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Together with the university-wide we are committed to helping you make your college education affordable. We offer a variety of services and programs designed specifically to help you find ways to meet your educational expenses. Our staff is dedicated to making sure you receive your aid in a timely and efficient manner. If after reading the information below, you still have questions regarding financial aid please contact the Buckeye Link office at buckeyelink@osu.edu or call 614-292-0300. For questions regarding 91���� Marion specific aid, please email marionsfa@osu.edu or call 740-725-6242.

Your financial aid package may consist of a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and part-time work through the Federal Work Study program.

While you may apply for financial aid at any time, the priority deadline to apply in order to maximize all your possible financial aid options at 91���� is February 1st for students planning to enroll for classes in the following academic year.

Regional Campus Commitment 

The Regional Campus Commitment program covers tuition and mandatory fees for low-to-middle income, new first-year students. Specifically, the program ensures that remaining tuition and mandatory fees are covered after applying other federal, state and institutional aid.

To qualify, new first-year students must:

• Be Ohio residents
• Enroll at an 91���� regional campus or 91���� ATI in Wooster
• File the FAFSA annually by the priority deadline
• Maintain full-time enrollment at 91����
• Have a family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of $100,000 or less and financial need (verified through FAFSA)

This award will be available to students for up to eight semesters, whether they remain at a regional campus/91���� ATI or transition to the Columbus campus.

2026-2027 Scholarships

91���� at Marion is pleased to provide eligible students with a variety of sources for college funding, including nearly $1.1 million annually in campus-based scholarships. Our scholarship program is funded by the generous support of many area residents and organizations.

Award Criteria

• All award amounts listed below are based on two full-time semesters of attendance (Autumn and Spring), and do not include any other Federal, State or external financial aid for which the student may qualify.
• Summer semester awards are not available to students graduating from high school in the spring of the same calendar year.
• The current, full-time, in-state tuition rate for new students is only $9,772 per year ($4,886 per semester).
• High school graduates who have never enrolled in college courses after graduation will be awarded based upon the following criteria, based upon academic data on file with the 91���� Admission Office as of the date of admission to the university. Additional academic data received after the date of admission will not result in any change to the student’s award.
• New admission applicants for the spring semester will be awarded on a funds-available basis only, as it is the final term of the academic year.

First-Choice Incentive for New Freshman

Students who apply directly to 91���� Marion as their “first-choice” 91���� campus by February 1 of the year they intend to enter will receive a scholarship based on the chart below. 

George Alber Scholars

Application is open

Freshman students who apply and complete their application* for admission to 91���� Marion as a degree-seeking student for the fall semester by our April 1 deadline and have a competitive academic standing can be considered for our George Alber Scholars program. Please review the criteria below. 

• Freshman degree-seeking student with a completed 91���� Marion application.
• Minimum of a 3.0 unweighted GPA is required (3.5 GPA is preferable).
• High School transcript is required and should be sent to ugdocs@osu.edu .
• Scholarship Application is required and can be found .

Application and essay prompt is open until April 1st. The essay prompt is: 91���� at Marion community is vibrant and ever-changing. How would you as a George Alber Scholar positively impact our campus community? (Maximum of 500 words)

*All components of the application (online form, $60 application fee or approved fee waiver and official transcript/s) must be received by the deadline in order to be eligible.

**Available until funds are exhausted. Decisions are made on a rolling basis starting in January. "

New Transfer Students

New applicants who apply and complete their application* will eligible for a $1,000 scholarship.

*All components of the application (online form, $60 application fee or approved fee waiver and official transcript/s) must be received by the deadline in order to qualify. Students with fewer than 30 transfer credit hours post high school will be awarded based on their high school class rank.

Please note, new admission applicants for the spring semester will be awarded on a funds-available basis only, as it is the final term of the academic year.

Returning and Incoming Students

Apply for 2026-2027 91���� Marion scholarships on starting in December, 2025. ScholarshipUniverse is a scholarship matching tool that simplified the process of finding and applying for scholarships from both internal and external sources.

1. Log in at using your 91���� username and password
2. Answer as many matching questions as possible: as you answer will alert you to possible scholarship matches. Be sure to continue until you get the following question: “What 91���� campus are you attending next academic year?” (answer: Marion). Completing this question will allow us to consider you for Marion specific scholarships so it is very important that you complete this question.
3. Also check the “applications” tab and submit any applications that become available as you answer the matching questions.
4. Deadline is February 1st, 2026.