Woodbridge N. Ferris (WNF) Scholarships
If you have been awarded a Woodbridge N. Ferris Scholarship for 2019-2020, please click here for important scholarship information, including renewal requirements.
This list of WNF Scholarship options are for students that are submitting SAT/ACT test scores for admission and scholarship consideration. If you are applying as a test-optional student, please scroll to the WNF Test-Optional Scholarships lower on this page.
Founder's Scholarship
- Value - Full-Tuition up to $12,930 per year/$51,720 for four years
- The Founder's Scholarship pays for a maximum of 15 credit hours per semester at the Michigan resident, undergraduate FSU tuition rate
- Requires continuous full-time enrollment
- Criteria: 31 ACT or 1350 SAT score and a 3.90/4.00 scale HS GPA.
- Renewal cumulative GPA: 3.30
President's Scholarship
- Value - $6,000 per year/$24,000 for four years
- Criteria: 29 ACT or /1300 SAT score and a 3.70/4.00 scale HS GPA
- Requires continuous full-time enrollment
- Renewal cumulative GPA: 3.30
Provost's Scholarship
- Value - $4,500 per year/$18,000 for four years
- Criteria: 26 ACT or 1210 SAT score and a 3.50/4.00 scale HS GPA
- Requires continuous full-time enrollment
- Renewal cumulative GPA: 3.00
Dean's Scholarship
- Value - $3,500 per year/$14,000 for four years
- Criteria: 24 ACT or 1140 SAT score and a 3.40/4.00 scale HS GPA
- Requires continuous full-time enrollment
- Renewal cumulative GPA: 3.00
Ferris Gold Scholarship
- Value - $2,000 per year/$8,000 for four years
- Criteria: 22 ACT or 1080 SAT score and a 3.25/4.00 scale HS GPA
- Requires continuous full-time enrollment
- Renewal cumulative GPA: 2.75
Ferris Crimson Scholarship
- Value - $1,500 per year/ $6,000 for four years
- Criteria: 21 ACT or 1040 SAT score and a 3.00/4.00 scale HS GPA
- Requires continuous full-time enrollment
- Renewal cumulative GPA: 2.75
- Please note that all of the SAT scores reflected above are based on the Evidenced-Based Reading & Writing Section and Math Section SAT score after March 1, 2016. For scholarship information regarding SAT test scores taken prior to March 1, 2016, please email [email protected].
WNF Test-Optional Scholarships
Students that are admitted under our test-optional program will automatically be considered for the WNF Scholarship opportunities listed in the chart below. To be considered for the test-optional program, the student must indicate "test-optional" on their admission application and submit essay questions. Please click here for more information about the test-optional program.
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Test-Optional Scholarship Cumulative HS GPA Annual Amount Dean's Scholarship 3.5 - 4.0 $3,500 Gold Scholarship 3.25 - 3.49 $2,000 Ferris Next Scholarship
Value - $1,000 per year/ $4,000 for four years- Renewal cumulative GPA: 2.75
- Requires continuous full-time enrollment
- Criteria:
- Must be admissible for degree granting program at Ferris State University
- Must have graduated from high school
- Must enroll full-time at one of Ferris State University sites within one year of graduation. Example: if you graduate in June 2018, you must begin classes at Ferris State by no later than Spring semester 2019. Please click here if you are a Kendall College of Art & Design student.
- Must have successfully earned a C or better in at least 3 credits through a Ferris collaborative high school agreement
- Scholarship is renewable for 3 years (option of 4 with administrative review) with satisfactory academic progress and a 2.75 accumulative grade point.
- Ferris Next Scholarships may be offered to dual enrolled high school students that meet the criteria above, before the student has earned a final grade in the class. If the student fails to earn a C or better in the Ferris class, the offer will be cancelled.
Out-of-State Students
Effective in the Fall 2018 semester, Ferris State University will no longer charge a non-resident tuition rate. All U.S. citizens as well as Canadian citizens (from any province) will be charged the same undergraduate tuition rate as Michigan residents.
