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Freshman Scholarships

Merit Scholarships Available to New Freshmen

The following scholarships are all merit based and do not require a separate scholarship application (except for the Presidential). If you meet the criteria when you are admitted to the university, you will be automatically reviewed for scholarships that you may qualify for. Freshman Merit Scholarships are only offered to students that will be entering UNT Dallas in the fall semester immediately preceding their high school graduation. These scholarships are not available to students that will be starting in the spring or summer semesters. 

Priority consideration will be given to those students that are fully admitted into degree granting programs by December 1*. Students that do not meet the priority deadline will be considered for scholarships on a rolling basis based upon their date of admission. To be fully considered for Freshmen Merit Scholarships, students must be fully admitted into degree granting programs no later than May 1*. Students admitted after this deadline will only be considered if funding remains. Deadlines are strictly enforced. These scholarships are not guaranteed. All eligible students may not receive a scholarship. To maximize scholarship consideration, students should strive to be fully admitted as soon as possible.

Effective beginning with incoming freshmen admitted for the Fall 2021 semester, these scholarships will be GPA based and will not require an ACT\SAT score.  An applicant's unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale will be used for merit scholarship decisions.  This is the same GPA that is used during the admissions process. Additionally, a student’s class rank is not considered in scholarship awarding.

 

Presidential Scholars

The Presidential scholarship is our most prestigious award for incoming freshman students. Students selected for our presidential scholar program are eligible to receive up to $66,800 over the course of four academic years of undergraduate study. Information regarding the application and selection process for the Presidential Scholars Program can be found at the link below.

          Presidential Scholars Program

Excellence Scholarship

  • $5,000 per year for 4 academic years of undergraduate study, while you remain eligible
  • Minimum high school grade point average of 3.75
  • Must enroll in at least 12 semester credit hours each semester (fall\spring)
  • Renewable with 3.0 cumulative GPA and 30 semester credit hours per year while meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)**  
  • Not stackable with other freshman scholarships

Blazer Scholarship

  • $4,000 per year for 4 academic years of undergraduate study, while you remain eligible
  • Minimum high school grade point average of 3.6 up to 3.749
  • Must enroll in at least 12 semester credit hours each semester (fall\spring)
  • Renewable with 3.0 cumulative GPA and 30 semester credit hours per year while meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)** 
  • Not stackable with other freshman scholarships

Blue and Green Scholarship

  • $3,000 per year for 4 academic years of undergraduate study, while you remain eligible
  • Minimum high school grade point average of 3.4 up to 3.599
  • Must enroll in at least 12 semester credit hours each semester (fall\spring)
  • Renewable with 3.0 cumulative GPA and 30 semester credit hours per year while meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)**  
  • Not stackable with other freshman scholarships

Elevate Scholarship

  • $2,000 per year for 4 academic years of undergraduate study, while you remain eligible
  • Minimum high school grade point average of 3.1 up to 3.399
  • Must enroll in at least 12 semester credit hours each semester (fall\spring)
  • Renewable with 3.0 cumulative GPA and 30 semester credit hours per year while meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)**  
  • Not stackable with other freshman scholarships

Aspire Scholarship

  • $1,500 per year for 4 academic years of undergraduate study, while you remain eligible
  • Minimum high school grade point average of 2.75 up to 3.099
  • Must enroll in at least 12 semester credit hours each semester (fall\spring)
  • Renewable with 2.75 cumulative GPA and 30 semester credit hours per year while meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)**  
  • Not stackable with other freshman scholarships

*If the deadline date falls on a weekend or a date in which the University is closed, the next business day will be considered the deadline.

**Information regarding the university’s Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy, can be found here.