Scholarships and financial aid

The University of Akron offers thousands of scholarships. Scholarships are offered through:

• the Office of Student Financial Aid, 
• the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences (see below), 
• the schools and departments that compose the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences (see below), and
• the Graduate School.

College scholarships are available to current students in the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Akron. Application Instructions. To apply for the Franks, McGrath, and Moore scholarships you must be accepted into your major program.  These scholarships are administered by the Dean's Office of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences:

• the Charles E. Bulger, Ph.D., and Esgar Bowen Foltz, M.D., Endowed Scholarship
• the Judith A. and Roger T. Read Scholarship Fund in the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
• the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Scholarship
• the Pauline Franks Endowed Scholarship for Exceptional Students in the Fine Arts
• the Dr. Linda L. Moore Endowed Scholarship Fund in Fine and Applied Arts
• the Marna Darst McGrath Endowed Scholarship in Social Sciences

FR-freshmen, SO-sophomore, JR-junior, SR-senior

* Must be at this level during the coming academic year for which the scholarship is awarded; students at the freshmen level would be continuing freshmen, not incoming freshmen

List of college scholarships

Arts & Sciences scholarship application process

Scholarships administered by the schools and departments of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences are found in the table below so please contact them directly with questions: