Scholarship Support

Goal: $20.9 Million

VSU seeks to dramatically enhance its ability to recruit, retain and graduate high-achieving students.
To accomplish this goal, it must significantly increase the number and dollar amount of scholarship offerings.

Increased scholarship opportunities allow VSU to recruit and retain ambitious, motivated scholars who are successful in the classroom and are engaged leaders across campus.
First-year retention rates for scholarship students are 81%, an impressive 13 points higher than the first-year retention rates for all first-time students.

85% of VSU students are on some sort of financial aid.
Investing in scholarships helps provide students with the funding required to enroll or to stay in school.
Scholarships have the ability to allow students to experience opportunities that would otherwise be missed.