• ASU is committed to helping a greater number of academically qualified students graduate than ever before. The New American University Scholar awards are offered to outstanding freshmen as they pursue academic excellence at ASU. 

• The New American University Scholar awards include the following:

  • President’s Award

  • Provost’s Award

  • Dean’s Award

  • University Award

• Scholarship award amounts may vary based on the campus a student is enrolled in – changes in program, residency, or campus may result in a scholarship amount adjustment.

• Award criteria:

  • Minimum GPA – Competitive

  • FAFSA required – No

  • Must demonstrate need – No

  • Residency – Arizona resident

  • Enrollment status – Full-time

  • Academic level – Incoming first-year student

  • Renewable – Yes

  • Additional criteria – students automatically considered based on ASU application that includes all requested admission application materials

General criteria

• Citizenship – Students must meet Arizona Prop 300 Public Program eligibility requirements

• First degree – May only be used for a student’s first bachelor’s degree

• Enrollment – Must be a full-time student at the time of disbursement

• Tuition only – Covers tuition only, fees or other expenses are not included

• Campus – Must attend the Flagstaff Mountain campus

Eligibility criteria

• Students are automatically considered upon admission

Renewal criteria

• Renewable for up to eight semesters, applied to the fall and spring semesters only

• Maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA

• Maintain full-time course enrollment (12-credit hours or more)

Lumberjack Scholars Award

• Must meet all above general and edibility criteria

• Amount – covers 100% of NAU Flagstaff Mountain Campus tuition (fall and spring) only

• Selection – 3.75 to 4.0 unweighted core high school GPA

• This award can be combined with other tuition scholarships as long it does not exceed the cost of tuition

President’s Award

• Must meet all above general and edibility criteria

• Amount – $9,000 per academic year (fall and spring)

• Selection – 3.5 to 3.74 unweighted core high school GPA

• This award can be combined with other outside tuition scholarships as long it does not exceed the cost of tuition – it cannot be combined with other tuition scholarships offered at NAU (exception is the President’s International Baccalaureate scholarship)

Dean’s with Distinction Award

• Must meet all above general and edibility criteria

• Amount – $6,500 per academic year (fall and spring)

• Selection – 3.4 to 3.49 unweighted core high school GPA

• This award can be combined with other outside tuition scholarships as long it does not exceed the cost of tuition – it cannot be combined with other tuition scholarships offered at NAU (exception is the President’s International Baccalaureate scholarship)

Dean’s Award

• Must meet all above general and edibility criteria

• Amount – $5,000 per academic year (fall and spring)

• Selection – 3.0 to 3.39 unweighted core high school GPA

• This award can be combined with other outside tuition scholarships as long it does not exceed the cost of tuition – it cannot be combined with other tuition scholarships offered at NAU (exception is the President’s International Baccalaureate scholarship)

Opportunity Award

• Must meet all above general and edibility criteria

• Amount – $2,500 per academic year (fall and spring)

• Selection – Admitted to 2.99 unweighted core high school GPA

• This award can be combined with other outside tuition scholarships as long it does not exceed the cost of tuition – it cannot be combined with other tuition scholarships offered at NAU (exception is the President’s International Baccalaureate scholarship)

Arizona Academic Decathlon

• Must meet all above general and edibility criteria

• Amount – $2,000 per academic year (fall and spring)

• Availability – Up to eight consecutive semesters, fall and spring only, provided the student meets the renewal criteria each year (the number of semesters is contingent upon academic level when student transfers to NAU)

• How to apply – The Arizona Academic Decathlon Association selects the recipients

• Selection – Participation in the Arizona Academic Decathlon-either regional or state for two or more years required

• This award can be combined with other outside tuition scholarships as long it does not exceed the cost of tuition – it cannot be combined with other tuition scholarships offered at NAU (exception is the President’s International Baccalaureate scholarship)

Wildcat Tuition Awards

• Must be a US citizen or permanent resident or demonstrate lawful immigration status

• Must be classified as an Arizona resident 

• Must enroll in courses as a first-time, full-time, degree-seeking student

• Must be pursuing the first bachelor’s degree 

• Must be used the semester immediately following high school graduation

• Cannot be combined with the Arizona Tuition Award, National Scholar Tuition Award, or the National Merit Semi-Finalist Tuition Award

* All awards are based on 6th semester core unweighted high school GPA

Wildcat Distinction Award

• 4.0: $12,500 per year

• 3.90 to 3.999: $10,000 per year

Wildcat Excellence Award

• 3.75 to 3.899: $8,000 per year

• 3.50 to 3.749: $5,000 per year

Wildcat Recognition Award

• 3.25 to 3.499: $3,000 per year

• 3.00 to 3.249: $2,000 per year

• 2.75 to 2.999: $750 per year

• • Available to incoming, first-year college students 

  • Covers in-state/in-county tuition up to 15 credit hours (plus the $15 registration fee) per semester, fall and spring only

  • Eligibility requirements: 

    • Demonstrate legal presence in the United States

    • Resident of Maricopa County while on scholarship

    • Demonstrate a final, unweighted high school GPA of 3.25 or higher

    • Apply to the program within two academic semesters of graduation from high school without having attended another accredited college or university before enrolling in a MCCCD campus (co-enrollment, dual enrollment, and summer session excluded)