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Short answer: yes, but almost none of it will come from the in-state scholarships you are seeing. I am a CMU undergrad, and I see this confusion a lot. Those scholarships are funded for residents of that state, so they are the wrong pool to search in. For an international undergraduate, the money usually comes from the college itself, not from a general scholarship list.

Start with the college, not the scholarship search. For each school on your list, find its international financial aid page and check three things: does it award aid to international undergraduates at all, is that aid merit based or need based, and does it require the CSS Profile. Some schools give no aid to international students, and that is a fact you want before you apply, not after.

Think of it in three buckets.

First, merit scholarships from the college. Many private colleges and some public universities award these based on grades, test scores, and the strength of the application. They do not always require financial need. The amount varies a lot, so compare the net price after the award, not the size of the award alone.

Second, need based aid from the college. A small group of highly selective schools meets full demonstrated need for international students, but those schools are extremely competitive and most international applicants will not get in. A larger group offers some need based aid, but not full need. If you need a large amount of aid, this distinction matters more than the school's ranking.

Third, outside awards. These exist, but they are usually smaller and more specific, for example awards tied to a field of study, a home country, or a particular organization. Treat them as a supplement, not as the plan. Do not count on one outside award to close a large gap.

A few practical points that save time. US federal aid is generally not available to international students, so skip any search that is built around federal aid. Apply for aid at the same time you apply for admission, because many colleges will not consider a late aid request. Watch early deadlines, since merit and international aid deadlines are often in November or December, earlier than regular admission. And check whether the college requires a separate scholarship application or whether admission alone puts you in the running, because that step is easy to miss.

If you want help narrowing this down, the three numbers that change the answer are your yearly budget after aid, whether you need need based aid or are only looking for merit aid, and the schools you are already considering. With those, you can sort a list into schools that are affordable with merit aid, schools that might meet need, and schools to drop because they offer no international aid.

That last sort is the useful part. A list of 8 to 10 schools where at least half have a realistic aid path beats a list of 20 schools where most were never going to be affordable.