Financial Aid and Scholarships

Other Forms of Aid

Grants

Many OHIO Eastern students qualify for the Pell Grant or other grants upon completion of the FAFSA. Grants are considered gift aid and do not have to be repaid. Although grants are a very desirable source of financial aid, the availability of grants is generally limited to students with the greatest need.

Loans

Upon completion of the FAFSA, most OHIO Eastern students also qualify for Federal Student Loans. Though parental information may be considered to determine how much a student may receive, these loans are in the student’s name and not in the parent’s name. There are two main types of Federal Student Loans that students may receive.

• The subsidized loan is available to students who qualify financially. For this loan, the federal government pays the interest on the loan while the student is in school at least half-time (six hours).
• The unsubsidized loan is available to students regardless of financial need. For this loan the interest begins accruing from the time the loan is disbursed. While you may allow your interest to accumulate until repayment begins, it is recommended that students make regular interest payments, if possible.

For both of these loans, repayment begins six months after the student graduates or stops attending school.

First-Year Scholarships

OVAC Scholarship

Details

• $500/year

Upperclass/Transfer Scholarships

• Dean's Scholarship

• Cultural Merit Scholarship

• Non-Traditional Scholarship

• Transfer Scholarship

West Virginia Northern Community College Transfer Scholarship

Student must complete the application, be a graduate from WVNCC with an associate degree, have higher than a 3.0 GPA, and enroll in a bachelor's degree program to be completed on the OHIO Eastern campus. Students are required to maintain full-time status of 12 credit hours or more and be in good academic standing at the end of each term with a 2.5 or higher GPA. Recipients will be reviewed at the end of the academic year for the scholarship to be renewed. Scholarship amount is $1,500/academic year (split between two semesters).

Apply for the WVNCC Transfer Scholarship

Endowed Scholarships

Endowed scholarships are funds given in honor or memory of an individual or family and yearly amounts vary according to the monies earned in the scholarship fund. Automatic renewal is not guaranteed with endowed scholarships.

Liberty Antalis Memorial Scholarship

• Undergraduate pursuing a degree in English, or related field, i.e., Communication or Fine Arts
• Above average grades from high school
• 3.0 GPA and 3.5 in English as an upperclassman

Belmont County Endowed Scholarship – Union Local High School

• Union Local High School graduate
• Recommended minimums: 3.0 GPA and 20 ACT
• Upper-class recommended minimum 3.3 GPA

Belmont Savings Bank Scholarship

• Resident of Belmont County
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Financial need
• Extracurricular activities considered

Dr. E.R. & Marjory Bovenizer Scholarship

Bridgeport Rotary Scholarship

• Resident of Bridgeport School District, graduate of Bridgeport or St. John Central High School
• Minimum 3.0 GPA and demonstrate a financial need

Bridgeport/Buckeye Local High School Scholarship

• Graduate of Bridgeport or Buckeye Local High Schools
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 - 3.0
• Demonstrate financial need

Burkhart Scholarship

• Female student
• Resident of Monroe County
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5

Carroll Family Scholarship

• First Preference - Incoming Freshman
• Second Preference - top 40% of high school class
• Demonstrate financial need

Costello Scholarship for Appalachian Students

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75
• Financial need

Paul G. & Stella T. Crum Family Appreciation Scholarship

• Resident of Monroe County
• Preference given to students who have attended St. Sylvester's School

Culbertson Scholarship

• Belmont or Harrison County resident pursuing a degree in one of the "helping" professions
• Recommended minimum 3.0 GPA and 20 ACT
• Upper-class recommended minimum 3.3 GPA

Dutton Family Scholarship

• Resident of Belmont County, OH
• Demonstrate academic merit

Jerry & Lova Ebbert Family Scholarship

• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Demonstrate financial need

Adam & Sylvia Giandomenico Scholarship

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
• Top 33% of graduating class
• Financial need

Dr. Robert F. Godfrey Scholarship

• Graduate of Martin's Ferry High School

Goodman Family & James C. Bryant Scholarship

Rodney Hanson Scholarship

• Education or pre-law Major residing in Belmont County
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Demonstrate financial need

