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.
Students with an ACT composite of 33 to 36 or an SAT combined score of 1500 or higher automatically receive a guaranteed award.
The Invited Merit Application is available to incoming students who have applied to the College of Engineering at Iowa State University and meet the following criteria:
ACT composite score between 28 and 32 or SAT combined score between 1320 and 1499
*OR*
High School GPA of 3.7 or higher
If the above criteria is met, a postcard with the link to the application will be mailed.
How to Complete the Invited Merit Application (eligibility criteria listed above)
Fill out the online scholarship application by December 1, 2017.
ISU Net-ID is required to log on to the scholarship application website. To register for an ISU Net-ID:
- Go to https://www.it.iastate.edu/foryou/students/
- Click on Register your Net-ID
- Follow the steps provided. (You will need your University ID to register)
- If you have any issues or questions about this process while completing it, please contact the Information Technology Solution Center at 515-294-4000 or solution@iastate.edu.
Once you have your Net-ID, fill out the Fall 2018 Incoming Student Scholarship application (link found on postcard sent by mail to those who are eligible). Please note, you will not be able to save your application and go back to it later. It will need to be completed all at once.
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
The department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering offers scholarships to their incoming freshmen students. The deadline to apply is July 1. Please click on the link above for additional information or to apply.
Office of Student Financial Aid
Search the University scholarships web site.
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.
Grants
Many grants are available, with differing requirements for application.
Loans
Many loans are available, with differing requirements for application.
Office of Student Financial Aid
University financial aid information is available here.