Dual-Credit Tuition Scholarship

This scholarship rewards college students for taking dual-credit coursework as a high school student.  To qualify, students must meet the eligibility criteria, complete an application with the ND University System (NDUS), and provide all supporting documentation.  The NDUS will award the Dual-Credit Tuition Scholarship throughout the academic year.  The one-time scholarship award amounts are $250 for one dual credit class, $500 for two dual credit classes, and $750 for 3+ dual credit classes. The maximum payment is $750, and will be limited to the cost of tuition and fees for the semester, quarter or term the scholarship applies.   This scholarship may be used for post-secondary enrollment at any ND state public, private, tribal or proprietary institution.  Payments will generally be issued to the student’s institution the following semester, quarter, or term enrolled after application.

 

Click HERE to learn more about this scholarship!

 

To qualify for the scholarship, students must:

      1. Be a North Dakota resident, and
      2. Have graduated from high school in this state, or a high school in a bordering state under N.D.C.C. ch. 15.1-29; or have graduated from a nonpublic high school in a bordering state while residing with a custodial parent in this state; or have completed a program of home education under N.D.C.C. ch. 15.1-23; and 
      3. Have successfully completed, defined as a minimum grade of D, at least one dual-credit course provided by a public, private or tribal institution with a physical presence in the state, and 
      4. Be enrolled in a certificate or degree program at an accredited public, private or tribal institution of higher education with a physical presence in the state; and 
      5. Completed at least one semester, quarter, or term at an accredited public, private or tribal institution. 

 

HOW TO APPLY

      1. Log into the ND SAMS Portal and select the Dual Credit Tuition Scholarship application.
      2. You will need to supply your current college transcript.
      3. You will need to supply your dual credit transcript.
      4. You will need to supply your final high school transcript.

 

HELPFUL TIPS (read prior to applying)

    • High school seniors should apply after their final high school transcripts are finalized.
    • Unofficial transcripts are accepted.
      • Click HERE for NDUS unofficial transcript instructions.
    • If your high school used PowerSchool, our office should be able to generate your final high school transcript.
      • PowerSchool schools – please submit with a blank document. Our office will reach out to the applicant if a final high school transcript does not generate.
    • High school seniors’ current college transcript will be requested following completion of the first semester in college.
      • If applying prior to completing your first semester of college, upload a blank document for current college transcript.
    • This is a one-time scholarship. If you’ve received the scholarship in a prior semester, you are not eligible to receive it again.

 

IMPORTANT:  Awards under the state grant and scholarship programs may not exceed cost of attendance (COA) at your institution.  Institutions will determine if COA is exceeded when other scholarships and grants are taken into consideration.  This includes other federal, institutional, tribal or outside scholarships or grants.  If total COA is exceeded, state aid must be reduced or cancelled for that term of enrollment.

 

If you have questions, please contact the NDUS at ndfinaid@ndus.edu or 701-328-2964.