Eugene & Matilda Heavilin Scholarship

• Must be incoming freshman from Harrison County
• Minimum 2.5 GPA

The Linda Heil Dowler Scholarship

• Graduate of Martin's Ferry High School
• Minimum 3.5 GPA
• Majoring in Education

Thomas & Virginia Helms Scholarship

• Education major with a minimum 3.0 GPA

Robert L. & Eleanor R. Heskett Scholarship

• Graduate of Martins Ferry or Bellaire High School
• Demonstrate financial need

James Kettler Memorial Scholarship

• Priority given to students majoring in physics
• Consideration given to students majoring in the sciences, mathematics, or education with a concentration in math or the sciences

Kerr Memorial Scholarship

• Undergraduate pursuing a major in education or business administration
• Must be Bellaire, St. Clairsville, or Shadyside High School graduate
• Recommended minimum 3.0 GPA and 20 ACT for high school applicants
• Upper-class recommended minimum 3.3 GPA

John & Margaret Kirk Scholarship

• Graduate of a high school in the Barnesville School District
• Minimum 3.4 GPA
• Demonstrate financial need

John & Elizabeth Lancione Scholarship

• Bellaire High School graduate in a pre-professional field of study
• Recommended minimum 3.0 GPA or 20 ACT
• Upper-class recommended minimum 3.0 GPA

Walter Latacz Scholarship

• Designated for students who qualify for disability services through Ohio University
• Priority given to students pursuing a career in healthcare professions

Dr. Richard McMann Scholarship

• Demonstrate financial need
• Preference to nontraditional students majoring in the humanities or social sciences, especially sociology or anthropology

R. Kinsey Milleson Public Service Scholarship

• Majoring in Applied Management of Political Science
• Be at least a Sophomore rank with a minimum 2.5 GPA
• Demonstrate financial need
• Demonstrate academic merit

Wesley Patrick Murphy Memorial Scholarship

• Majoring in social work
• Minimum 3.0 G.P.A
• Demonstrate financial need

James Newton, Ph.D. Scholarship

• Top 20% of high school class
• Upper-class required minimum 3.0 GPA
• Demonstrate financial need
• Students interested in the social sciences with preference give to those interested in geography as a discipline of study
• Priority given to freshmen or nontraditional students

Scott & Anna O'Donnell Scholarship

• Majoring in Business Administration and accepted into the College of Business
• Resident of Belmont, Harrison or Jefferson Counties, OH
• Demonstrate financial need
• First preference given to students who have transferred to Athens from the Eastern Campus

Ohio University Eastern Campus Scholarship

• Fund established by OHIO Eastern faculty and staff
• Incoming freshman with two of the following:
  • Top 25% of senior class
  • High school GPA of 3.5 or above
  • 21 ACT

Willard E. & Mary J. Poston Scholarship (Available fall 2025)

• Resident of Belmont, County OH
• Demonstrate financial need

John & Marcelyn Shannon Scholarship

• Recipient must be an incoming freshman
• Top 40% of their class
• Demonstrate financial need

Jimmy Shaheen Scholarship

• Majoring in Education
• Demonstrate financial need

Roger Sowers Memorial Scholarship

• Barnesville High School graduate
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Education major
• Demonstrate financial need

St. Clairsville Rotary Scholarship

• St. Clairsville High School graduate
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Financial need, leadership, and activities will be considered

Switzerland of Ohio Scholarship for Education

• Must be a graduate and current resident of the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District
• Education major
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Demonstrate financial need

Unified Bank Business Scholarship

• Must major in Business or a related field
• Minimum ACT of 21 and top 30% of high school class
• Minimum 3.0 GPA for upper-class applicants
• Priority given to freshman

Katherine Whinnery & Family Scholarship

• Top 50% of high school class
• Upper-class required minimum 2.5 GPA
• Preference given to Harrison County residents
• Demonstrate financial need

Charles A. Wilson Scholarship

• Bridgeport High School graduate
• Minimum 2.0 GPA