Prospective Honors Students

Honors Program Application

The 2020 Honors Program online application is now available! 

Honors Program Application

Honors Program Scholarship

Students admitted to the Honors Program will be considered for a scholarship up to $2,000 per academic year, renewable for two years. For priority scholarship consideration, Honors Program applications must be received by December 15, 2019 for Spring Semester 2020 admission and by April 1, 2020 for Autumn Semester 2020 admission. Applications received after April 1, 2020 will be considered for scholarships as funds remain. Final application date for Autumn Semester 2020 is May 31, 2020.

Eligibility Criteria

Incoming students

Incoming students must meet at least ONE of the following criteria to be eligible to apply for admission to the Columbus State Honors Program:

• An overall high school GPA of 3.5 or greater (on a 4.0 scale)
• Score of 25 or greater on the ACT
• Score of 1150 or greater on the SAT (Critical Reading & Math only)
• Qualifying Columbus State Placement Test scores: ALEKS math placement score of 58 or greater, Accuplacer reading score of 80 or greater & writing score of 6 or greater, and science score of 30 or greater.

NOTE: These are only minimum qualifications for applicants.  Meeting one or more of these criteria does not guarantee admission to the Columbus State Honors Program.

Current students

Current students must meet at least ONE of the following criteria to be eligible to apply for admission to the Columbus State Honors Program:

• Completed at least 15 hours of college-level coursework with a GPA of 3.4 or greater both overall and in all college-level courses at Columbus State.
• Be nominated by a Columbus State faculty member.

NOTE: These are only minimum qualifications for applicants. Meeting one or more of these criteria does not guarantee admission to the Columbus State Honors Program.