scholarship for all subsequent semesters.
• Probation - Any Freshmen, Sophomore, or Junior level recipient who does not meet their renewal criteria at the end of the spring semester will have until the end of that Summer II term to obtain an overall 3.250 GPA and successfully complete 30 ASUJ hours (Fall, Spring, and both Summer I and Summer II combined) or they will forfeit the scholarship for all subsequent semesters. All classes taken during probation for hour and GPA deficit must be ASUJ hours.