Undergraduate Scholarships
The application process for 2098-20 scholarships is now closed. Check back in October when we will open the 2020-21 application process.
If you are a graduate student, please see our Graduate Scholarships.
General Eligibility
Eligibility includes undergraduate students who will be enrolled for 12 hours or more in the fall semester.
Students may apply for all scholarships for which they are eligible, but only one scholarship is awarded per person. Be aware that some scholarships include an essay with additional length requirements.
Applying for scholarships does not guarantee receipt of one. Scholarship dollar amounts are awarded for the 2020-21 academic year. For example, a $1,000 scholarship will be given in two increments: $500 for fall 2019 and $500 for spring 2020.
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Additional Resources
- UNT Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
- Journalism External Scholarship Opportunities
- Non-UNT Resources
- Other External Scholarship Opportunities
The Roy Busby Endowed Scholarship was established by the Mayborn School of Journalism to honor Dr. Roy Busby, Regents Professor of Journalism.
This scholarship is open to journalism majors intending to enter print journalism in news editorial, advertising or photojournalism.
The Paula McKay Endowed Scholarship in Journalism is a scholarship established by Ted and Olga McKay, the parents of Paula McKay.
Applicants must be enrolled as full-time juniors or seniors (with a declared major) in the Mayborn School of Journalism and demonstrate financial need, which will be determined by their FAFSA.
The scholarship is open to all news editorial and broadcast news students who have a minor or concentration, minor or second major in political science.
Nick and Anna Ricco, long-time UNT donors, created an ethics scholarship competition in 2011. It is open to all students in the 13 colleges and schools at the University of North Texas.
Eligible students must be enrolled as full-time undergraduate students with major status in the Advertising or PR and must be working in SWOOP. Applicants must have completed at least 60 hours of coursework toward a degree at the time of application and have a GPA of 2.8 or higher.
The Larry Provart Memorial Scholarship was established by friends of Larry Provart. Larry was a Dallas Morning News photographer and a photojournalism student at UNT.
The Kenneth May Memorial Scholarship was established by friends and family of Kenneth may.
Applicants must be full-time seniors or graduate students with a 3.0 GPA or higher and must be active in campus activities, pursuing course work leading to a career in public relations.
The Keith Shelton Scholarship was established to honor Keith Shelton, a former lecturer in the Mayborn School of Journalism.
Applicants must be enrolled as full-time students in the News Concentration in the Mayborn School of Journalism.
Applicants must be enrolled as full-time students in the Mayborn School of Journalism.
This scholarship was established to in memory of Jim and Sue Rogers.
Applicants must be incoming freshmen or community college transfer students from either a 42-county geographic region of East Texas or from Tarrant County. Applicants must enroll full-time and must be in financial need.
Applicants must be enrolled as full-time undergraduate students with a 3.0 GPA or higher in the Mayborn School of Journalism at UNT.
Preference for this award is given to out-of-state students. Applicants must be enrolled full-time at UNT as a Journalism major and must maintain a 3.2 GPA.
This scholarship was created in honor of George Foster and to provide scholarships for Journalism students at UNT.
Awards are given to first generation college students in their sophomore year or higher who meet certain requirements. Scholarship was established by Dorothy Bland.
This scholarship fund was established to support students studying advertising at UNT.
The Hallberg Foundation Scholarship is open to Journalism/TV/Film students transferring from Jarvis Christian College with a 2.5 GPA or higher. Applicants must be enrolled as full-time undergraduate students in the School of Journalism.
Applicants must be full-time strategic communications or public relations majors with at least 60 semester hours and a minimum 3.2 GPA.
Applicants must be full-time students in financial need with a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the Mayborm School of Journalism with preference given to advertising majors and out-of-state students.
Up to three full scholarships of $5,000 each, or smaller partial scholarships may be awarded annually.
To apply, you must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student with major status in Print/Digital, Broadcast/Digital or Photo Journalism in the Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas, have completed at least 60 hours of coursework toward a degree at the time of application; have a minimum UNT GPA of 3.0; be a US citizen.
Applicants must be full-time undergraduate students within Journalism.
The Charldean Newell Journalism Scholarship was established by Dr. Charldean Newell. Dr. Newell received a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1960, serving as editor of the UNT student newspaper and as associate editor of the annual. She returned to UNT to teach political science and public administration, and credited much of her career as a scholar and as a university administrator to the fact-finding skills she learned as a journalism.
The C.E. Shuford Scholarship was created to honor C.E. “Pops” Shuford, founder of the journalism program at UNT. Awarded to an outstanding sophomore student.
Eligible students must be enrolled as full-time undergraduate students with major status in the Advertising or PR and must be working in SWOOP. Applicants must have completed at least 60 hours of coursework toward a degree at the time of application and have a GPA of 2.8 or higher.
Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time junior or senior student in the Mayborn School of Journalism in the news editorial, broadcast news and public relations majors.