Non-Traditional Student Scholarship

The Off-Campus Student Services Non-Traditional Student Scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to an undergraduate non-traditional student with demonstrated financial need and a sincere commitment to completing their first degree. The Off-Campus Student Services Non-Traditional Student Scholarship will accept applications that meet the following criteria:

• Demonstrated financial need (must have completed FAFSA on file)
• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
• Arkansas resident
• Can identify as a non-traditional student, either as age 25 or older, married, divorced, separated, or widowed
• Current University of Arkansas student seeking first baccalaureate degree (the scholarship is not available to those seeking a second bachelor’s or graduate degree)
• Must be sophomore, junior, or senior in Fall 2025 semester
• Full time enrollment status (minimum of 12 credit hours for Fall 2025 semester)
• Cannot be a full-time University of Arkansas employee

Award
Varies
Deadline
02/15/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. Please describe a few challenges and successes you’ve experienced as a non-traditional student.
  2. As a student at the University of Arkansas, how have you found belonging, and how have you contributed to someone else’s sense of belonging? What have you learned about community along the way?