Economics Department Scholarships

Scholarships are made possible by generous donors who have contributed to BYU Economics to assist economics majors in obtaining their education.

Needs-Based Scholarships

These scholarships are awarded on a rolling basis as a student's need arises.
To be eligible, the student must:

• be a declared economics major
• have taken at least one economics course
• be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours if applying for fall or winter semesters, and 6 credit hours if applying for spring or summer terms.

The purpose of this scholarship is to provide financial support to students facing significant financial needs, not common to the typical student. These needs should be of such a degree that they're unable to be met through typical means such as student employment, other scholarships, or reasonable amounts of student aid.
Examples of circumstances that would qualify as significant financial needs include (but are not limited to): experiencing significant physical or mental health challenges that tax financial resources and impinge on ability to work, death of a family member or other significant loss in family support that cannot be offset by reasonable amounts of financial aid..
Examples of circumstances that would not qualify as significant financial needs for this scholarship (laudable though they may be) include: wanting to take additional courses/spend more time on schoolwork, wanting to avoid incurring any student debt/saving money for future graduate programs, or seeking financial support to pursue an unpaid internship.

Merit-Based Scholarships

These scholarships are awarded each fall, winter and spring/summer semesters.
To be eligible, students must:

• be a declared economics major
• have a GPA of 3.75 or higher
• have completed at least one economics course at BYU (or more for upper classmen)
• be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours for fall or winter semesters, and 6 credit hours for spring and summer terms.

There is no application required for this scholarship.
Merit-based scholarships will be awarded automatically based on GPA criteria which the department reserves the right to adjust at any time. Students will be informed via email if they are a recipient of this department scholarship.