Academic Achievement

Academic Achievement Scholarship

Amount: $15,000 - $30,000
Eligibility: High School Seniors

Priority Deadline: January 15
Regular Deadline: March 1


Awards ranging from $15,000 up to $30,000 per year may be offered to selected applicants based on high school GPA and SAT/ACT scores. The student's application for admission serves as the student's application for an Academic Achievement Scholarship.  No additional application is necessary.  For an Academic Achievement Scholarship estimate, visit our Scholarship Calculator.

Scholarship names and amounts for 2019-20 (fall 2020 entry to UD):

Trustee Scholarship-$30,000/year 

President's Scholarship-$27,000/year

Provost's Scholarship-$24,000/year

Dean's Scholarship-$20,000/year

Founder's Scholarship-$15,000/year

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On Friday, Sept. 13, the university community welcomed George Weigel, distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the father of two UD alumnae. Celebrated for his two-volume biography of St. John Paul II and many other intellectual contributions, Weigel presented an exploration of the current Catholic situation in light of a new interpretation of the past 250 years of the church's interaction with social, cultural, economic and political modernity.

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Recent DBA Alumnus Begins Tenure-Track Position at UNI

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Longtime Campus Safety Officer Sworn In to UDPD

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