USA offers a variety of scholarships to admitted transfer students based on criteria such as academics and academic extracurricular activities.

To ensure consideration, students must be admitted to USA by the priority deadline date for each scholarship and complete any application that is required through the  JagSPOT portal. For questions about specific requirements or how to apply please contact the Office of Scholarship Services.

USA Transfer Scholarship

The USA Transfer Scholarship is a competitive award offered to students transferring from a four-year institution. To be considered for this award, students must be transferring to South from another four-year institution.

This scholarship qualifies as an Academic Admissions Scholarship. USA offers in-state tuition to all out-of-state students awarded an admission scholarship for academic merit.

Award is renewable for up to three years or until a first bachelor’s degree is complete, whichever occurs sooner.

Transfer students who have been admitted into USA by the priority deadline date, have completed the application on JagSPOT, and meet the Scholarship requirements will be considered. Admission is not a guarantee of awarding.

The transfer GPA that is used for scholarship consideration is the official USA Admissions Transfer GPA. This grade point average is calculated by the Office of Admissions and is a cumulative GPA that includes all coursework taken at all previous post-secondary institutions. To be considered for this scholarship students must be admitted to USA by the priority deadline date for each scholarship and complete the General Application and USA Transfer Scholarship Application in the JagSPOT portal. For questions about specific requirements or how to apply please contact the Office of Scholarship Services. For questions about your Transfer GPA please contact the Office of Admissions.

Earned credit hours will be calculated prior to matriculation at USA.

• Requires a minimum GPA of a 3.0 with at least 30 earned credit hours from their previous institution.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, applied for Permanent Residency, or Permanent Resident attending a U.S. four-year university to be eligible.
• USA Transfer Scholarship application must be completed in the JagSPOT system before the posted deadline date.
• Must be admitted by the priority Transfer priority deadline date (October 1 for Spring and May 1 for Fall and Summer).