General Information
Many colleges offer large merit scholarships to qualifying students. Sometimes these schools award basic merit scholarships and sometimes the merit scholarships are part of a package of benefits that may include enhanced academic programs and other perks such as special housing.
We recommend that students with strong academic credentials explore both the merit scholarship offerings and honors program opportunities and add some of these colleges to their college list. Don’t limit yourself to our list shown below as it is not necessarily comprehensive – do your own search.
Make sure to pay close attention to any special application procedures and deadlines and make note of them on Financial Aid Application Manager.
Some Schools With Honors Programs
Agnes Scott College
Arizona State University
Auburn University
Binghampton University
Boston College
Brandeis University
Bucknell University
Carnegie Mellon University
Centre College
Clemson University
College of William and Mary
Colorado State University
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Denison University
Emory University
Florida State University
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
George Mason University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gerogia State University
Gettysburg College
Harvey Mudd College
Hillsdale College
Illinois State University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University – Bloomington
Iowa State University
Johns Hopkins University
Juilliard School
Kansas State University
Lawrence University
Lehigh University
Louisiana State University
MaCaulay Honors College – CUNY
Miami of Ohio
Michigan State University
Misissippi State University
Muhlenberg College
New England Conservatory of Music
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New York University
North Carolina State University
Oberlin College
The Ohio State University
Ohio University
Oklahoma State University
Oregon State University
Patrick Henry College
Pennsylvania State University
Presbyterian College
Purdue University
Rhodes College
Rice University
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rutgers – Newark
Rutgers- New Brunswick
San Diego State University
Soka University of America
Southwestern University
Stony Brook University
Temple University
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
The University of Tulsa
Transylvania University
Trinity University
Tulane University
UCLA
University at Albany – SUNY
University at Buffalo – SUNY
University of Alabama
University of Alabama Birmingham
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas
University of California – Davis
University of California – Irvine
University of California – Santa Barbara
University of California – Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado – Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Hawaii – Manoa
University of Houston
University of Illinois – Chicago
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of Maine
University of Maryland
University of Maryland – Baltimore County
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
University of New Hampshire
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Oklahoma
University of Oregon
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rhode Island
University of Rochester
University of South Carolina
University of Southern California
University of Tennessee
University of Texas – Austin
University of Texas – Dallas
University of Utah
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Washington and Lee University
Washington State University
Washington University in St. Louis
Webb Institute
