Academic Excellence Award
Requirements
GPA 3.8+ • ACT 28+
* **Academic year amount**
* $5,000
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* Kansas resident
* ACT composite score of 28 or above
* OR
* High school core GPA of 3.75 or above
* Working toward first bachelor’s degree
📋 Full-time enrollment (12+ UMKC credits per semester) and earn 24 UMKC credits per year.
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Blue and Gold Distinguished Award
Award
$7,500/yr in-state
$7,500/yr out-of-state
In-State Requirements
GPA 3.6+ • ACT 30+
* **Academic year amount**
* $7,500
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* ACT composite score of 30 or above
* **AND**
* High school core GPA of 3.65 or above
* Working toward first bachelor’s degree
* Newly Admitted First Time College Students beginning in Fall 2026 or after
📋 Renewal: 2.8 GPA, 24 credits
🔗 You receive only the highest automatic award for which you qualify.
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Award
$3,500/yr in-state
$3,500/yr out-of-state
In-State Requirements
GPA 3.5+ • ACT 25+
* **Academic year amount**
* $3,500
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* Resident of Missouri or Kansas
* ACT composite score of 25 or above
* OR
* High school core GPA of 3.5 or above
* Working toward first bachelor’s degree
📋 Full-time enrollment (12+ UMKC credits per semester) and earn 24 UMKC credits per year.
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Chancellor's Transfer Award
Award
$3,500/yr in-state
$3,500/yr out-of-state
In-State Requirements
GPA 3.5+
* **Academic year amount**
* $3,500 plus nonresident tuition differential
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* 24 transferable credit hours
* 3.5 cumulative GPA in all college work attempted
* Working toward first bachelor’s degree
📋 Full-time enrollment (12+ UMKC credits per semester) and earn 24 UMKC credits per year.
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Conservatory Endowed Scholarships
"Endowed scholarships are scholarship funds donated to the UMKC Conservatory ... Students are considered for awards based on designated award criteria."
Eligibility: "In most cases these awards do not represent additional aid, but can constitute part or all of the funding source of a student's overall scholarship offer from the UMKC Conservatory."
How to apply: ["Considered based on designated award criteria", "May be asked to write a digital thank-you note to donor", "May be required to participate in donor events"]
📋 Students are not required to apply separately; considered during audition/portfolio/interview.
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Conservatory Waiver Scholarships
"Waiver scholarships are awards applied directly to a student's tuition."
Eligibility: "Students are considered for merit awards during the audition performance, interview and portfolio evaluation sections of the application process."
How to apply: ["No separate application for merit awards", "Audition performance/portfolio evaluation", "Interview when required"]
📋 Awards renewable; recipients receive contracts by email in late March.
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Requirements
GPA 3.8+ • ACT 28+
* **Academic year amount**
* $5,000
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* Resident of Missouri
* ACT composite score of 28 or above
* OR
* High school core GPA of 3.75 or above
* Working toward first bachelor’s degree
📋 Full-time enrollment (12+ UMKC credits per semester) and earn 24 UMKC credits per year.
🔗 Automatic scholarships cannot be combined with other automatic scholarships; student receives highest automati
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Dean's International Scholar Award (DISA)
Award
$4,000-$4,250/semester out-of-state
* **Semester amount**
* Non-resident differential up to qualifying amount
* Undergraduate Students = $4,250 (maximum amount based on full-time enrollment)
* Graduate Students = $4,000 (maximum amount based on full-time enrollment)
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* Newly enrolled international nonresident undergraduate or graduate level masters students
📋 Full-time enrollment to receive maximum; amount is prorated if less than full-time.
🔗 Cannot be combined with other non-resident scholarships.
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District High School Award
* **Academic year amount**
* $1,500
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* High School graduate from Kansas City Public School District or North Kansas City Schools
* Award may be combined with with the highest automatic award a student is eligible to receive
* Working toward first bachelor’s degree
📋 Renewal: 2.5 GPA, 24 credits
🔗 District High School Scholarship may be combined with the highest automatic award a student is eligible to rec
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Metro Kansas City High School Award
* **Academic year amount**
* $1,000
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* Graduate of specified Kansas City-area high schools
* Working toward first bachelor’s degree
📋 Full-time enrollment (12+ UMKC credits per semester) and earn 24 UMKC credits per year.
🔗 Cannot be combined with any other automatic scholarship.
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Award
$2,000/yr in-state
$2,000/yr out-of-state
In-State Requirements
GPA 3.0+ • ACT 22+
* **Academic year amount**
* $2,000
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* Resident of Missouri or Kansas
* ACT composite score of 22 or above
* OR
* High school core GPA of 3.0 or above
* Working toward first bachelor’s degree
📋 Full-time enrollment (12+ UMKC credits per semester) and earn 24 UMKC credits per year.
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Award
$2,500/yr in-state
$2,500/yr out-of-state
In-State Requirements
GPA 3.0+
* **Academic year amount**
* $2,500 plus nonresident tuition differential
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* 24 transferable credit hours
* 3.0 cumulative GPA in all college work attempted
* Working toward first bachelor’s degree
📋 Full-time enrollment (12+ UMKC credits per semester) and earn 24 UMKC credits per year.
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Roo Advantage Scholarship
* **Academic year amount**
* The amount depends on the amount of other gift aid and enrollment. The award ensures tuition and fees are met for full-time, Pell-eligible Missouri and Kansas residents who file the FAFSA by April 1 for Fall admits and December 1 for Spring admits.
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* Full-time, first-time freshmen (Beginning with Fall 2022)
* Undergraduate students working on first bachelor’s degree
* Full-time enrollment (12+ UMKC credits per semester)
* Pell Grant-eligible
* Missouri or Kansas resident
How to apply: ["File the FAFSA by April 1 for Fall admits or December 1 for Spring admits"]
📋 FAFSA filing and Pell eligibility required for renewal.
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Out-of-State Requirements
GPA 3.0+
* **Academic year amount**
* Nonresident tuition differential
Eligibility: * **Eligibility**
* Newly enrolled nonresident undergraduate students that **apply by April 1st**
* High school core GPA of 3.0 or above
* OR
* Transfer GPA of 3.0 or above
How to apply: ["apply by April 1st"]
📋 Full-time enrollment (12+ UMKC credits per semester) and earn 24 UMKC credits per year.
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Second Century Scholarships (UMKC School of Law)
Eligibility: "The primary criteria for these scholarships are LSAT score, undergraduate GPA, and the admissions interview. Other academic and personal characteristics are also considered including, but not limited to: course of study, post-graduate programs of study, writing, experience, leadership, and community engagement."
How to apply: ["Considered based on application for admission and admissions interview"]