Alumni

Scholarships

Thanks to alumni generosity, the Alumni Association provides scholarships for students every year. The Alumni Association has given 619 scholarships to 430 students, totaling $1,044,973.46 in scholarships over the past 10 years.

In scholarships disbursed by the Alumni Association over the past ten years
Scholarships disbursed to students by the Alumni Association over the past ten years
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Scholarships Available for Current Students

Forever Bobcats Scholarship

The Alumni Association awards one-time scholarships to students based on evidence of superior academic achievement, leadership, financial need, and legacy status. Recipients will be notified prior to the fall semester and funds will disperse in both August and January. Scholarships will be in various amounts of $1,000+.

Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship

The Alumni Association awards one-time scholarships to students based on evidence of superior academic achievement, leadership, financial need, and legacy status. Recipients will be notified prior to the fall semester and funds will disperse in both August and January. Scholarships will be in various amounts of $1,000+.

Requirements

  • Requires a minimum cumulative GPA of a 2.5
  • Competitively awarded based on exceptional scholastic ability
  • Student must be enrolled full-time (minimum of 12 hours for undergraduates, 9 hours for graduate students) during the semesters of the award
  • Preference for legacy status, defined as having a parent, step-parent, legal guardian or grandparent that has graduated from Texas State University
  • Historically, recipients have an average GPA of 3.5 or above

Apply

Students should log in to the BOSS Scholarship System and locate the Alumni Association Forever Bobcats Scholarship to apply. The student must complete an application each year to be considered for the scholarship. 

Requirements

  • Student must be enrolled full-time (12+ hours) during the semesters of the award
  • Recipient should be a student whose parent or grandparent is a graduate of Texas State University (Southwest Texas State University)
  • Preference will be given to those showing financial need
  • Student may reapply for the scholarship each year while attending Texas State, provided they have maintained a minimum average GPA of 2.0

Apply

Students should log in to the BOSS Scholarship System and locate the Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship to apply. The student must complete an application each year to be considered for the scholarship.

Eligibility for In-State Tuition

Receipt of an Alumni Association scholarship does not guarantee in-state tuition. Nonresidents receiving a competitive scholarship from Texas State University of at least $1,000 per year may qualify to pay the in-state tuition rate, permitted the scholarship is awarded prior to the 12th day of class and the appropriate nonresident tuition waiver form is completed and submitted to Student Business Services. Nonresident tuition waivers are valid for one academic year and must be submitted to Student Business Services each year a student receives a qualifying scholarship award.   

If the scholarship is awarded after the 12th class day of the semester, the student is not eligible for in-state tuition. At times, the Alumni Association has scholarship funds that become available after the 12th class day and therefore cannot qualify a student for in-state tuition.