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Boise State University

Boise State University

Boise State Ridgeline Scholarship

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About the Scholarship

Boise State waives $5,000 a year of non-resident fees for international first-year students with a grade average of 3.10 to 3.29.

This is the lower of the university's two general non-resident bands, which international applicants are considered for automatically. Note that its financial aid page prints a wider band of 3.10 to 3.39 for this award while also giving 3.30 and above to the Summit award; the admissions tables give 3.10 to 3.29, which is what is used here.

Understand what these are. The university states plainly that they are not cash awards: they apply only to non-resident fees, and resident fees plus any uncovered portion remain payable. It also says it offers no fully funded scholarships, with a combined ceiling of $17,000 a year across awards.

What It Covers

  • Fees

$5,000 a year for up to four years. These are fee waivers rather than cash. The university states they can only be applied to non-resident fees, and that recipients remain responsible for resident fees and any uncovered portion of the non-resident fees. Construction management, nursing, pre-nursing, radiological science, alternative-fee and fully online programmes are excluded, as are exchange, second-degree, non-degree and pathway students. Awards stack to a combined ceiling of $17,000 a year, and the university states it offers no fully funded scholarships.

Eligibility

A grade average of 3.10 to 3.29. Renewal runs four years, needing 24 credits across autumn and spring, at least 12 credits a semester, and a cumulative grade average of 2.50.

Eligible Countries

The university states international undergraduate applicants are automatically considered for merit-based scholarships, and defines an international student as a non-citizen requiring a visa to study there. Refugees, permanent residents and asylum seekers are not treated as international students.

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How to Apply

No separate application. Applicants are considered automatically on admission.

Application Routes and Dates

Autumn priority deadline

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Deadline: 15 déc. 2026

Applications close: 15 déc. 2026.

Timing source · Checked 2026-09-13

Spring priority deadline

Closed

Deadline: 1 oct. 2026

Applications close: 1 oct. 2026.

Timing source · Checked 2026-09-13