Research · Scholarships · October 2026
Scholarships in Oregon: the 2 state programs and what each asks for
As of October 2026: Oregon has 2 state scholarship programs for students who graduate from its own high schools. The table starts with Oregon Promise Grant: Awards range from $2,280 to $4,716 per year (in 2026-27) for full-time students.
The table holds every state-funded award we could confirm for a Oregon high school graduate going to college. It does not hold federal aid, or a scholarship that comes from one college rather than from the state.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com), October 2026. Figures and the table may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
The findings, in plain English
Oregon state aid is need-based, not merit-based. None of the state programs on this table turns on a GPA or a test score. They ask about family income instead, through the FAFSA. Oregon Promise Grant is the exception.
Oregon Promise Grant is the award to read first. What Oregon Promise Grant pays: Awards range from $2,280 to $4,716 per year (in 2026-27) for full-time students. The next program on the table is Oregon Opportunity Grant. The table carries the deadline and the renewal rule for each one.
What this table does not tell you. Every figure on the table was read off the state's own page for that program. Nothing is estimated and nothing is carried over from an earlier year.
Every state scholarship in Oregon
Read the row, then open the state's own page before you count on a figure.
| Program | Merit or need | What it pays | GPA it asks for | Test score it asks for | Who qualifies | Deadline | Renewable | Official page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Promise Grant | State award | Awards range from $2,280 to $4,716 per year (in 2026-27) for full-time students; a last-dollar grant covering remaining tuition after other aid, up to the statewide average community college cost | 2.0 cumulative GPA or higher | — | Recent Oregon high school or GED graduate; Oregon resident at least 12 months before attending college; must attend an Oregon community college within 6 months of graduation; must complete the Oregon Promise application plus FAFSA or ORSAA | For students graduating from high school between March 1 and June 30, 2027, the Oregon Promise application and FAFSA/ORSAA are due June 1, 2027 (based on the published deadline table for high school graduates in that window); OSAC says it has not yet determined whether an SAI limit will apply to applicants who graduate in March 2027 or later | Renewable up to 90 attempted/completed credits if the student maintains at least half-time enrollment (6+ credits), a 2.5 GPA, submits the FAFSA/ORSAA by June 1 each year, and remains an Oregon resident | Source |
| Oregon Opportunity Grant | Need-based | $1,224-$4,320 per year at a community college, or $1,800-$8,352 per year at a four-year institution, for full-time, full-year enrollment | — | — | Oregon resident for at least 12 months prior to college attendance; pursuing a first associate's or bachelor's degree at an eligible public or private Oregon institution; no separate application -- determined from the FAFSA or ORSAA | The final FAFSA/ORSAA submit date for the 2026-27 academic year is May 15, 2026; a comparable spring deadline is expected for the 2027-28 cycle that students graduating in spring 2027 would use | Available for up to four years (12 quarters or 8 semesters) of full-time enrollment if the student maintains satisfactory academic progress and files a new FAFSA or ORSAA each year | Source |
Every row is a state-funded or state-administered award for a Oregon high school graduate going to an undergraduate program, as of October 2026. A scholarship from a single college, a private foundation award, a federal program and a graduate-only award are all left out. A blank cell means the state's own page does not state it. Dollar figures and GPA floors change every year.
How to read a state scholarship
State awards come in two shapes. A merit award asks about grades, a course list, or a test score, and it does not care what a family earns. A need-based award asks about income and assets through the FAFSA, and it does not care about grades. Some awards ask about both, and the table calls those merit and need.
The deadline column is the one families miss. For most need-based state aid the deadline is really the FAFSA deadline, and it falls months before a college asks for a decision. A merit award more often has no application at all: the state or the high school nominates the student from records it already holds.
What a family should do with this
Open the official page in the last column for the one or two programs your student plausibly qualifies for, and write down two dates: the state aid deadline and the FAFSA deadline. Those are the two that close. In Oregon the earliest date on this table is the one to put on the calendar first.
Then look past the state. A state award is usually the smaller half of an offer. The college's own merit grid and its net price for your family income move more money than any state program on this page, and both are published.
Questions parents ask
What scholarships does Oregon offer?
Oregon has 2 state scholarship programs for students who graduate from its own high schools. The table starts with Oregon Promise Grant: Awards range from $2,280 to $4,716 per year (in 2026-27) for full-time students.
Does Oregon have a merit scholarship?
None of the state programs on this table turns on a GPA or a test score.
How do I find the rules for a Oregon scholarship?
Every row links to the page the state publishes for that program. The rules and the dollar figures move from year to year, so the page is the thing to read, not a summary of it.
Method & sources: Programs come from the Office of Student Access and Completion (OSAC), an office of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) and the agency's own program pages, read in October 2026. The population is a student who graduates from a Oregon high school and enrolls as an undergraduate. A scholarship offered by one college, a private foundation award, a federal program and a graduate-only award are all out of scope. A value the agency's own page does not state is left blank rather than filled from elsewhere, and a page that could not be read drops every figure.
- Office of Student Access and Completion (OSAC), an office of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC)
- Oregon Promise Grant
- Oregon Opportunity Grant
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