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Community College Transfer Students

Spring 2023 or Fall 2023 Incoming Students

Initial offers may change as updated transcripts are submitted to the Office of Admissions.

Scholarship offers are emailed monthly during the months of May, June, and July.

Students transferring from any accredited community college as their last institution attended are eligible.

If your last institution attended was a community college, regardless of previous attendance at other institutions, you will be evaluated as a community college transfer student and cannot be considered for any freshman or university transfer scholarships.

View all deadlines here.

Community College Transfer Academic Scholarship $8,000

Transfer cumulative gpa of 3.0 or higher
Transfer cumulative hours 48 - 89
2 Years (4 consecutive fall/spring semesters)
$4,000 annually/$2,000 per semester

Automatic consideration upon admission. Check your USM email address and the GO System to accept any available offers. Scholarships are awarded a monthly basis.

Community College Transfer Academic Scholarship $4,000

Transfer cumulative gpa of 3.0 or higher
Transfer cumulative hours 90-119
1 Year (2 consecutive fall/spring semesters)
$4,000 annual/$2,000 per semester

Automatic consideration upon admission. Check your USM email address and the GO System to accept any available offers. Scholarships are awarded on a monthly basis.

* Can only be combined with the Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award Scholarship.

Transfer Designation-Based Scholarships

Students must complete an online scholarship application via the GO System and submit documentation by the stated deadline for all Transfer Designation-Based Scholarships

Students must be attending Southern Miss within one year of their last enrollment term from their most recent institution in order to be eligible for transfer designation-based scholarships.

Phi Theta Kappa Members

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, Phi Theta Kappa Officer Scholarship, and Phi Theta Kappa All-Academic First State/National Team cannot be combined with the Community College Transfer Academic Scholarship. If you are a Phi Theta Kappa Member, your initial Community College Transfer Academic Scholarship offer will be automatically upgraded on your behalf. Applications must be submitted in the GO System before the stated deadlines with proper documentation to be considered.

Must have a transfer cumulative gpa of 3.25 or higher
Must have between 48-119 transfer cumulative hours
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, Phi Theta Kappa Officer Scholarship, and Phi Theta Kappa All-Academic First State/National Team can be combined for students who qualify for all three awards.

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship	2 Years	Total Amount $12,000	$6,000 annual/$3,000 per semester
Phi Theta Kappa Officer Scholarship	2 Years	Total Amount $2,000	$1,000 annual/$500 per semester
Phi Theta Kappa All-Academic First State/National Team	2 Years	Total Amount $2,000	$1,000 annual/$500 per semester

External Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) scholarships can be located at https://www.ptk.org/. You can also use this link to log into your PTK account to download your official certificate to upload for your USM applications.

Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award - $2,000

Application must be submitted in the GO System before the stated deadlines with proper documentation to be considered.
Must have a transfer cumulative gpa of 3.25 or higher
Must have between 48-119 transfer cumulative hours
Awarded for 2 years (4 consecutive fall/spring semesters)
$2,000 Total ($1,000 Annually at $500 per semester)
Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award can be combined with the Community College Transfer Academic Scholarship, Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, Phi Theta Kappa: Officer Scholarship, and/or the Phi Theta Kappa All-Academic First State/National Team Scholarship.