KU Access Scholarship

Who can apply

• Incoming domestic first-year student who is not a Kansas resident for tuition purposes.
• High school GPA from 3.25 through 3.49 on KU’s 4.0 scale for this named award.
• Submit the completed admission application and an official or unofficial transcript by December 1.
• Enroll in at least 12 credit hours in each fall and spring semester immediately following high school graduation.
• Students in an exclusively online bachelor’s program are not eligible, and these scholarships cannot be combined with Missouri tuition reciprocity for architecture students.
• Renewal requires full-time enrollment and a 3.0 cumulative KU GPA.

About the scholarship

The KU Access Scholarship provides $8,000 per year for up to four years at the University of Kansas, for a total of up to $32,000. The named award is part of KU’s out-of-state freshman merit scholarship grid. KU uses the weighted or unweighted high school GPA on a 4.0 scale, whichever benefits the student, after the sixth high school semester. A completed admission application and transcript are due December 1. The scholarship is renewable for the first bachelor’s degree or eight continuous semesters, whichever comes first.