Check the list below for all of the opportunities available for first-year students to help finance their engineering education. If you have any questions about our scholarships, please feel free to contact us at engineeringscholarships@iastate.edu.
General Merit Scholarships
More than $500,000 is distributed among qualified engineering first-year students. Most are renewable for an additional year if a minimum GPA is maintained and academic progress is made.
Fall 2019 Incoming Engineering Students
Automatic Merit Scholarships
- ACT Composite of 33 or higher/SAT Combined score of 1450 or higher
- GPA of 3.8 or higher
Award details
– Iowa residents: $2,500/year
– Domestic non-Iowa residents: $5,000/year
– Automatically receive an offer for a 2 year (4 semester) guaranteed* award
Students must accept the offer of admission by May 1, 2019 in order to receive any scholarship they may be offered.
* Students are required to maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA, remain enrolled in the College of Engineering, and complete an online scholarship application in January 2020 to continue the award their second year.
Office of Student Financial Aid
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Learn & Earn
Many jobs are available through the College Work Study (CWS) program for students who meet financial-need requirements as determined by the FASFA and the criteria of individual employers for available work-study positions.
File the FAFSA between October 1 and December 1. Be sure to indicate your interest in Federal Work Study on the FAFSA because preference in hiring is given to those who meet financial-need requirements as determined by FAFSA.