Financial Support

Grants, Loans & Work Study

Students seeking admission to our undergraduate program may qualify for financial aid based on the demonstration of financial need. Others may qualify for financial assistance based on past experiences such as military service. Support may take the form of grants that need not be repaid, low-interest loans, work-study wages, and other forms of financial assistance.

Click Here for more information on need-based financial aid at the University of North Texas, application forms, and links to other relevant websites.

General Academic Scholarships

Each year more than 100 general academic scholarships are available, principally to undergraduate students, through the Financial Aid and Scholarship Office. While these scholarships are not need-based, other requirements may apply (such as majoring in a particular field or residing in a particular state). However, one of these scholarships just may fit you!

Click Here to review the criteria for receiving a general academic scholarship, see the list of general academic scholarships, and download a general academic scholarship application.

Competitive Academic Scholarships
(Center for Studies in Aging)

Each year, our department is fortunate to be able to offer as many as two dozen competitive academic scholarships to entering graduate students. The funds for these scholarships are drawn from endowed scholarship accounts established by alumni and other friends of the Center for Studies in Aging --- or provided directly to our department on an annual basis by provider organizations wishing to support our programs. Awards are made by a faculty scholarship committee on the basis of past academic and professional achievements including such as undergraduate grade point average, Graduate Record Examination scores, and student leadership as documented by letters of recommendation. Out-of-state students receiving an annual award of $1,000 or more qualify for in-state tuition.

Click Here to see a list of competitive academic scholarships awarded by our department.

External Scholarships

Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to explore scholarships offered by numerous philanthropists, civic groups, and foundations outside the university. The special eligibility requirements for these awards typically reflect a special interest of the benefactor. Because the recipients or these awards are selected directly by the benefactor or a designee rather than a university scholarship committee, the awards do not carry in-state tuition for out-of-state students. The UNT Financial Aid and Scholarship Office maintains a file of information on external scholarships, as do may highschools and local libraries. Click Here to visit the university's Financial Aid and Scholarship Office.

Click Here to see a list of just some of the External Scholarships available.

Academic Common Market

Texas is a member of the Southern Regional Educational Board's 15-state Academic Common Market (ACM), which facilitates access across state lines to uncommon programs of graduate study. Students from ACM states that do not have equivalent programs (for instance, a masters level program in long-term care administration) may seek access to such programs in other member states at in-state tuition rates. The Center's academic programs are expected to be approved as Academic Common Market Programs in the Fall of 1999, and will be included in ACM literature thereafter. Until such time, access to our programs through the ACM can be explored in a case-by-case basis. In either instance, the first step is to contact the ACM Representative in your state of residence.

Click Here to learn if your state belongs to the SREB's Academic Common Market and, if so, for the name and address of you ACM Representative.

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	Clarence Ball Scholarship Clarence Ball, an alumnus of the Center for Studies in Aging, is a successful administrator and entrepreneur in the field of long-term care, owning & operating more than a dozen skilled nursing facilities in Alabama & Florida. Established in 1989, the Ball Scholarship is reserved for graduate students in Long-term Care Administration who are committed to working with under-served aged, including inner city, low income, and rural elders. One to two awards of $1,000-2,000 are made annually.

	Life Care Centers of America Scholarships The Life Care Scholarship was established in 1995 with annual gifts from the Life Care Foundation for Education & Research. The Foundation is affiliated with Life Care Centers of America, a privately owned company with long-term care facilities & retirement communities throughout the U.S. The Foundation's annual gift currently support one or two graduate students in our long-term care track at levels of $1,000-2,000 per year.

	Merrill Gardens Scholarships The R.D. Merrill Company, a private family holding company, founded the Merrill Gardens retirement communities in 1993. Today, Merrill Gardens operates 11 independent and assisted living communities in Washington, California, and Texas. Through Merrill Gardens’ generosity, 3-5 scholarships of $2,000-$3,500 are awarded annually to new full-time graduate students majoring in the Administration of Long-term Care and Retirement Facilities.

	Rapoport/Friedsam Scholarships In 1998, Bernard & Audre Rapoport concluded a $100,000 donation for an endowed scholarship honoring Professor Hiram J. Friedsam, first Chair of the Center for Studies in Aging & founding Dean of the School of Community Service at UNT. Each year the Rapoports' generosity will enable the Center to award 2-5 scholarships of $1,000-$2,500 to entering full-time graduate students majoring in the Administration of Community-based Services for the Aged.

	Shore/TAHSA Scholarship For 25 years, Dr. Herbert Shore, a pioneer in the field, made a weekly journey from the Jewish Home for the Aged in Dallas to UNT to teach our students the fundamentals of long-term care administration. In 1991, to honor Dr. Shore's contributions to the field and its own organization, the Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aged established an annual $500 Scholarship for a Texas graduate student majoring in the Administration of Long-term Care and Retirement Facilities at UNT.

	Sophia Fairchild Academic Scholarship The Sophia Fairchild Scholarship was established in 1990 by Dr. Thomas J. Fairchild, past Director of the Center for Studies in Aging, his father, Edward L. Fairchild, and his brother, Edward J. Fairchild, in memory of Dr. Fairchild's mother. The annual award of up to $750 is available to students in any track who belong to an established religious order or who are making a career change after being in another field for at least 10 years.