Universities With Low GPA Requirement for Scholarship Admissions in 2024
You may be surprised to learn that for many top academicians, economists, researchers, and HR officials, an applicant’s high GPA score is never the only criterion for selection because there are some very important things that a high score/high GPA can never account for, such as research ability, interpersonal skills, leadership skills, and interpersonal skills, and this finding came from James Heckman’s (Nobel Prize Winner) co-authored research paper.
As a result, many top-ranked international universities no longer consider high GPA/score to be the sole criterion for admitting local/international students, and instead instruct their admission offices to evaluate admission/scholarship applications based on the applicant’s research proposal/study plan, previous achievements, research/patents, and many other similar factors.
Similarly, there are a number of international universities that offer admission to undergrad, postgrad, and teaching assistant (TA) positions to local and international students who do not have high scores or GPAs, which is why I wrote this useful article for all of my students with low scores to apply for scholarships/admissions in these 36 international universities, and for your convenience, I have also mentioned their international university rankings
What do you need to apply for admission?
However, before you begin researching these universities for admission purposes, please ensure that you have passed the GRE with a score of 320 or higher for teaching assistant positions, or that you have recommendation letters/research proposal/study plan available for postgraduate admissions, or that you have a letter of motivation/personal statement available for undergrad admission applications.
List of Universities Offering Scholarship Admissions on Low GPA
Now, let us take a closer look at all of the top-ranked international universities that are actually available to provide scholarship admissions to local and international students with lower GPA requirements than the rest of the international universities, and for your convenience, I have included scholarship page web links for all of these universities in this list so you can directly explore scholarship options in these universities with lower GPA requirements for admission of batch 2024-2025:
# | Universities With Low GPA Requirements for Admission | Global Rankings 2022-2023 |
1 | Texas Tech University (TTU) | 472 |
2 | University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina | 115 |
3 | University of Minnesota | 62 |
4 | George Mason University | 137 |
5 | Arizona State University (High Ranked Institute) | 121 |
6 | Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina | 693 |
7 | Oregon State University | 299 |
8 | University of Alabama | 512 |
9 | New Mexico State University | 263 |
10 | University of Tennessee | 225 |
11 | University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York | 286 |
12 | University of Ohio | 684 |
13 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 826 |
14 | University of Texas at Dallas | 349 |
15 | Syracuse University | 372 |
16 | Wayne State University | 385 |
17 | University of Illinois Chicago | 250 |
18 | Oklahoma State University | 633 |
19 | Iowa State University | 263 |
20 | Stony Brook University | 206 |
21 | University of Central Florida | 413 |
22 | Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana | 153 |
23 | University of Houston | 432 |
24 | Auburn University | 579 |
25 | Colorado State University | 276 |
26 | Mississippi State University | 920 |
27 | University of Arizona | 108 |
28 | Β University of North Dakota | 250 |
29 | Oregon State University | 151 |
30 | University of South Florida | 317 |
31 | University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri | 452 |
32 | Kansas State University | 507 |
33 | University of Colorado, Boulder | 356 |
34 | North Carolina State University | 230 |
35 | University of North Texas | 679 |
36 | Michigan Technological University | 779 |