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Siouxland Proud, Mside Bound

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OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCESS & OPPORTUNITY

SIOUXLAND PROUD, MSIDE BOUND
(2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR)

Siouxland is our home, and everyone at Morningside is incredibly proud to be part of this thriving, close-knit community. To ensure we continue to be a top college choice for students in Siouxland, Morningside will offer full-tuition aid packages made up of Federal, State, and Morningside grants and scholarships to 100 total Siouxland students. Full tuition will be awarded to two students from each of the 44 Siouxland counties located in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota (scroll down to view the full list of counties). Additionally, four full-tuition grant and scholarship aid packages will be available to students in Woodbury County, Iowa; Dakota
County, Nebraska; and Union County, South Dakota.

To qualify for this program, students must complete the following by February 28, 2025

A selection committee will assess applications based on academic and financial criteria, with announcements made to successful candidates by mid-February.

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ACCESS TO MSIDE

All new full-time undergraduate students will be guaranteed a minimum award package of $25,000 for on-campus residential students and $19,000 for off-campus commuter students. These packages include all grants and scholarships available through Morningside, as well as federal and state assistance.
Pell-eligible residential students from Iowa and South Sioux City, NE will receive a minimum of $38,000 (commuters receive $32,000), while Pell-eligible students from Nebraska and South Dakota will receive $34,000 (commuters receive $28,000).

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The award package ensures that you will receive, at a minimum, the same dollar amount in Morningside grants and scholarships assistance toward tuition as in your first year for the entirety of your program, as long as you maintain good academic standing, enroll full-time, complete any required documentation by specified deadlines, and continue to live on campus. However, if tuition increases in future years or if you do not qualify for Pell grants in subsequent years, you will be responsible for covering the additional costs. Students who choose to live off-campus prior to earning 91 credit hours will have their award package reduced by $6,000.

PARTICIPATING COUNTIES

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Audubon
Buena Vista
Calhoun
Carroll
*Cherokee
Clay
*Crawford
Dickinson
Emmet
*Harrison
*Ida
Lyon
Monona
O’Brien
Osceola
Palo Alto
*Plymouth
Pocahontas
*Pottawattamie
Sac
Shelby
Sioux
*Woodbury

*We are no longer accepting SPMB applications from these counties for 2025

Antelope
Boone
Burt
Cedar
Colfax
Cuming
Dakota
Dixon
Dodge
Knox
Madison
Pierce
Platte
Stanton
Thurston
Washington
*Wayne

*We are no longer accepting SPMB applications from these counties for 2025

Bon Homme
Clay
Hutchinson
Lincoln
Minnehaha
Turner
Union
Yankton

*We are no longer accepting SPMB applications from these counties for 2025

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