Freshman and Transfer Scholarships for Non-Residents of West Virginia (2024-2025)
Current scholarship information and values pertain to incoming freshmen and first-time transfer students for fall 2024 and is not retroactive to previous classes or currently enrolled students. Students entering WVU prior to the fall 2024 semester may have been offered different scholarships and/or amounts. Future students may also have different criteria or values.
For consideration, students must be admitted by the deadlines listed for each scholarship. Please review all deadlines carefully.
West Virginia University awards numerous academic scholarships to incoming students.
Automatic Consideration Based on Admission
Students cannot receive both the Scholarship of Distinction and Go First Scholarship.
- Climb Higher Scholarship
- Go First Scholarship
- Innovators Scholarship
- Departmental Scholarships
- WVU System Connection Grant
- WVU Pledge (Student must be a Promise Scholarship recipient to be eligible)
Separate Application Required
Freshman Only
Freshman and Continuing Students
- Osher Reentry Scholarship for Nontraditional Students
- WVU Dependent Education Scholarship
- WVU Medicine Employee Dependent Tuition Benefit
- State Scholarships and Grants
- Study Abroad Scholarships
- Private Scholarships
- Departmental Scholarships
- Waivers
Top Facts
- For first-time freshmen, scholarship offers are made on an ongoing basis beginning approximately by December for the upcoming academic year. For first-time transfers, scholarship offers usually begin in March.
- Scholarship amounts may be affected if students are receiving additional financial aid or assistance. See our Scholarship FAQs webpage for information on receiving multiple scholarships and/or aid.
- You may also qualify for other financial resources to assist with educational expenses. The priority submission deadline for submitting the FAFSA is usually March 1. However, the 2024-2025 priority deadline has been extended to April 1, 2024 due to the delayed FAFSA launch. To receive a complete financial aid and scholarship offer from WVU as quickly as possible, we encourage students to submit the FAFSA when it becomes available each year on October 1. Please note the Department of Education has delayed the launch of the 2024-2025 FAFSA. For the most up-to-date information, visit the Federal Student Aid webpage.
See our Scholarship FAQs webpage for information on applying for scholarships, scholarship offers, summer, and more. See our Renewal Requirements webpage for information that institutional scholarship/grant recipients need to know about maintaining their scholarship for future academic years as well as deferral and leave of absence information.