Merit Scholarships - No Additional Application Required
All applicants are considered for a range of merit scholarships—no separate application is necessary. Students simply need to submit their Common Application to Gettysburg College. These awards recognize students’ academic achievements, leadership, and potential to contribute to our campus community.
For admitted students entering in the Fall of 2026, Gettysburg College offers renewable merit scholarships based on academic and creative talent, ranging in value from $30,000 to $52,000 annually. Recipients are selected from an applicant pool that represents all 50 states and nearly 60 countries around the world. Competitive students have strong grades in advanced courses, have been highly engaged in their school or community, write and communicate well, and have strong personal recommendations from their schools.
Merit Scholarships – Additional Forms Required
While students are automatically considered for most of Gettysburg’s merit scholarships just by submitting the Common App, Gettysburg offers a number of specialty scholarships that require a separate application. These competitive programs seek students with specific interests, talents, or goals:
- Eisenhower Scholarship
- For students with a demonstrated passion for leadership, civic engagement, and public service.
Learn more and apply - Gettysburg College-Gilder Lehrman Institute (GLI) History Scholarship
- For students who are interested in the study of history and see history as a lens to understand the present and shape the future.
Learn more and apply - Sunderman Conservatory of Music Scholarships
- The Sunderman Conservatory at Gettysburg College also offers competitive scholarships for talented musicians interested in pursuing a major or minor in music. Auditions are required for scholarship consideration. Learn more and apply
- STEM Scholarship
- Gettysburg’s STEM Scholarship program is offered to first generation college students with an interest in a STEM field. Learn more and apply
Gettysburg’s merit scholarships can be coupled with need-based grants, federal and state grants, college loans, and work study for eligible students. Scholarships are awarded for no more than eight semesters and can be renewed annually as long as the recipient meets the GPA requirement associated with their scholarship
The Value of a Gettysburg Education
- Recognized by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance as a “Best Value” among private colleges thanks to our high four-year graduation rate, low average student debt at graduation, good student-to-faculty ratio, excellent on-campus resources, and overall great value.
- Gettysburg students have consistently earned Rhodes, Marshall and Goldwater scholarships, Fulbright grants and teaching assistantships and National Science Foundation fellowships.
- Within one year after graduation, 98% of new alums are employed or in graduate school. Extensive career networking opportunities are readily available.
- Over 80% of Gettysburg students graduate within four years, double the national average.
- Ninety percent of first-year students return as sophomores.
- Developing global citizens is a College goal - nearly half of Gettysburg students spend a semester abroad through the Center for Global Education.