Why a Scholarship?

• Scholarships make a difference
• The cost of tuition and fees at UTEP is approximately $4,888 per year
• Each year the University distributes a large number of scholarship awards made possible by gifts from individuals and businesses
• The dollar amounts of these scholarship awards vary from $1,500 to $6,000 per year
• To apply for a scholarship at UTEP, high school students must have a minimum grade point average of 93 GPA on a 100-point scale; college transfers or current UTEP students must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale
• All scholarships require full-time enrollment; some also require proof of financial need

How You Can Make a Difference?

• Become a scholarship donor
• Your gift in any amount, designated to the UTEP Scholarship Fund, will be pooled with other gifts and used to provide as many scholarships as possible each year
• Establish a named annual scholarship
  • If you give $1,500 or more now, and pledge to give the same amount for 3 additional years, we will establish a scholarship in your name (or in honor of someone whom you would select)
  • By funding scholarships for 4 years, you will enable a talented student to concentrate on his/her course work, free from the worry about next year’s tuition
  • Annual Scholarship Funding Levels:
  • $6,000 ($1,500 per yer for 4 years)
  • $12,000
  • $16,000
  • $25,000 
• Become an endowed scholarship donor
  • With a gift of $25,000 or more, you can create a permanently endowed scholarship at UTEP
  • An endowed scholarship can be designated to a particular college or department and can be named in honor of the donor (The Jane and John Donor Endowed Scholarship) or for anyone the donor might wish to honor
  • Each endowed scholarship or fellowship is recognized with a solid brass plaque on the Wall of Honor in the respective college or the University Library
  • NOTE: Donors may take up to five (5) years to fully fund an endowed fund