For High School and College Students
Scholarships and stipends in Army ROTC pay for college courses and help you focus on what's important. Namely, getting that college degree — not how you'll pay for it.
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Scholarships and stipends in Army ROTC pay for college courses and help you focus on what's important. Namely, getting that college degree — not how you'll pay for it.
University Scholarships
See how much you might automatically qualify for and the cost of attendance below.
Room & Board Scholarship
A housing scholarship of up to $2,000 per semester given to contracted cadets within the program.
Scholarship recipients are cadets in the program with strong academic performance and who have earned the minimum amount or greater in program participation points through being involved and helping within the Army ROTC program.
Cadet Colby Marlow Scholarship
$1,000 per year.
In 2021, the Bulldog Battalion and Mississippi State University campus and community lost Cadet Colby Marlow to an automobile accident. This scholarship in Colby's memory, will be awarded to an Army ROTC Cadet in the Spring semester based on academic and demonstrated leadership performance.
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Army ROTC Alumni Scholarship
$1000 awarded each year to 3 Army ROTC cadets.
The Army ROTC Alumni established this Alumni general Scholarship with the purpose of this fund to offset ROTC cadet financial obligations on and off campus. This scholarship of $1,000, is awarded to three Army ROTC scholarship cadets each year who have demonstrated leadership ability and good moral character.
National Service Scholarship
$2,000 over two years, $1,000 per year.
Must be a first or second year cadet and meet all criteria to be "enrolled," as defined by the Army/Air Force program, in ROTC classes and must have a minimum 20 ACT or a 1200 SAT. Click below to see other criteria.
JROTC Scholarship
$500 ($250 per semester) for entering freshmen.
Must be a Mississippi Resident and must have a scholarship GPA of 3.0. Click below to see other criteria.
MSG George A. Nowlin Endowed Scholarship
$1,000 per year.
Sergeant George Arthur Nowlin served 17 years as an Army Drill Instructor for Mississippi State College's ROTC from 1919 to 1936. The Sergeant George Arthur Nowlin Endowed Scholarship for ROTC cadets was formed in 1988 in his memory and provides scholarship support to a deserving Mississippi State University Army ROTC Cadet each year. This scholarship is a $1,000 endowment per year awarded to the cadet demonstrating leadership ability, great academic standing, and military bearing.
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