Scholarships for Spring Arrivals

As an incoming spring student at UA Little Rock, you’re making some pretty important life decisions right now. To make everything a bit easier, we created a breakdown of our scholarships for Spring 2024 incoming freshmen and transfer students like you.

Simply apply for admission by January 9, 2024, and submit all credentials, such as transcripts, by the deadline in order to be considered for one of the awards below.

Entering Freshmen

Merit-Based Scholarships
Scholarship SEMESTER Award TEST SCORES GPA Other Criteria
Chancellor’s Academic Distinction
  • $2,500 tuition and fees
  • $2,500 on-campus housing
  • Up to 4 years awarded
 Minimum of 20 ACT composite score or 1030 SAT composite score 4.0
  • Arkansas or contiguous state resident
  • US Citizen or Permanent resident
Provost’s Academic Excellence
  • $2,000 tuition and fees
  • $2,000 on-campus housing
  • Up to 4 years awarded
 Minimum of 20 ACT composite score or 1030 SAT composite score 3.75
  • Arkansas or contiguous state resident
  • US Citizen or Permanent resident
Deans’ Academic Merit
  • $2,000 tuition and fees
  • $1,000 on-campus housing
  • Up to 4 years awarded
 Minimum of 20 ACT composite score or 1030 SAT composite score 3.5
  • Arkansas or contiguous state resident
  • US Citizen or Permanent resident
UA Little Rock Academic Achievement
  • $1,500 tuition and fees
  • $500 on-campus housing
  • Up to 4 years awarded
 Minimum of 20 ACT composite score or 1030 SAT composite score 3.25
  • Arkansas or contiguous state resident
  • US Citizen or Permanent resident
Freshman Award
  • $1,000 tuition and fees
  • Up to 4 years awarded
 Minimum of 20 ACT composite score or 1030 SAT composite score 3.0
  • Arkansas or contiguous state resident
  • US Citizen or Permanent resident

Entering Transfers

Merit-Based
Scholarship SEMESTER Award Transfer GPA* Other Criteria
Trojan Transfer
  • $2,500 tuition and fees
  • Up to 2 years awarded
 3.5
  • Have 12 or more transferable credit hours** and required GPA from most recent transfer institution prior to Fall 2023
  • Arkansas or contiguous state resident
  • U.S. citizen or permanent resident
  • $2,000 tuition and fees
  • Up to 2 years awarded
 3.25
  • $1,500 tuition and fees
  • Up to 2 years awarded
 3.0
*GPA:
Minimum transfer GPA at the time of application.
**Transferable hours:
The number of hours that transfer to UA Little Rock after transcript articulation.

Now, a few housekeeping items:

  • Institutional scholarships may only be awarded to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
  • We cannot guarantee an award to each applicant due to the competitive nature of scholarships.
  • Scholarships are available to pay direct expenses (tuition, fees, and room and board) that are charged to a student’s UA Little Rock student account after all waivers or discounts are applied.
  • Spring 2024 must be your first semester to attend UA Little Rock (excluding concurrent classes)
  • Must enroll in a minimum of 15 hours per semester and maintain a 3.0+ cumulative GPA
    • Exception: entering freshmen may take 12 hours their first semester only
  • No portion of academic scholarship funds are refunded to the student.

We can’t wait for you to join the Trojan family! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. You can reach us by phone at 501-916-3035 or send an email to financialaid@ualr.edu.