STARS Scholarship Fund
All applicants are required to meet the following criteria before applying for our scholarship:
- Be a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident with a permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551.
- Be a permanent resident (5 or more consecutive years) of and have a permanent South or West Texas address in one of our 30 counties.
- Have earned/completed at least 12 undergraduate credit hours at a U.S. accredited college or university before applying for the scholarship (Dual and Advanced Placement credits accepted.).
- Have a minimum college cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale.
- Have completed a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to the Fall of the new academic year.
- Are enrolled in a U.S. accredited 2 yr. community college (enrolled part-time or full-time) in a degree-seeking program, or a 4yr. university undergraduate program (enrolled full-time) seeking a Bachelor’s Degree, or a university graduate program (enrolled full-time) seeking a Master’s, Law or Doctorate degree
For the purposes of this scholarship, Stars serves the 30 counties on the map below from south and west Texas:
- Aransas
- Bee
- Brewster
- Brooks
- Cameron
- Culberson
- Duval
- El Paso
- Goliad
- Hidalgo
- Hudspeth
- Jeff Davis
- Jim Hogg
- Jim Wells
- Karnes
- Kenedy
- Kleberg
- La Salle
- Live Oak
- McMullen
- Nueces
- Pecos
- Presidio
- Refugio
- San Patricio
- Starr
- Terrell
- Webb
- Willacy
- Zapata
- Award
- varies
- Deadline
- 03/31/2026