Distinguished Young Women Scholarship

Distinguished Young Women Scholarship

Priority Date

Dec 01, 2025

Awarded to the winners at the local or state level of the Mississippi Distinguished Young Women Program.

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Local Winners

GPA

3.00+

Award Information

The local winners of the Distinguished Young Women program will receive a $1,000 one-year award. This one-year award amount will be disbursed equally over two semesters during a student's first year at MSU.

Award Criteria

  • Must be an entering freshman
  • Must have a 9th-11th grade GPA of 3.0+
  • Must submit the General Scholarship Application
  • Must submit the Distinguished Young Women's Scholarship Application in the scholarship portal
    • Student must submit the name and email address of the local chairperson of their county's Mississippi Distinguished Young Women program to verify placement as part of the Distinguished Young Women's Scholarship Application

Disclosures

  • Awarded only to the local winners. First and second alternates do not qualify.

Overall State Winners

GPA

3.00+

Award Information

This award amount covers the cost of tuition for the overall state winner of the Mississippi Distinguished Young Women Program. The amount of this award will be capped at the regular 12-16 hour tuition rate. No adjustments will be made for overload tuition charges.

New students may receive this award for up to four years (8 semesters) provided student maintains a minimum overall college GPA of 3.0 and continuous full-time enrollment (12 credit hours per semester at MSU).

Current MSU students may only receive this award for the semesters of scholarship eligibility that they have remaining. 

Award Criteria

  • Entering Freshmen
    • Must have a minimum 9th-11th grade GPA of 3.0+
    • Must be a Mississippi resident
    • Must be the overall state winner of the Mississippi Distinguished Young Women Program
    • Must submit the General Scholarship Application
    • Must submit the Distinguished Young Women's Scholarship Application in the scholarship portal
      • Student must submit the name and email address of the local chairperson of their county's Mississippi Distinguished Young Women program to verify placement as part of the Distinguished Young Women's Scholarship Application
  • Entering Transfers/Current Students
    • Must have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0+
    • Must be a Mississippi resident
    • Must be the overall state winner of the Mississippi Distinguished Young Women Program
    • Must submit the General Scholarship Application
    • Must submit the Distinguished Young Women's Scholarship Application in the scholarship portal
      • Student must submit the name and email address of the local chairperson of their county's Mississippi Distinguished Young Women program to verify placement as part of the Distinguished Young Women's Scholarship Application

Disclosures

  • Awarded only to the state winner. First and second alternates do not qualify.

For the overall state winners, the full-tuition Distinguished Young Women Scholarship is awarded in lieu of the Freshman Academic Scholarship Package.

Federal financial aid, state financial aid, and/or scholarship recipients may not receive funds in excess of cost of attendance. The amount of your scholarships may be adjusted or canceled if you receive funds in excess of cost of attendance, https://www.sfa.msstate.edu/cost.

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