College of Engineering Scholarship Information

The College of Engineering Dean’s Scholarship is a highly selective and competitive merit-based $2,000/academic year scholarship offered to both in state and out of state students. Students are automatically considered for this admissions-based scholarship if they meet the minimum eligibility criteria:

• Must be admitted to OSU on or prior to February 15th
• Must be entering into OSU in the Fall term 
• Must be first year College of Engineering student
• Must have an incoming, unweighted GPA of 3.95 or higher

The College of Engineering Dean’s Scholarship is renewable. In order to be eligible for renewal, students must maintain the COE Dean’s Scholarship renewal eligibility criteria.

• Must maintain continued enrollment in the College of Engineering
• Must maintain full time, continuous enrollment (12 credits or more per term)
• Must maintain an OSU cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher

The College of Engineering Student Success Initiative’s (SSI) Scholarship is a highly selective and competitive $2,000/academic year scholarship that is both merit and need-based. Students are automatically considered for this admissions-based scholarship if they meet the minimum eligibility criteria:

• Must be admitted to OSU on or prior to February 15th
• Must be entering into OSU in the Summer or Fall term
• Must be first year College of Engineering student
• Must have an incoming, unweighted GPA of 3.50 or higher
• Must be an Oregon Resident
• Preference: First Generation College Students

The College of Engineering Student Success Initiative’s (SSI) Scholarship is renewable. In order to be eligible for renewal, continuing students must maintain the COE Dean’s Scholarship renewal criteria.

• Must maintain continued enrollment in the College of Engineering
• Must maintain full time, continuous enrollment (12 credits or more per term)
• Must maintain an OSU cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher

OSU ScholarDollars includes an integrated, vetted search engine for over 10,000 scholarships that are sponsored and managed by individuals and organizations that are not affiliated with Oregon State University.

In OSU ScholarDollars, each student in the College of Engineering will see a personalized list of external scholarships for which they appear to meet the basic eligibility criteria, as well as links to websites where they can learn more about each opportunity. 

Students are responsible for verifying the validity and accuracy of all information provided before deciding whether to apply for any of the listed scholarship opportunities.

NOTE: Students must have been admitted to OSU , have an active ONID account, and set up DUO to be able to log into the system and submit applications. (For more instructions on how to set up your ONID account, please visit http://onid.oregonstate.edu and for more instructions on how to set up your DUO two-step login, please visit https://is.oregonstate.edu/duo).

Launched in 2020 by the College of Engineering in partnership with key donors, the Catalyst Scholar Program helps propel high-achieving and high-financial-need students across the finish line with $8,000 per student per year for tuition and fees and $2,000 per student per year for experimental learning.

COE Catalyst Scholars Program

The College of Engineering Dean’s Scholarship is renewable for three additional academic years. In order to be eligible for renewal, continuing students must maintain the COE Dean’s Scholarship renewal eligibility criteria.

• Must maintain continued enrollment in the College of Engineering
• Must maintain full time, continuous enrollment (12 credits or more per term)
• Must maintain an OSU cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher

The College of Engineering Student Success Initiative’s (SSI) Scholarship is renewable for three additional academic years. In order to be eligible for renewal, continuing students must maintain the COE Dean’s Scholarship renewal criteria.

• Must maintain continued enrollment in the College of Engineering
• Must maintain full time, continuous enrollment (12 credits or more per term)
• Must maintain an OSU cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher

The College of Engineering offers completion scholarships for students who are within three terms of completing their degree. Awards will be given to College of Engineering students who are in good academic standing and who are one to three terms away from graduation, yet are at risk of not completing their degree for financial reasons. Scholarships are awarded based on academic performance, financial need, likelihood of completing the degree as a result of the scholarship, and probable time to graduation.

If you are a student:

To be considered for a degree completion scholarship, students can apply via the College of Engineering Completion Scholarship Application in ScholarDollars. Students will be reviewed by the college and award amounts may vary based a student's need and available funding. This is a one-time, non-renewable award.

OSU engineering students are encouraged to complete the College of Engineering Scholarship Application, which is available annually, from November 1- February 15 (11:59pm), within the OSU ScholarDollars scholarship application system.

Your application will be reviewed by both the central College of Engineering and your specific program to see if you are eligible for scholarship funds for the upcoming academic year. School and Program-Specific scholarship evaluation is based on a holistic review. The College of Engineering scholarship reviewers take the following aspects into consideration during the application review process:

• Student Financial Need
• Student Non-Financial Challenges & Barriers
• Student Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Contributions
• Student Scholarly Achievement

NOTE: Students must have been admitted to OSU and have an active ONID account to be able to log into the system and submit applications. (For more instructions on how to set up your ONID account, please visit http://onid.oregonstate.edu)

OSU ScholarDollars includes an integrated, vetted search engine for over 10,000 scholarships that are sponsored and managed by individuals and organizations that are not affiliated with Oregon State University.

In OSU ScholarDollars, each student in the College of Engineering will see a personalized list of external scholarships for which they appear to meet the basic eligibility criteria, as well as links to websites where they can learn more about each opportunity. 

Students are responsible for verifying the validity and accuracy of all information provided before deciding whether to apply for any of the listed scholarship opportunities.

The College of Engineering is able to provide limited emergency financial support to current COE students who are unable to meet essential expenses due to a temporary or unexpected hardship that threatens their ability to remain enrolled in their degree program.

The College of Engineering Emergency Funding Application is open year-round in ScholarDollars. Students can access this resource by logging into ScholarDollars and completing this application.

The College of Engineering awards emergency funding on a rolling basis. If a student is selected to receive emergency funding, they will be notified via ScholarDollars. However, students that are not selected will not be notified. All application submissions are kept on file for future funding consideration, if/when it is available.

Launched in 2020 by the College of Engineering in partnership with key donors, the Catalyst Scholar Program helps propel high-achieving and high-financial-need students across the finish line with $8,000 per student per year for tuition and fees and $2,000 per student per year for experimental learning.

COE Catalyst Scholars Program