Undergraduate Scholarships

Department Undergraduate Scholarships

Open to: incoming and current students
GPA requirement: 2.75 minimum
Credit requirement: 12 hours/semester
Award duration: One semester

Department scholarships are intended to financially assist and reward incoming and current students pursuing a major in the Department of Agriculture. New student applicants (freshmen and transfers) must have submitted their application for admission to Texas State prior to applying for scholarships. In order to receive a scholarship, students must enroll as a full-time student (12 semester hours), and enroll in at least one agriculture class each semester. Scholarships will be awarded in various amounts for the upcoming academic year. Students will receive funds on a semester basis in a check issued after the 12th class day. Recipients should be prepared to make an installment on or pay in full their tuition (at the first installment deadline) prior to the receipt of a scholarship check issued after the 12th class day. In order to receive the second half of their scholarship in the spring, students must maintain the following guidelines:

1. Pass the minimum twelve (12) semester hours required in a specific agriculture major degree plan during the fall semester.
2. Maintain an overall GPA of 2.75 and make a minimum GPA of 2.75 each semester.
3. Enroll in at least one Agriculture course each semester.
4. Enroll in a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours for the spring semester in a specific agriculture major degree plan during advance registration.

Most scholarships are awarded on a yearly basis. In order to be considered for scholarships each year, students must reapply for scholarships each December.

San Antonio Livestock Exposition Scholarship

Open to: incoming and current students
GPA requirement: 3.0 minimum
Credit requirement: 12 hours/semester
Award duration: Four years

The San Antonio Livestock Exposition Scholarship is intended to financially assist and reward incoming and current students pursuing a major in the Department of Agricultural Sciences. In order to receive a scholarship, students must enroll as a full-time student (12 semester hours), and enroll in at least one agriculture class each semester. Students will receive funds on a semester basis in a check issued after the 12th class day. Recipients should be prepared to make an installment on or pay in full their tuition (at the first installment deadline) prior to the receipt of a scholarship check issued after the 12th class day. In order to receive the second half of their scholarship in the spring, students must maintain the following guidelines:

1. All scholarship recipients must be pursuing a course of study in the Department ofAgricultural Sciences.
2. All Scholarship recipients may not obtain an online degree. Recipients may only take one online course per semester (up to 4 credit hours) while being enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours. The online course must be through the college or university in which the recipients are enrolled and a curriculum requirement. If more than one online course is taken in a semester, the cost of the additional online course is the responsibility of the recipients. The additional online course will not be counted towards the 12 credit hour requirement.
3. All Scholarship recipients must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale each semester (not cumulative) of each academic year to remain eligible to receive further disbursements of Scholarship funds.
4. Enroll in at least one Agriculture course each semester.
5. All Scholarship recipients must be a resident of Texas and graduate of a Texas public, private, or home school on or after May 2016.
6. Enroll in a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester in a specific agriculture major degree plan during advance registration.
7. Three of the four scholarship recipients must be from the Donor's market area (Bexar, Kendall, Coma, Guadalupe, Wilson, Atascosa, Frio, Medina and Bandera counties).