University of Southern California Rankings & Scholarships

AWA Scholarship Awards

Applicant must be a California resident attending an accredited school in California who has completed at least 18 units in their major in a program granting a degree or certificate. Selection is based solely upon merit. architecture, civil, structural, mechanical or electrical engineering as related to architecture, environmental design, interior design, landscape architecture, urban and land planning

Alumnae Scholarship

Applicant must have a minimum 3.9 GPA. Freshman applicants have a minimum combined SAT Reasoning score of 1200 (composite ACT score of 29). Personal interview is required. Selection is based upon academic performance and leadership. Priority is given to California residents.

Alumni Club Scholarship

Applicant must have a minimum 3.9 GPA, a minimum SAT Reasoning score of 1300 (composite ACT score of 29), and be able to demonstrate leadership ability. Interview is required.

Asian/Pacific-American Support Group Scholarship

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, have a strong sense of ethnic identity or commitment to the Asian/Pacific-American community, and apply for institutional financial aid. Special application is required.

Black Alumni Association

Applicant must be a currently enrolled African American student. Interview is mandatory.

Cal Grant A

Applicant must be a California resident attending a California educational institution, demonstrate financial need, and have satisfactory academic qualifications. Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA.

Cal Grant B

Applicant must be a California resident attending a California educational institution. Applicant must have a minimum 2.0 GPA. Selection is based upon financial need and academic qualifications; disadvantaged background increases likelihood of receiving award.

College Fee Waiver

Applicant must be a California resident who is planning to attend a California public community college or university, and who is the child of a veteran who has a service-connected disability or who died a service-related death. Annual income, including support from parents, cannot exceed $8,480.

College Fee Waiver for California National Guard Dependents

Applicant must be a dependent or surviving spouse of a member of the California National Guard who was killed or disabled resulting from an event that occurred while in the active service of the state. Applicant must attend a California state college, university, or community college.

Culinary Arts/Nutrition/Physical Education Scholarship

Applicant must be an African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, or Latino/Hispanic, enrolled in an approved program at a California institution. Undergraduate applicant must have 50 semester units completed and a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA. Graduate applicant must have 12-15 units completed and a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA. Four copies of a personal statement, two recommendations, a 500- to 1,000-word essay, official transcripts, photo, and application are required to be submitted. culinary arts, health, nutrition, physical education, public health

Douglas County Community Scholarship

Applicant must be an Oregon resident, a graduate of a Douglas County high school, be enrolled full time at a California, Idaho, Oregon, or Washington school, and demonstrate financial need.

Ebell/Flint Scholarship

Applicant must be a Los Angeles County resident attending a Los Angeles County school. Applicant must have a minimum 3.25 GPA.

HSF/Wells Fargo Scholarship Program

Applicant must be a United States citizen or legal permanent resident with a permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551 who is of Hispanic heritage and is a current sophomore enrolled full-time with a minimum 3.0 GPA at a four-year accredited college or university in the United States; selected recipient must be enrolled as a junior during the award year. FAFSA is required. Program will be open as of fall 2009. accounting, business, economics, information technology (computer engineering, computer information systems, and MIS)

International Freshman Academic Scholarship

Iris & Roger Wilkins Scholarship

Applicant must be a Ventura County resident, enrolling at a public college, university or community college in California, who pursue an RN degree and demonstrate financial need. nursing

James C. Basile Scholarship

Applicant must be a Ventura County Resident, demonstrate financial need, have a 3.0 GPA and be enrolled in a public college or university in California. Preference for students from schools in Simi Valley or Moorpark; or for Ventura County students who are physically or visually impaired; or for Ventura County students who have had one or both parents killed or disabled while engaged in services as a fire fighter or law enforcement provider.

John D. Isaacs Scholarship

Applicant must enter a marine science project in a regional or county science fair in their junior or senior year of high school. Additionally, students in their senior year must have applied to (and by the following fall have enrolled in) a four-year college or university in California. $3,000 for each of four years marine science

Mexican American Alumni Association Scholarship

Applicant must be Hispanic. Selection is based upon academic achievement and eligibility for financial aid. Financial aid application, including FAFSA, is required.

National Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic Scholarship

Applicant must be a National Achievement, National Hispanic Scholar, or a National Merit Scholar who has designated the university as his or her first choice with National Merit Scholarship Corp.

Norman Topping Student Aid Fund Scholarship

Priority is given to applicants from the University Park, Los Angeles area. Recipient must contribute at least 20 hours of community service per semester.

Presidential Scholarship

Applicant must have an average SAT Reasoning and ACT score in the top 2-3% of the college-bound cohort.

Russell Caldwell Neighborhood Scholarship

Applicant must be nominated by their high school principal or college counselor and rank in the top of graduating class from one of the following Los Angeles high schools: Belmont, Crenshaw, Dorsey, Fremont, Huntington Park, Jefferson, Los Angeles, Manual Arts, Roosevelt. Priority is given to students majoring in the liberal arts.

SCions Scholarship

Applicant must be the child, grandchild, niece, nephew, or sibling of alumni/ae. (In the case of siblings, the other sibling must have already graduated.) Freshman applicant must have a minimum 3.9 GPA and minimum combined SAT Reasoning score of 1300 (composite ACT score of 29). Upperclass applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Interview is required.

Town and Gown Scholarship

Applicant must demonstrate campus and community involvement. Freshman applicant must have a minimum 3.9 GPA and a minimum combined SAT Reasoning score of 1300 (composite ACT score of 29). Upperclass applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Personal interview is required; financial need is considered. Selection is based upon achievement.

Trustee Scholarship

Applicant must have an average SAT Reasoning and ACT score in the top 1-2% of the college-bound cohort. Selection is based upon academic performance and demonstrated leadership in school or community.

USC Associates Scholarship

Applicant must have a minimum 3.9 GPA and be able to demonstrate strong leadership in school and community service involvement.

USREY Family Scholarship

Applicant must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate landscape horticulture program or related discipline at a two or four-year institution. Students in vocational agriculture programs will also be considered. Applicants must be currently enrolled in good standing and carry a full-time course load at the time of application and during the semesters for which the scholarship is granted. Applicant must have a minimum 2.25 GPA, a minimum 2.7 GPA in their major, and must be a student enrolled in a California state university or college. California state residency is not required. Preference will be given to applicants who plan to work within the industry (including nursery operation, landscape architecture/design/construction/maintenance, interiorscape, horticultural distribution, retail garden center) following graduation. horticulture landscape or related major