Academic Scholarships

The BYU-Idaho Academic Scholarship is awarded yearly, based on your college GPA. It helps with tuition costs for the award year’s Fall, Winter and Spring semesters.

• If you attend all three semesters, you will receive an award each semester.

How Do We Decide Who Gets the Scholarship?

This chart shows who can get the scholarship based on GPA after Fall semester.

• Starting with scholarship evaluations for 2025-2026 academic year, we'll check grades after the Winter Semester and automatically award scholarships to those that qualify.

The following chart shows eligibility for the 2024-2025 scholarship based on GPA after Fall 2023 semester.

2024-2045 Academic Scholarship Awards By GPA

Do You Qualify for this Scholarship?

• You must be a BYU-Idaho campus student without an earned bachelor's degree
• You must meet the GPA requirements at the end of Fall semester
  
  • Starting with scholarship evaluations for 2025-2026 academic year, we'll check grades after the Winter Semester.

How Do You Apply?

• For 2025-2026 Automatic awarding - No application is necessary
• Evaluations will be done once a year, after Winter semester grades have been posted
• You must have at least 12 BYU-Idaho credits to be evaluated

How Much Money Could You Receive?

Award amounts are based on LDS member tuition rates and your enrolled credit level:

2024–2025 Academic Scholarship Awards

• Academic Scholarships are awarded for Fall, Winter and Spring semesters
• Your award amount depends on how many credits you're taking on the Financial Aid Determination Date (FADD)
  
  • If you change your credit load before FADD, your award will change too
• Credits don't need to be Program Applicable (apply to your major)
• Only courses taken for credit are included in your credit count for this scholarship.
  
  • Audited courses do not qualify.

How Do You Keep Your Scholarship?

• Enroll in at least 6 credits
  
  • Remember awards are prorated so you may lose a portion of your award if you drop classes before FADD
• Maintain your qualifying cumulative GPA
• You’re no longer eligible for the next year if you've earned 120 or more credits by the end of Winter semester. 
  
  • All credits on your official transcript count, including Advanced Placement, language exam credits, and transfer credits

Are You a Missionary or Planning to Serve? Here's What You Need to Know!

Future Missionaries: If you're awarded an academic scholarship and receive a mission call, contact the Admissions Office to defer the scholarship until you return.

Recently Returned Missionaries:

• Do you qualify and recently returned from your mission but haven’t received an award in your portal?
  
  • Update our team about your return via email at scholarships@byui.edu with the following:
    
    • Mission Service Dates
    • Mission Release Certificate
    • Update missionary service dates with the Admissions office via email at admissions@byui.edu

Can You Combine this Scholarship with Other Scholarships?

To increase your financial support, your Academic Scholarship can be combined (“stacked”) with other BYU-Idaho scholarships but the total can’t be more than full LDS tuition. These include:

• Merit Scholarship
• The BYU-Idaho Scholarship (need-based)
• Talent Scholarships
• Returned Missionary Scholarship (this scholarship can be awarded over full tuition)

For example, if you receive a Half Tuition Academic Scholarship, you could also apply for and receive a Talent Scholarship from the Music department, increasing your total award, but not going over tuition costs.

How Can I Check my Scholarship Status?

• Awards will show in your financial aid portal and award letters sent as awards are processed

If you have questions about whether you qualify, your award amounts, stacking awards or any other concerns, please email scholarships@byui.edu

When will I receive my scholarship?

• The scholarship is added to your student account the first 3-5 days of the semester
• It's applied first to tuition charges
• Be sure to sign up for eRefund so any remaining funds can go directly to your bank account