The Evergreen State College: merit scholarships by GPA
The Evergreen State College awards automatic merit aid from a published grid keyed to GPA — the ACT is not used. Awards start at a 3.0 GPA and reach $17,555 a year. Because the bands are steps rather than a slope, a hundredth of a GPA point is worth nothing inside a band and the whole step at the edge of one.
Enter a GPA below to see which band it actually lands in, what that band pays, and what the next band needs.
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Which track applies is decided by residency, and the three differ by more than ten times at the same GPA. A student can hold only one merit award, and the WUE award cannot be combined with any other, so these are alternatives rather than layers. The WUE figure of $17,555 may be a tuition-discount amount tied to the WUE rate rather than a fixed award; Evergreen does not say. The Washington track is renewable for one year and the others for four. Merit awards are made only for a fall start, full-time enrolment of at least 12 credits a quarter is required, and whether the GPA is weighted is not stated. Evergreen publishes no renewal GPA.
Unweighted, as the school asks for it.
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Example — a 3.60 GPA
First-Year Merit Award
$1,200 / year
About $4,800 over four years, if it renews.
Evergreen awards this on GPA alone, so an ACT score does not change it. A higher score can still matter for admission, for honours programmes, and at other schools on the list — but not for this award.
The ACT doesn't move the money here — but it still decides admission, honours eligibility, and what they is worth at the other schools on the list, where most awards are score-keyed.
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The published Evergreen merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from The Evergreen State College’s own pages for the current cycle. Nothing here is estimated: where the school states a benefit rather than a figure, that is what the table says.
Washington residents (renewable for 1 year)
The resident track, and much the smallest. Renewable for one year rather than four.
$1,200
First-Year Merit Award
No score needed · GPA 3.50
$900
First-Year Merit Award
No score needed · GPA 3.00
| Award | With a score | No score | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Year Merit Award | — | GPA 3.50 | $1,200 |
| First-Year Merit Award | — | GPA 3.00 | $900 |
Source: Merit award policy · verified 2026-10-25
Out-of-state students (renewable for 4 years)
Ten times the resident award at the same GPA, and renewable four times as long.
$13,500
First-Year Merit Award
No score needed · GPA 3.75
$12,500
First-Year Merit Award
No score needed · GPA 3.50
$10,500
First-Year Merit Award
No score needed · GPA 3.25
$8,500
First-Year Merit Award
No score needed · GPA 3.00
| Award | With a score | No score | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Year Merit Award | — | GPA 3.75 | $13,500 |
| First-Year Merit Award | — | GPA 3.50 | $12,500 |
| First-Year Merit Award | — | GPA 3.25 | $10,500 |
| First-Year Merit Award | — | GPA 3.00 | $8,500 |
Source: Merit award policy · verified 2026-10-25
Western Undergraduate Exchange states (renewable for 4 years)
A single band with no ladder inside it: a 3.00 and a 4.00 are paid the same.
$17,555
First-Year Merit Award
No score needed · GPA 3.00
| Award | With a score | No score | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Year Merit Award | — | GPA 3.00 | $17,555 |
Source: Merit award policy · verified 2026-10-25
Does Evergreen superscore for scholarships?
Not stated, and no score is read for these awards.
With nothing published, plan for the stricter reading: look up your best single sitting in the grid above, work out your superscore as well, and ask Evergreen’s financial aid office which one they read before you count on the higher band.
Comparing schools? See which colleges superscore for scholarships — 66 of 501 commit to it, 52 say they do not, and the rest never say.
Where these numbers came from
Every figure on this page was read from The Evergreen State College’s own published pages, linked below with the date we last confirmed them. We do not estimate a missing band or interpolate a value.
- A Washington resident with a 3.50 receives $1,200 a year; an out-of-state student with the same GPA receives $12,500.
- A WUE-state student receives $17,555 at any GPA from a 3.00 up.
- That is roughly fifteen times the resident award for the same transcript.
- The WUE award has no ladder: a 3.00 and a 4.00 are paid identically.
- A student can hold only one merit award, and WUE cannot be combined with any other.
- The Washington award renews for one year; the others renew for four, which widens the gap further over a degree.
- No track reads an ACT score.
- An essay can be submitted in place of a score for admission.
- Merit awards are made only for a fall start, never summer.
- Full-time enrolment of at least 12 credits a quarter is required.
Check before you rely on it. Grids change by entry year and schools update them without notice. This page is a reproduction with a date on it, not a guarantee, and it is not financial aid advice. ClutchACT is not affiliated with The Evergreen State College.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at Evergreen?
The Evergreen State College publishes a merit aid grid keyed to ACT score and GPA. See the tables on this page for the current bands.
Is Evergreen test-optional?
An essay substitutes for a score, so no test is needed to apply. For merit aid the answer is different: the merit award policy names no test at all; the award reads the transcript. Being admitted without a score and qualifying for money without a score are two separate questions.
How much is a 30 on the ACT worth at Evergreen?
On Evergreen's published grid for the current cycle, an ACT of 30 with a 3.6 GPA qualifies for Washington residents (renewable for 1 year) — First-Year Merit Award at $1,200 a year, about $4,800 over four years if it renews; Out-of-state students (renewable for 4 years) — First-Year Merit Award at $12,500 a year, about $50,000 over four years if it renews; Western Undergraduate Exchange states (renewable for 4 years) — First-Year Merit Award at $17,555 a year, about $70,220 over four years if it renews.
Does Evergreen superscore the ACT for scholarships?
Not stated, and no score is read for these awards.
Is this Evergreen scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from The Evergreen State College's own published pages and last verified on 2026-10-25. The sources are linked at the bottom of the page with that date. Grids change by entry year, so check the source before relying on a figure for a decision.
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