First-Year Scholarships for Other Regions
If you are applying as a first-year student and will be a graduate from a high school outside of the North Country and New York City, you may be able to significantly reduce your costs with a $3,500 Cardinal Scholarship or $1,500 Cardinal Grant from SUNY Plattsburgh.
Cardinal Scholarship
- Graduate from a high school in one of the eligible counties listed below. See NYC or North Country if your county is not listed below.
- Awarded to students with a high school average of 90 or higher, or the highest combination of academic excellence and extracurricular achievement.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or other eligible non-citizen who pays the in-state tuition rate.
- Graduate from high school in June 2024 or January 2025.
- Be accepted for admission to SUNY Plattsburgh.
- Pay a $250 deposit before beginning your first year.
- Attend full-time beginning in August 2024 or January 2025, taking 12 or more credits.
- Live on campus.
- The Cardinal Scholarship of $3,500 per year is deducted from non-tuition educational costs.
- Applicants to our nursing program are eligible for the Cardinal Nursing Scholarship, not the Cardinal Scholarship.
Students must maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade point average in each fall or spring semester to which the scholarship applies. Students may receive the scholarship for up to eight semesters of consecutive full-time study. One probationary semester is available if the student falls below cumulative GPA. If the student does not satisfy all the standards at the end of this probationary semester or in any future semester, the student becomes permanently ineligible for the award in future semesters. Students who need to withdraw may maintain eligibility under certain circumstances.
Cardinal Grant
- Graduate from a high school in one of the eligible counties listed below. See NYC or North Country if your county is not listed below.
- Awarded to students from the counties above who are not eligible for a Cardinal Scholarship and have financial need (an EFC under 15,000 or equivalent SAI) as calculated on your FAFSA for the first term of enrollment.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or other eligible non-citizen who pays the in-state tuition rate.
- Graduate from high school in June 2024 or January 2025.
- Be accepted for admission to SUNY Plattsburgh.
- Pay a $250 deposit before beginning your first year.
- Attend full-time beginning in August 2024 or January 2025, taking 12 or more credits.
- The Cardinal Grant of $1,500 per year is deducted from non-tuition educational costs.
- Applicants to our nursing program are eligible for the Cardinal Nursing Scholarship, not the Cardinal Grant.
Students may receive this grant for up to eight semesters if the student remains a matriculated full-time undergraduate and continues to satisfy the EFC criteria. Students who need to withdraw may maintain eligibility under certain circumstances.
NOTE: NCAA Division III Bylaws prohibit the awarding of financial awards, grants and scholarships to intercollegiate student-athletes on the basis of athletic participation, leadership, ability or performance. As a result, eligibility for scholarships will be assessed without the consideration of athletic participation, leadership, ability or performance.
Other notes: For eligible students — don’t forget to complete your FAFSA, TAP and Excelsior applications as soon as applications become available to receive more information about cost and aid.