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These criteria and award amounts are for 2025-2026 incoming First-Year and Transfer students only. Students admitted for Summer/Fall 2024 or Spring 2025 should refer to the Current First-Year and Transfer student webpage for merit award amounts.
Please note: Scholarships are subject to the availability of funds. Please see terms and conditions for full details of these awards.
Arizona merit tuition awards for Fall 2025 incoming first-year Arizona resident students.
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Terms & Conditions- COMING SOON
Arizona merit tuition awards for Fall 2025 incoming first-year non-Arizona resident students.
Deadline: December 2, 2024
Terms & Conditions - COMING SOON
Arizona merit tuition awards for Fall 2025 incoming non-Arizona and Arizona resident National Scholarship Finalists.
Deadline: Students must respond to NMSC by their established dates to accept these awards.
Terms & Conditions- COMING SOON
Apply for admission as soon as possible. Your admission application is also your opportunity to automatically be reviewed for merit scholarships. For questions about merit tuition awards for incoming first-year students, please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions .
Use the following chart to determine which Tuition Award you qualify for based on your 6th semester core unweighted high school GPA.
For non-resident (domestic, out-of-state) students, maximum scholarship consideration, pending availability of funds, is given to applicants who apply by the priority date of December 2, 2024.
All financial aid awards listed above are divided into two equal disbursements paid to the student, half in the fall term and half in the spring term, unless otherwise noted.
GPA calculated is based on your core unweighted high school GPA through your sixth semester. To be eligible, students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The Resident Wildcat Awards also require that the student be classified as an Arizona resident for tuition purposes. The Non-Resident Arizona Awards require that the student be classified as a non-Arizona resident for tuition purposes.
Initial first-year merit tuition scholarship offers are based on self-reported grades provided by the student at the time of admission. The scholarship award offers become final and cannot be appealed after the admissions grade verification is complete.
Incoming first-year students who are home schooled will be comprehensively reviewed for Arizona merit aid (Wildcat and Arizona awards) based on their complete application, including portfolio/course work submitted by the admission deadline.
For questions about merit tuition awards for incoming first-year students, please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions .
