Financial assistance available to scholars

Most colleges and universities in Utah and Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho, offer financial assistance to top students in the Deseret Morning News KSL 5 Television Sterling Scholar Awards program. Some are offered to winners only while other institutions may also offer scholarships to runners-up. Some financial assistance also is offered to finalists or even nominees in the program. Several are renewable based on the student's grade point average. Therefore, the awards vary. The following are participating educational institutions and their financial assistance for 2008 Sterling Scholars.

Bridgerland Applied Technology College, Logan — Full tuition waiver for enrollment in a full-time preparatory program beginning within one year of high school graduation to all winners. Runners-up will receive half tuition waivers.

Brigham Young University, Provo — One-year (two semesters) full LDS tuition scholarships to all winners, valued at $3,840, and one year (two semesters) half LDS tuition scholarship to all runners-up, valued at $1,920, contingent upon admission to BYU by the appropriate deadline and maintaining good academic standing. Should the student qualify for an academic scholarship at BYU, he or she will receive whichever scholarship is of greater value.

Brigham Young University -Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho — Full tuition scholarships offered to all winners for one year (two semesters) and half-tuition scholarships for one year (two semesters) to runners-up, contingent upon admission to BYU-Idaho by the appropriate deadline. Winners and runners-up may not receive more than full tuition from BYU-Idaho for any one semester.

College of Eastern Utah, Price — A two-year full tuition waiver and student fees scholarship to all state and regional winners and runners-up, valued at $4,321. Also, a two-year full tuition waiver valued at $3,638 to all Sterling Scholars in each category named from their high school. Tuition waivers contingent upon recipients maintaining 15 credit hours per semester and a 3.0 semester GPA.

Dixie State College of Utah, St. George — One-year, full tuition waivers to Utah high school Sterling Scholar winners ($2,100 value). Sterling Scholar scholarships, when used in conjunction with any other scholarships awarded from Dixie State College, cannot exceed the cost of full tuition. To claim this scholarship, the student must be admitted to Dixie State College and submit a copy of his or her Sterling Scholar Certificate to the scholarship coordinator. Contact Sue Perschon at sperschon@dixie.edu