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USDA/1890 National Scholars Scholarship

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About the Scholarship

Opens: 12/15/2023
Closes: 2/15/2024

The USDA/1890 National Scholars Scholarship provides financial assistance to high school seniors entering their freshman year of college and rising college sophomores and junior students. Students planning to pursue post-secondary education in a field related to agriculture or agribusiness at one of the nineteen historically black 1890 land grant institutions are encouraged to apply.

Award Amount Varies
  • Essay Required: Yes
  • Need-Based: No
  • Merit-Based: Yes
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Requirements
  • Minimum 3.00 GPA
  • Minimum SAT composite score of 1080 or minimum ACT composite score of 21
  • Resident of the U.S.
  • High school seniors entering their freshman year of college, and rising college sophomores and junior
  • Seeking a bachelor's degree
  • Studying agribusiness, agricultural production and technology, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering and mechanics, agronomy or crop sciences, animal sciences, botany, farm and range management, food science and technology, forestry and related sciences, home economics and nutrition, horticulture, natural resources management, preveterinary medicine, soil conservation/soil science, veterinary technology, or other related discipline
  • Attend Alabama A&M University, Alcorn State University, Mississippi; Central State University, Ohio; Delaware State University; Florida A&M University, Fort Valley State University, Georgia; and Kentucky State University, Langston University, Oklahoma; Lincoln University, Missouri; North Carolina A&T State University, Prairie View A&M University, Texas; South Carolina State University, Southern University, Louisiana; Tennessee State University, Tuskegee University, Alabama; University of Arkansas Pine Bluff; University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Virginia State University; West Virginia State University
  • Planning to attend school in Normal or Tuskegee, Alabama, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Dover, Delaware, Tallahassee, Florida, Fort Valley, Georgia, Frankfort, Kentucky, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Princess Anne, Maryland, Lorman, Mississippi, Jefferson City, Missouri, Greensboro, North Carolina, Wilberforce, Ohio, Langston, Oklahoma, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Nashville, Tennessee, Prairie View, Texas, Petersburg, Virginia, or Institute, West Virginia
  • U.S. citizen
  • Participation in community service or leadership

    • Details

    Pursued Degree Level
    Bachelor's Degree
    Current Grade
    High School Senior, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior
    Location
    • Country: US
    Intended Area of Study
    Agricultural Business, Agricultural Sciences, Agronomy, Animal Sciences and Husbandry, Botany and Plant Physiology, Agricultural Engineering, Food Science, Forestry, Horticulture, Natural Resources Conservation and Management, Food and Nutrition, Crop and Soil Sciences, Veterinary Technician and Assistant
    Minimum GPA
    3
    Minimum SAT
    1080
    Citizenship Status
    U.S. Citizen
    Activities
    Community Service, Leadership

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