  {"id":15228,"date":"2023-04-05T09:16:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/finances\/?page_id=15228"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:05:29","slug":"academic-excellence-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/finances\/scholarships\/academic-excellence-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Excellence Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-order--last uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/heab.state.wi.us\/features\/aes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Additional Information from HEAB<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/finances\/contact\/\" rel=\"\">Contact Us<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Academic Excellence Scholarship<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<p class=\"lead-in\">The Academic Excellence Scholarship (AES) is awarded to Wisconsin high school seniors who have the highest grade point average in each public and private high school throughout the State of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scholarship program is administered by the State of Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The value of the scholarship is $2,250 per year, to be applied towards tuition. Recipients are eligible to receive the AES for up to 8 semesters. Half of the scholarship is funded by the state, while the other half is matched by 51ÁÔÆæ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of scholarships each high school is eligible for is based on total student enrollment in grades 9-12. To receive a scholarship, a student must be enrolled on a full-time basis by September 30th of the academic year following the academic year in which they were designated as a scholar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faqs\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion\" data-accordion-prefix-classes=\"uwm\" data-accordion-cool-selectors=\"1\"><button class=\"uwm-p-accordion--toggle-button size-p-md\">Expand All<\/button>\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">How is my scholarship applied to my tuition charges?<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Half of the scholarship is funded by the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB), while the other half is funded by 51ÁÔÆæ. The 51ÁÔÆæ portion of your scholarship is applied to your semester tuition charges as a waiver. You will see this split between two different funding sources on your PAWS financial aid tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/finances\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/04\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"A financial aid award summary table for the 2024 aid year. It lists two Academic Excellence Scholarship entries\u2014one labeled \u201cHEAB\u201d and the other labeled \u201cWaiver.\u201d Each scholarship shows an offered and accepted amount of $1,125, with authorized and disbursed amounts listed as zero. A total row at the bottom displays a combined amount of $2,250 offered and accepted.\" class=\"wp-image-15239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/finances\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/04\/Picture1.png 569w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/finances\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/04\/Picture1-300x54.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Why can&#8217;t I see my Academic Excellence Scholarship disbursed in PAWS?<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Your scholarship will be applied to your student account in two parts each semester. The first portion will be applied as a tuition waiver to your semester tuition charges. The second portion will be applied as the Academic Excellence Scholarship. Please check your Account Activity on your PAWS home page for line-by-line detail.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Why am I not seeing the full $2,250 on my billing statement?<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Half of the scholarship is funded by the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB), while the other half is funded by 51ÁÔÆæ. The 51ÁÔÆæ portion of the Academic Excellence Scholarship does not appear under \u2018anticipated aid\u2019 on your billing statement because it is a tuition waiver, not a payment. You will see only the HEAB portion of your scholarship listed on your billing statement.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":30870,"featured_media":0,"parent":17700,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[3041,19586,34594,37275,33688,32411]},"class_list":["post-15228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Student Financial Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how 51ÁÔÆæ awards the Academic Excellence Scholarship to top Wisconsin graduates, offering up to eight semesters of tuition support.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/finances\/scholarships\/academic-excellence-scholarship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Academic Excellence Scholarship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how 51ÁÔÆæ awards the Academic Excellence Scholarship to top Wisconsin graduates, offering up to eight semesters of tuition support.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/finances\/scholarships\/academic-excellence-scholarship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Student Financial Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-14T19:05:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/finances\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/04\/Picture1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"569\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"103\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/scholarships\\\/academic-excellence-scholarship\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/scholarships\\\/academic-excellence-scholarship\\\/\",\"name\":\"Academic Excellence Scholarship - Student Financial Services\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/scholarships\\\/academic-excellence-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/scholarships\\\/academic-excellence-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/82\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/Picture1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-05T14:16:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-14T19:05:29+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn how 51ÁÔÆæ awards the Academic Excellence Scholarship to top Wisconsin graduates, offering up to eight semesters of tuition support.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/scholarships\\\/academic-excellence-scholarship\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/scholarships\\\/academic-excellence-scholarship\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/scholarships\\\/academic-excellence-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/82\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/Picture1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/finances\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/82\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/Picture1.png\",\"width\":569,\"height\":103,\"caption\":\"A financial aid award summary table for the 2024 aid year. 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