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Institutional Nominee Award Information

Institutional Nominee Award

The Oklahoma State Regents’ Institutional Nominee award is by selection-only, as a limited number of awards are funded annually by the Oklahoma State Regents’ for Higher Education. A direct from high school senior will be considered for this award for Fall 2025 if they meet one of the following: 

  • 32 ACT (can qualify through a super score), or SAT equivalent
  • 3.9 GPA and Top 2% OR rank #1 or #2 in their graduating class 
  • 3.9 GPA and 30 ACT (can qualify through a super score), or SAT equivalent

Qualifying test scores must come from an official test score report.

For Fall 2025, each student selected for the Regents’ Institutional Nominee award receives a $4,000/yr (x4 years) cash award from the Oklahoma State Regents’ for Higher Education + a 100% resident tuition waiver from OU for 5 years (total package value: $42,100).  

Students selected for the Regents’ Institutional Nominee award are encouraged to retest on the ACT/SAT through July 2025 to become eligible for the Oklahoma State Regents’ Automatic Qualifier package, an upgrade to a $54,100 package.

Freshmen - Institutional Nominee Package for Fall 2025 (PDF)

Transfer - Institutional Nominee Package for Fall 2024 (PDF)

Guidelines for scholarship transfer: 

Students receiving the scholarship as an Institutional Nominee of a two-year college are eligible for transfer to a four-year public or private Oklahoma institution after completion of an associate's degree or the accumulation of at least 48 credit hours. Institutional Nominees of a two-year college must attend the nominating institution for the first year. 

Students receiving the scholarship as an Institutional Nominee of a four-year university are eligible for transfer to another Oklahoma institution after one year of attendance at the nominating institution.