They can receive in-state tuition for their entire four years as long as they maintain a 3.0 gpa and meet certain criteria. The College of Engineering can give up to 30 scholarships this year.
Foreign students are also eligible.
The Microelectronics Scholarship Consortium has announced this year's schedule for awarding merit-based scholarships to outstanding high school seniors and current UM students interested in the semiconductor industry. Two more companies have come into the Consortium this year - Texas Instruments and Analog Devices will also be offering scholarships. Knud Hermansen has done some digging into professional salaries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Of the top twenty or so categories , it's interesting to see how many are occupied by engineering disciplines. Actually, the numbers seem a little low to me, given the average starting salaries of our students.