Arkansas Department of Higher Education
Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship
Amount: Varies
Awards per Year: Varies;
The Award Is: Based on financial need, academic performance and renewable;
Deadline: June 1, the year the applicant graduates from High School (HS).
Who Is Eligible? Award Is Open To: HS Seniors
Majors/Fields of Study: All Majors
Residency: Arkansas
Student Attends School In: Arkansas
Application Requirements: Application Form, Financial Need Analysis. Please visit the website below to determine the academic performance criteria required for the scholarship.
Contact: To obtain an application contact your HS counselor’s office. For more information please e-mail: finaid@adhe.arknet.edu
Website: http://acs.adhe.edu/
Emergency Secondary Education Loan Program
Amount: $2,500;
Awards per Year: 55;
The Award Is: Renewable;
Deadline: April 1.
Who Is Eligible?
Award Is Open To: HS Seniors, All Undergrads, College Graduate Students
Majors/Fields of Study: Secondary Math, Science, Foreign Language, Special Education
Residency: Arkansas
Student Attends School In: Arkansas
Other Comments: Applicants must be full-time students pursuing a career teaching one of the mentioned fields. Upon graduation, recipients will be required to teach secondary education in an area or Arkansas where there is a shortage of teachers for a period of five years, and will receive twenty percent forgiveness on their loan for each year they teach.
Application Requirements: Application Form, Transcript
Contact: Financial Aid Office 114 E Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201-3818
Phone: (800) 54-STUDY or (501) 371-2050
Fax: (501) 371-2001
Governor’s Scholars
Amount: $4,000;
Awards per Year: 100;
The Award Is: Renewable;
Deadline: Feb. 1, the year the applicant graduates from HS
Who Is Eligible?
Award Is Open To: HS Seniors
Majors/Fields of Study: All Majors
GPA: 3.6
Residency: Arkansas
Student Attends School In: Arkansas
Other Comments: Students must have a GPA of at least 3.6, or an ACT score of 27, or an SAT composite score of 1,100.
Application Requirements: Excellent academic performance, please visit the website below for selection criteria.
Contact: To obtain an application contact your HS counselor’s office. For more information please e-mail: finaid@adhe.arknet.edu
Website: http://gs.adhe.edu/
Law Enforcement Officers Dependents Scholarship
Amount: Cost of tuition, fees, room and board;
Awards per Year: Varies;
The Award Is: Renewable.
Who Is Eligible?
Award Is Open To: All High School Students, All Undergrads
Majors/Fields of Study: All Majors
Residency: Arkansas
Student Attends School In: Arkansas
Parent Employment: Law Enforcement
Other Comments: Scholarships are available to dependents or spouses of Arkansas residents who were killed or totally disabled as a result of their law-enforcement duties. Children or spouses of individuals who previously worked in the following areas qualify:
- Law enforcement officers
- Full-time or volunteer firefighters
- Municipal police officers
- Sheriffs or deputy sheriffs
- Constables
- Game Wardens
- Certain Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department employees
- State forestry employees engaged in fighting forest fires
- State correction employees killed or due to contact with inmates or parolees
- State park employees who are commission law enforcement officers or emergency response employees
- Public school teachers
Application Requirements: Application Form
Contact: Call (501) 371-2050 to request an application
Website: http://www.adhe.edu/divisions/financialaid/Pages/fa_leod.aspx
MIA/KIA Dependents Scholarship
Amount: Tuition, general registration fees, special course fees, activity fees, room and board (when provided in campus facilities), and other charges associated with earning a degree or certificate.
Awards per Year: Varies;
The Award Is: Renewable.
Who Is Eligible?
Award Is Open To: All High School Students, All Undergrads and Grad students if undergrad was earned outside of AR.
Majors/Fields of Study: All Majors
GPA: 2.5
Residency: Arkansas
Student Attends School In: Arkansas
Other Comments: Scholarships are available to dependents or spouses of Arkansas residents who are MIA, KIA or POW. Funds cover tuition and expenses at any accredited Arkansas state college or university.
Application Requirements: Please visit the website below for strict qualifying criteria for dependents of MIA/KIA military that served after 1960
Contact: Call (501) 371-2050 to request an application or visit the website below to download an application in pdf format.
Website:http://www.adhe.edu/divisions/financialaid/Pages/fa_mds.aspx
Second Effort Scholarship
Amount: $1,000 or the cost of tuition (which ever is less)
Awards per Year: 10;
The Award Is: Renewable for three years
Who Is Eligible?
Majors/Fields of Study: All Majors
Residency: Arkansas
Other Comments: Funds are available each year to residents of Arkansas who scored in the top 10 on the GED exam in the year they are applying. Students must meet progress requirements to stay eligible.
Contact: Students do not apply for this scholarship. Instead those students with the top ten best scores on the Arkansas High School Diploma test during the previous calendar year are contacted directly by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
Website:http://www.adhe.edu/divisions/financialaid/Pages/fa_ses.aspx
Military Dependents Scholarship
Amount: Varies;
Awards per Year: Varies;
The Award Is: Based on financial need and renewable;
Deadline: AUGUST 1 for the Fall Term DECEMBER 1 for the Spring/Winter Terms or MAY 1 for Summer I Term and JULY 1 for Summer II Term
Who Is Eligible?
Award Is Open To: HS Seniors, All Undergrads
Majors/Fields of Study: All Majors
Residency: Arkansas
Student Attends School In: Arkansas
Other Comments: This award gives financial aid to undergrads pursuing a bachelor’s degree or certificate of completion at any public college, university or technical school in Arkansas who qualify as a spouse or dependent child of an Arkansas resident who has been declared to be missing in action, killed in action, a prisoner of war, or killed on ordnance delivery, or a veteran who has been declared to be 100% totally and permanently disabled during, or as a result of, active military service. If awarded, the student must be enrolled full-time as defined by the institution, complete 24 semester credit hours per academic year, and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale towards a degree or certificate of completion. Complete and return the application as soon as possible. For more information visit the website listed below.
Application Requirements: Financial Need Analysis
Contact: Call (501) 371-2058 or (800) 54-STUDY
Website: http://www.adhe.edu/divisions/financialaid/Pages/fa_mds.aspx
