Freshman Scholarships
Merit-Based Scholarships
- Presidential
This is a automatic scholarship in the amount of $32,000 ($4,000 per semester).
How to Apply:
Awarded automatically based on an unweighted high school GPA of 3.95 and above. Click here to estimate your cost of attendance.
- Richardson Dean’s
This is an automatic scholarship in the amount of $24,000 ($3,000 per semester).
How to Apply:
Awarded automatically upon acceptance based on an unweighted high school GPA between 3.75-3.949. Click here to estimate your cost of attendance
- Alumni
This is an automatic scholarship in the amount of $16,000 ($2,000 per semester).
How to Apply:
Awarded automatically upon acceptance based on an unweighted high school GPA between 3.25-3.749. Click here to estimate your cost of attendance.
- Trustee’s
This is an automatic scholarship in the amount of $10,000 ($1,250 per semester).
How to Apply:
Awarded automatically upon acceptance based on an unweighted high school GPA between 2.75-3.249.
- Founders
This is an automatic scholarship in the amount of $8,000 ($1,000 per semester).
How to Apply:
Awarded automatically upon acceptance based on an unweighted high school GPA of 2.749 and below.
Admissions Scholarships
- Ambassador Leadership
This scholarship is in the amount of $4,000 ($500 per semester), is stackable with Merit-Based or Mosaic scholarships (but not with other Ambassador scholarships), and is awarded at various camps, conferences, and events by authorized OCC personnel.
Limited number available per year
Must enroll within two academic years of award date
- Ozark
This scholarship is in the amount of $1,400 ($175 per semester) and is stackable with Merit-Based or Mosaic scholarships.
How to Apply:
Attend an official Tuesday Tour and complete application for admission.
Need-Based Scholarships
- OCC Grant Fund
Ozark provides need-based aid to incoming students based upon the results of their FAFSA. Students' High School GPA is also taken into consideration. Students must complete the FAFSA in order to be eligible.
OCC Need-Based Grant is renewed based on the following:
- Student must maintain a full-time enrolled status, 12 or more OCC credit hours.
- A minimum cumulative Ozark GPA of 2.0 is required each academic year.
- Student must complete a FAFSA (fafsa.gov) each academic year. Grant amount will be re-calculated if the Student Aid Index (SAI) changes by more than $2,000.
- Grant is renewed by academic year. If a student loses the grant at the end of an academic year, it may be renewed following the completion of the next academic year by reaching a 2.5 cumulative GPA.
- May be renewed for up to four years, unless the degree program is five years (e.g., dual degree program).
- Student must maintain a full-time enrolled status, 12 or more OCC credit hours.
Scholarship Requirements
All OCC Scholarships (with the exception of the OCC Grant Fund) are renewed based on the following:
- Student must maintain a full-time enrolled status (12 credit hours or more). Exceptions for students participating in our dual degree program may be made. Check with Student Financial Services for specifics.
- A minimum cumulative Ozark GPA of 2.0 is required each academic year unless otherwise required.
- Scholarships are renewed by academic year. If a student loses the scholarship at the end of an academic year, it may be renewed following the completion of the next academic year by reaching a 2.0 cumulative GPA.
- All scholarships may be renewed for up to four years, unless the degree program is five years (e.g., dual degree program).