The Frederick Douglass Scholarship provides full tuition, fees, books, room, and board. It is renewable for a total of fours years of undergraduate student, provided the student maintains a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA. Students applying as freshmen who would like to be considered for the scholarship must complete the Frederick Douglass Scholarship Program application by January 15. Preference will be given to first generation students as well as those committed to working in communities of color in the United States. While we encourage applications from all ambitious, well rounded students, the most competitive applications will have a minimum:
- 3.3 GPA (unweighted) or 3.5 (weighted) and
- 1190 SAT (critical reading/math) or 26 ACT
(Resourced: American University, Frederick Douglass Scholarship Program)
For more information please visit the Frederick Douglass Scholarship Program web site.