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Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid

Scholarships

Indiana University Kokomo awards more than 300 scholarships annually to qualified students. The Early Scholars Program (ESP) and the Student Academic Recognition (STAR) Scholarship are distinctive merit scholarship programs for high school seniors who have outstanding academic records and demonstrate potential for college success.

Many of the scholarships awarded by IU Kokomo are funded by private donors, such as local service and charitable organizations, business and industry, and friends and alumni of Indiana University. Recipients are selected based on specific criteria, including academic performance and various levels of financial need. In order to be considered for any scholarship, new students must be admitted to IU Kokomo by March 1, and continuing students must be registered for fall classes by April 1. Students are also encouraged to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online by March 10.

In addition, the School of Business, Division of Education, and School of Nursing award individual scholarships to students in those majors. Applicants for those scholarships should apply directly to the school or division.

IU Kokomo Scholarships

(Administered by the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid)

Academic Merit Award
Autumn Golf Outing Scholarship
Don Bakehorn Memorial Scholarship
Beauchamp Scholarship
Sarah Blossey Scholarship
Cora and Franklin Breckenridge Scholarship
William Lowe Bryan Scholarship
Bucheri, McCarty, and Metz Scholarship
Cabot Endowment Fund
Chancellor's Leadership Award
Cole Family Scholarship
Cream and Crimson Roundtable Scholarship
Amal/Betty Das Scholarship
Kari Dee Plummer DeMoss Scholarship
Douglas A. Fraser Scholarship
Ken and Shirley Herrick Scholarship
Emita B. Hill Scholarship
Virgil Hunt Scholarship
IU Kokomo Chancellor’s Award
IU Kokomo Staff Council Scholarship
Kelley Scholarship
KeyBank Scholarship
Kokomo Women's Department Club Scholarship
Donald Lane Memorial Scholarship
Logansport Area Personnel Scholarship
Charles K. Malott Scholarship
Jane Wilden Manly Scholarship
McHale Charitable Trust Scholarship
The Chancellor Ruth J. Person Scholarship
Early Scholars Program
Angela Gail and Allan Reeves Scholarship
The Fred Sabatini Memorial Scholars
Shearer Business Products Funds
Singled Out for Success Scholarship
Judge Merton and Thelma Stanley Scholarship
The Mildred Stanley Scholarship at Kokomo
STAR Scholarship for High School Seniors
Steel Parts Corporation Scholarship
June Stout Endowment Scholarship
Joseph and Francis Morgan Swain Scholarship
Sycamore Financial Group Scholarship
Thompson Minority Scholarship
Earl W. Turner Scholarship
Wabash County Student Scholarship

School of Business Scholarships

(Administered by the School of Business)

The Sita C. & C. L. Amba-Rao Undergraduate Award
The Sita C. & C. L. Amba-Rao Graduate Award
Business and Economic Accounting Excellence Scholarship
Business and Economics Scholarship
R. W. Fingleton Accounting Scholarship
McGowan Undergraduate Award
Outstanding Accounting Student Scholarship
Patricia A. Pencek Endowed Scholarship
Pendse Outstanding M.B.A. Student Award
Brad Stansberry M.B.A. Scholarship

Division of Education Scholarships

(Administered by the Division of Education)

Alpha Delta Kappa Tau Chapter Scholarship
The Chiu Scholarship
The Richard L. & Zita Wist Hauswald Scholarship
Robert and Jennie Trotter Henry Scholarship
Pi Lambda Theta Scholarship
Kay Plew Memorial Student Teaching Scholarship

School of Nursing Scholarships

(Administered by the School of Nursing)

Davis Medical Foundation Nursing Scholarship
IU Kokomo Nursing Scholarship

ESP and STAR Scholarships for High School Seniors

Have you worked hard in high school to prepare for college and wonder whether your academic record will be recognized? Indiana University Kokomo has distinctive merit scholarship programs to recognize high school seniors who have an academic record that demonstrates potential for college success. The Early Scholars Program (ESP)  and the Student Academic Recognition (STAR) program provide four-year scholarships to students who meet and maintain academic criteria. In order to be considered for the ESP or STAR Scholarships, students must complete the application for admission, provide an official high school transcript, and provide SAT or ACT test scores. Following is a summary of requirements: 

$2,500 ESP  (renewable for four years)*

  • High School** class rank in the top 10 percent
  • Combined SAT score (critical reading and mathematics only) of 1150 (ACT = 25)
  • Attainment of an Academic Honors Diploma
  • Admission by November 1

$1000 STAR Scholarship (renewable for four years)**

  • High school*** class rank in the upper 25th percentile
  • Combined SAT score (critical reading and mathematics only ) of 1000 (ACT = 21)
  • Attainment of an Academic Honors Diploma or Core 40 Diploma
  • Admission by March 1
  • Limited funds available; priority given to early admits

* ESP scholarships are renewed for three additional years when satisfactory academic progress is achieved.  Recipients of an ESP Scholarship, upon entering IU Kokomo, must be enrolled full time, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5, and *complete enough hours annually to advance to the next class level. . 

**STAR scholarships are renewed for three additional years when satisfactory academic progress. Recipients of a STAR scholarship, upon entering IU Kokomo, must bebe enrolled full time, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.2, and complete enough credit hours each year to advance to the next class level.

Students must be full time each semester to renew their ESP or STAR scholarship. Students must successfully complete between 24-48 credit hours to be considered a sophomore. To be considered a junior and receive their renewable scholarship students must have successfully completed 48-72 credit hours. Then students must complete successfully 72-96 credit hours to be considered a senior.

***"High school" is defined as an accredited public high school commissioned by the state of Indiana. Students attending a private or unaccredited high school, as well as home-schooled students, should inquire about other scholarship opportunities.

FastWEB (Financial Aid Search Through the WEB) is the largest and most complete scholarship search on the Internet. It provides access to a searchable database of more than 600,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and student loans. Used by schools across the United States, FastWEB is now available to you FREE through the World Wide Web, courtesy of Indiana University Kokomo and FastWEB.com, L.L.C.

To use FastWEB, a student fills out a detailed profile through a series of online forms. After the forms are complete, FastWEB responds within a few minutes with a list of matching awards. Each entry in this list includes information about deadlines, eligibility requirements, award amounts, and contact information for the award provider.