Scholarships & Funding

Scholarship Opportunities

The College of Liberal Arts is proud to offer numerous scholarships to better support our undergraduate and graduate students. Each of these scholarships is funded by an alumnus, friend of the university or foundation that recognizes and supports the goals of CoLA and The University of Texas at Arlington.

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Discover more scholarships UTA offers.

Billy and Tilly Wasson Scholarship for Study Abroad Programs

This scholarship provides scholarship awards to assist undergraduate students in good academic standing at the time of application with the expense of participating in a study abroad program.

Eligibility: Recipients must be full time students pursuing a degree from the College of Liberal Arts and may not be seeking a degree from the Honors College nor have studied abroad via a UT Arlington program. Preference will be given to first generation students who demonstrate financial need. 

Deadline: March 17, 2025

College of Liberal Arts Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship was established to award scholarships to deserving and academically promising Liberal Arts majors.

Eligibility: By the time the award semester begins applicants must have 60 or more hours with 30 hours at UTA, a GPA of 3.85 or above, and demonstrated financial need (according to FAFSA qualifications). In other words, students can apply in the spring when they have 50 hours and only 24 at UTA if by the time they will receive the money they will have at least 60 overall and 30 at UTA.

Deadline: March 17, 2025

Karl M. Petruso Scholarship

Funds distributed from the endowment shall be used to support independent fieldwork off campus and away from Arlington, Texas, by any undergraduate student in good academic standing majoring in a discipline in the College of Liberal Arts. “Fieldwork,” may include but not be limited to, such venues as libraries, archives, institutes, laboratories, performing arts master classes, writers’ workshops, study of languages not taught at UTA, located in the U.S. or abroad. It is hoped that the experience of encountering the world beyond Arlington will enhance one’s undergraduate education and perhaps one’s graduate school aspirations as well.

Deadline: March 17, 2025

Lucretia Council Cochran Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarship

Eligibility: All Arlington ISD Seniors who will attend UTA; funds may only be used at UTA. Students will be judged on their graduating GPA, their national test scores, and their record of service to their school and community. Students must also write an essay about their definition of “Patriotism” and their life goals.

Deadline: July 7, 2025

Mary E. Scott Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship provides financial aid to students majoring in a program within the College of Liberal Arts at UTA.

Deadline: July 7, 2025

Newy Scruggs Scholarship for Student Enrichment Opportunities

Eligibility: Liberal Arts major, can be used for transformative opportunities outside the classroom (i.e., Travel, workshops, festivals, conferences, etc). May not be used to attend political conventions, political think tanks, or political action committees

Deadline: March 17, 2025

Shirlee J. and Taylor Gandy Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship is designed to provide support to rising UT Arlington sophomores on the basis of merit and financial need.

Preference will be given to first-generation students who have achieved a minimum UTA GPA of 3.0 during the freshman year. Applicants must demonstrate financial need and must not have been awarded any merit scholarship assistance as freshmen.

Deadline: March 17, 2025

UTA Native American Student Association Scholarship

Funds distributed from the endowment shall be used for the benefit of the Native American Student Association. Recipients of the scholarship are to be chosen by a scholarship committee set up by the College of Liberal Arts. Recipients must be full‐time or part-time undergraduate or graduate students who are in good academic standing. Preference will be given to students who have demonstrated a measurable commitment to a Native American community through volunteerism, philanthropy or other involvement.

Deadline: March 17, 2025

Graduate Funding Opportunities

The College of Liberal Arts offers a variety of research, travel, fellowship and dissertation funding for graduate students. These awards are designed to encourage research or creative activity that leads to the completion of a graduate degree. A limited number of Graduate Teaching & Research Assistantships are awarded by most departments. You are encouraged to visit with faculty on availability and requirements of departmental assistantships during the application process.

Dean's Award for Research & Travel

This award aims to support graduate student research. It provides funding for travel or other eligible research-related costs related to their creative activity, dissertation, or thesis completion.

Eligibility: Applicants must be in good academic standing; students on academic probation are not eligible. Students must be enrolled full-time in a College of Liberal Arts thesis, dissertation, portfolio, or performance graduate program. Students who travel in summer must be enrolled full-time in the preceding spring semester. Doctoral students who have only dissertation hours remaining may enroll in a minimum of 3 hours. 

Graduate Assistantships

Ph.D. students in the college (English, History, and Linguistics) are considered for Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantships. These assistantships provide tuition assistance up to 100% and competitive stipends for up to 6 years. Please talk with the program's Ph.D. advisor for further information.

Contact the program's Ph.D. advisor for further information.