Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship @uaptc.edu/ark
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The Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship reduces tuition rates for students who graduate with associate’s degrees from any of the two-year colleges in the University of Arkansas System and then transfer to the University of Arkansas - Fayetteville campus. The scholarship will enable any student who earns an associate’s degree at UA – Pulaski Tech to transfer to the University of Arkansas to work toward a bachelor’s degree, while continuing to pay the same basic credit hour tuition they paid at UA-PTC.
The Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship applies to base tuition at the U of A, and recipients will still be required to pay all applicable fees as well as any differential tuition above the base rate charged by programs.
Students remain eligible to renew an Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship until earning a bachelor’s degree or completing 10 regular semesters, whichever comes first.
To renew an Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship a student must remain in good academic standing and stay enrolled at the U of A.
Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship Requirements
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UAF) has a special interest in increasing the number of people in Arkansas with degrees. To that end, the university provides financial support for students utilizing the criteria outlined below with the intention of smoothing the financial transition from a University of Arkansas System two-year institution to the University of Arkansas Fayetteville. This student financial support is made possible with university resources and will be administered under the following guidelines:
Eligibility Criteria
Candidate Criteria
Enrollees must meet normal admissions requirements
Obtained an Associate Degree, as defined by A.C.A. § 6-61-231 (a)(1)(A-C), from the following University of Arkansas System two-year public institutions of higher education locations: Batesville, Cossatot, Morrilton, Rich Mountain, Pulaski Tech, Hope-Texarkana, and Phillips (Documentation of official degree conferment must be provided to the Registrar’s Office)
New Transfer students only (effective Fall 2019); Requires degree conferment from a University of Arkansas System two-year public institution of higher education with an Associate Degree as defined above, the regular term (excluding summer) immediately preceding transfer to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Meet the new transfer admission criteria for transfers with more than 24 transferable college hours
Applicants with a 2.0 cumulative GPA on all college coursework will be automatically admitted to the university; students who do not meet this requirement may apply and be reviewed by the Admissions and Appellate Board
Meet Arkansas Residency Requirements
Enroll at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville as a degree seeking, undergraduate student
Course/Program Criteria
Only undergraduate programs at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Complete application process for individual program acceptance per university policy; applicant must meet all program eligibility requirements to be admitted to a specific program
Only undergraduate courses
Face-to-face programs
including online, web based or distance education courses
excluding online degree programs
For credit classes only
Audited classes on a space available basis only
Specified off-campus classes only if there is sufficient enrollment by full-fee paying students to meet the minimum enrollment (as established by the offering unit) to recover the costs of offering the class
Student Financial Support
The scholarships will apply at a total equivalent to reducing the UAF base, undergraduate tuition rate per credit hour to the in-district, UA System two-year institution rate per credit hour approved by the Board of Trustees as applicable to each eligible Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholar
All differential and different tuition rates will be charged at the published rate per enrollment, including but not limited to Walton College of Business differential, College of Engineering differential, Nursing rate, and Architecture rate
The Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship does not apply to consortiums rates, developmental instruction rates or self-paced online correspondence rates
All applicable fees will be charged at the published rate per student enrollment
Eligibility ends upon completion of the first Bachelor degree or after completion of 10 regular terms (whichever comes first)
Request deferment of the scholarship utilizing existing University of Arkansas at Fayetteville criteria
Cannot be combined with the Tuition Waiver Employment Benefit
Enrollment/Registration
Follows the normal schedule for transfer student orientation and standard registration schedules
Renewal
Student must be continuously enrolled
Student must be in good academic standing; will temporarily lose the scholarship and be financially responsible for the full base tuition cost following a semester of poor performance resulting in academic probation
NOTE: As a member institution of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), UAF abides by its Code of Ethics and Professional Practices.
Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship @uaptc.edu/ark
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