Traditional Undergraduate Scholarships
There are dozens of scholarships available to help you pay for college. Below is a list of the best scholarship and grant opportunities that are currently available. If you’re an international or transfer student, please review your scholarship opportunities in your respective section. Awards are based on full-time enrollment per semester. If you attend less than 12 hours, your award will be adjusted based on your enrollment status. Private scholarships are also available with new ones becoming available often.
Indiana Tech offers merit scholarships to first-year students that are accepted to the university. The award ranges from $5,000 to $18,000 per year based on the student’s high school GPA. To determine your merit scholarship, simply go to our Net Price Calculator and enter in your High School GPA.
| GPA Requirement | Award Amount |
|---|---|
| 3.75 & above | $18,000 Elite Scholarship |
| 3.52-3.74 | $15,000 Achievement Award |
| 3.0-3.51 | $14,000 Achievement Award |
| 2.75-2.99 | $12,000 Achievement Award |
| 2.41-2.74 | $9,000 Achievement Award |
| 2.40 & below | $5,000 |
Additional Information
- If you are an athlete, you will need to discuss with your respective coach on how the merit scholarship fits in with your overall athletic offer
- Tuition restricted scholarship
- A minimum of a 2.0 GPA must be maintained for the scholarship to be renewed
- If you provide ACT/SAT scores, you may qualify for a higher scholarship level
- Students may receive this scholarship for up to eight total semesters.
Indiana Tech values community leaders and would like to recognize students who exhibit leadership potential while demonstrating the core values of the university. The Presidential Scholarship will recognize students for their achievements and encourage them to grow their leadership abilities.
This is a full tuition scholarship covering up to 18 credit hours per semester. It is renewable for up to a total of eight semesters to help you achieve your first baccalaureate degree.
Ideal candidates will show concrete examples of how they have led within their communities. Candidates should have an attitude of continuous improvement and seek to improve their leadership abilities while helping others. To encourage this, the university will require recipients of this scholarship to complete annual leadership projects within the campus or local community.
In selecting recipients of the Presidential Scholarship, preference may be given to candidates who have established contributions within the Fort Wayne community, especially within the East Central neighborhood.
Please be sure to read the application process and rules.
Recommended Selection Criteria
Please note this is for Fall 2027 applicants only. The test score requirement is preferred, but not required at this time.
For incoming freshmen:
- 3.85 GPA or higher (on a 4.0 point scale)
- Minimum of 26 ACT score or 1240 SAT preferred, but not required
- Acceptance to Indiana Tech
For transfer students:
- Qualified for scholarship upon graduating high school
- Maintain a 3.5 GPA at their previous institution
- Minimum of 26 ACT score or 1240 SAT
Application Process
To be considered for the Presidential Scholarship, you must meet the specified criteria and submit the following items by 5:00 pm EST on Tuesday, January 5, 2027.
- The Presidential Scholarship application
- An essay describing a time that you have demonstrated character and/or leadership in your community, your role, how others were affected, and what you learned from the experience (no more than 2 pages, double spaced).
- A professional resume demonstrating key accomplishments and contributions.
- A recommendation from a non-relative about how you demonstrate one of Indiana Tech’s core values: respect, commitment, honesty, passion, or integrity.
- The essay, resume, and letter of recommendations is to be uploaded through your application portal.
Additional Requirements
- Applicants must complete the FAFSA and meet financial aid deadlines each year to be awarded the scholarship.
- Deposits must be made by May 1.
- This is a full-tuition scholarship. Scholarships from Indiana Tech are tuition-restricted; aid already awarded is not stackable with this scholarship.
- Presidential Scholars must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0. If GPA is lower than 3.0 for two consecutive semesters, the student’s scholarship will be eliminated. However, if the student raises the GPA to the accepted level, the scholarship may be restored.
- Applicants who fail to complete leadership projects may not be awarded the scholarship in subsequent years.
Created by Indiana Tech alum Gilman Farley (1994) and his wife, Carrie, the Farley Family Scholarship was developed to help entrepreneurially minded students receive education from Indiana Tech that will help them pursue their entrepreneurial hopes and dreams.
Scholarship Details
- Each award is $10,000, payable in two installments of $5,000, beginning in the fall semester.
- Scholarship can only be applied towards university charges.
- This award is for one academic year and will not be renewed.
- $10,000 is based on full-time attendance in each semester. Scholarship will be prorated if attendance is less than full time.
Application Criteria:
- Student must have taken entrepreneurship classes or have an interest in entrepreneurship as demonstrated by activities, internships, or other experiential components that can be documented and included in the application.
- Students must have a minimum overall undergraduate GPA of 3.20.
- Students must include a brief essay or a statement describing their entrepreneurial hopes and dreams, goals, start-up ideas, companies launched, etc. as a part of the application.
- Student athletes must receive approval from their coach.