Academic Sholarships

MGCCC is pleased to announce the following new academic scholarship opportunities for students with qualifying ACT scores. Students must apply for admission, meet the requirements as listed below, and send a academic scholarship application to the campus of their choice.

PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP
ACT Score 28 and above
Full tuition, book rental fees and room/board
(Residence halls are only available at the Perkinston Campus).

Awarded to full-time, first-time entering freshmen (hours taken as a dually enrolled high school student do not affect scholarship eligibility). To be eligible, a student must be a legal resident of Mississippi and enrolled in a minimum of 15 semester hours. Online/Internet courses are not counted toward the semester hour requirement.

This scholarship is renewable up to four consecutive semesters, not including summer. To remain eligible, students must maintain a 3.5 or higher cumulative grade point average as a full-time student. Students who drop below the 3.5 will be placed on scholarship probation for one probationary semester to allow the student to regain the 3.5 cumulative GPA. If the student does not bring the cumulative GPA up to 3.5 or above the next semester, the student will no longer receive the scholarship. Priority deadline is April 1.

DEANS SCHOLARSHIP
ACT Score 25-27
Full tuition

Awarded to full-time, first-time entering freshmen (hours taken as a dually enrolled high school do not affect scholarship eligibility). To be eligible, a student must be a legal resident of Mississippi and enrolled in a minimum of 12 semester hours. Online/Internet courses are not counted toward the semester hour requirement. This scholarship is renewable up to four consecutive semesters, not including summer.

To remain eligible, students must maintain a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average as a full-time student. Students who drop below the 3.0 will be placed on scholarship probation for one probationary semester to allow the student to regain the 3.0 cumulative GPA. If the student does not bring the cumulative GPA up to 3.0 or above the next semester, the student will no longer receive the scholarship. Priority deadline is April 1.

INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP
ACT Score 21-24
Half tuition

Awarded to full-time, first-time entering freshmen (hours taken as a dually enrolled high school student do not affect scholarship eligibility). To be eligible, a student must be a legal resident of Mississippi and enrolled in a minimum of 12 semester hours. Online/Internet courses are not counted toward the semester hour requirement. This scholarship is renewable up to four consecutive semesters, not including summer. To remain eligible, students must maintain a 2.5 or higher grade point average as a full-time student. Priority deadline is April 1.

Click here for an academic scholarship application.