$10,000
Trustee Excellence Award
Application
- SAT
- 1390
- ACT
- 31
University of West Alabama · Alabama
UWA Merit Aid
UWA offers merit awards for students showing leadership, academic strength, or specialized talents across many fields.
Verified Jun 20264 days ago· HX-AUTO
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Last verifiedJun 2026Analyst HX-AUTO
Rules that bite at UWA
The trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook. Each is derived from UWA's own published policy, not generic advice.
- displacementNo published displacement order
UWA's policy doesn't specify whether outside scholarships hit loans, grants, or only the COA ceiling. Get a written aid-office answer before chasing private awards.
Who this school is for
First-year students, transfer students, international applicants, and those with skills in areas like teaching, the arts, or regional leadership should explore these awards.
Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $33,399 for 2026-2027. Source
Institutional merit aid tiers
Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.
$4,000
Directors Award
Application
- GPA
- 3.75
- SAT
- 1200
- ACT
- 25
$4,650
International Talent Scholarship
Application
- GPA
- 3
$2,000
Tiger Achievement Award
Application
- GPA
- 3
- SAT
- 1060
- ACT
- 21
$5,000
Deans Award
Application
- SAT
- 1260
- ACT
- 27
$7,000
Presidents Award
Application
- SAT
- 1330
- ACT
- 29
$3,000
Counselors Award
Application
- GPA
- 3.25
- SAT
- 1130
- ACT
- 23
$1,000
Exceptional International Student Scholarship
Application
$12,000
Trustee Superior Award
Application
- SAT
- 1450
- ACT
- 33
$3,500
Transfer Excellence Award
Application
- GPA
- 3.25
Up to $2,500
Trustee Leadership Awards
Application
- GPA
- 2.5
- SAT
- 990
- ACT
- 19
$3,000
Transfer Academic Award
Application
- GPA
- 3
Amount not published
Black Belt Leadership Program
Application
$2,500
Out Of State Graduate Student Housing Award
ApplicationRenewable
View requirements
Renewal terms
Maintain 3 GPA
Outside scholarship stacking policy
If a student qualifies for more than one listed transfer scholarship, the student will be awarded the one with the larger amount.
If a student qualifies for more than one listed transfer scholarship, the student will be awarded the one with the larger amount.
Lesser-known scholarships at UWA
Named awards that don’t always surface on the main financial aid page. Each one has its own eligibility rules.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityUWA BOSS II scholarship supports students financially and academically to complete their college degree within four years, leading to careers in biological or environmental sciences or graduate or professional schools.
Amount$500–$1,000EligibilityKelly Land Writing Competition provides a $1,000.00 one-time scholarship to the winner and a $500.00 one-time scholarship to the second-place winner.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityJessica Hill Memorial Marine Biology Scholarship supports deserving full-time undergraduate students pursuing a degree in Marine Biology in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityDarryl Hutcheson Memorial scholarship amount varies and is available to students majoring in technology in engineering technology.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityBlack Belt Teacher Corps Teach for Alabama scholarship program is for addressing teacher shortages in Alabama’s Black Belt region, rural Alabama areas and Alabama high-needs public school districts.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityColquitt Language and Literature Memorial scholarship amount varies.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityAlabama Power scholarship is available to full-time UWA junior and senior students majoring in Environmental Science who are legal residents of Alabama.
Amount$2,000EligibilityJulia S. Tutwiler Scholarship Fund awards two $2,000.00 scholarships each year to selected on-campus undergraduate students majoring in education; the scholarship is renewable, but funding is not guaranteed past the year of award.
Amount$500–$1,000EligibilityJames Pate History Essay Competition Scholarship provides a $1,000.00 one-time scholarship to the winner and a $500.00 one-time scholarship to the second-place winner.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityUWA Choir scholarship amount varies and an audition is required.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityUWA Bands scholarship amount varies and an audition is required.
AmountUp to $15,000EligibilityProject INSPIRE 2.0 offers scholarships for UWA math and science majors pursuing K-12 teacher certification, providing up to $15,000 annually.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityUWA Cheerleading offers yearly scholarships.
AmountUp to $6,000EligibilityGlobal Scholars Community Scholarship is available to high school seniors up to $6,000.00 and UWA freshmen up to $3,000.00 for travel for students interested in study abroad.
UWA merit aid FAQ
What is the deadline for Academic Leadership Trustee Scholarships?
Students must be accepted to the University of West Alabama and complete the scholarship application by April 15 to be considered for academic or leadership scholarship assistance.
How UWA compares across our verified dataset
- 199 of 751 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.
UWA is in a recognizable cluster (199 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
- 199 of 751 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.
UWA is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.
- 669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
UWA is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
Sources used on this page
Every claim is checked against UWA’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
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