BYU Financial Need-Based Scholarships

• BYU need-based scholarships assessed through multiple available need factors, with FAFSA required.

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• Financial Aid Office scholarships for international students are very limited. Submit the scholarship application by the published deadline and consult International Student & Scholar Services for other opportunities; this is not an exclusion of all international applicants.

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• Financial-need scholarship assistance; the guidance reviewed does not specify amounts or guarantee full need.

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• FAFSA is required for need-based consideration. Dependent FAFSA applicants must include parent information; independent students are still considered using available need factors without parent information.

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• Complete the BYU scholarship application by the posted deadline even if not yet admitted. After admission, apply by the continuing-student deadline annually. The page asks for FAFSA by January 2 each year for full scholarship consideration; need-based and exceptional-route details are retained separately.

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• For continuing academic awards, the mission guidance permits automatic return-semester consideration after twelve BYU credits and a Mission Deferment Form, without a new application unless seeking additional awards. It cites February 1, conflicting with the main January 2 table. Mission-return need-based guidance cites FAFSA January 20, also differing from the main January 2 instruction. Confirm the applicable deadline; the exact closing time is not confirmed.

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• Returning missionaries need not submit a new scholarship application for this route, but submit FAFSA for the upcoming year. With special circumstances, complete the scholarship application and its Need-section essay by the applicable deadline; confirm the January20/January2 discrepancy.

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• For mission deferral, a leave may precede the mission, but return enrolment must follow the Mission Deferment Form’s allowed period. Fall/winter awards may defer and reactivate for the scheduled return; spring/summer awards cannot defer. Apply for freshman awards during senior high school even if a mission will precede attendance.

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These details help you explore your options. Read the full eligibility requirements above, including any exceptions.

• Study destination

  Listed: United States

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• Study level

  Listed: Undergraduate

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Check the dates for your intended intake. Previous-cycle dates are included for planning and do not confirm that applications are open.

Dates for the next application cycle are not yet confirmed.

• The main table lists January 2 2027 for spring/summer and fall2027 applications, including international applicants. Graduate students use departmental deadlines. The winter continuing deadline is for returning missionaries; transfers require twelve completed BYU credits by January2 for continuing academic consideration. Mission guidance elsewhere gives conflicting dates.

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Check the provider’s full terms for your citizenship, residence, course and intake. This overview is not a personal eligibility assessment.

Not yet confirmed in this guide: exclusions and exceptions; costs to plan for; academic and course requirements.