Paying for College — Funding your Future!
At UNT, you will find many ways to fund your future. Whether through gift aid, which are scholarships and grants, self-assistance aid, such as loans and work-study or working your way through, or other educational benefits, such as the GI Bill, UNT is ready to help you make paying for college achievable!
Earning a college degree is one of the most important investments you will make in your life. Knowing more about ways to pay for college is important; let us help you find a way that works best for you!
Important Tips to Help You Pay for College
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College of Visual Arts and Design
CVAD Continuing Student Scholarships
Department-Sponsored Scholarships: CVAD grants merit-based scholarships of more than $315,000 annually to deserving undergraduate and graduate CVAD students who are continuing in enrollment from the spring semester to the next fall semester. Applications are made available in the fall (after you fill out your new FAFSA on Oct. 1 of each year) and are due in January. Read more about it on the Scholarships and Financial Aid and How to Apply web pages.
Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships and Assistantships
The College of Visual Arts and Design has approximately 100 teaching fellowships and assistantships available each long semester to graduate students who are pursuing a degree in one of our programs and who are interested in teaching or work experience.
Currently enrolled graduate students or students who are newly accepted into the graduate program with no deficiencies or required leveling are eligible to apply. Learn more about it.
Communication Design Students
Students majoring in Communication Design are encouraged to contact their faculty for information about the Launch Agency Scholarships for art direction and design.
Interior Design Students
Entering and continuing undergraduate and graduate interior design students are encouraged to check the CVAD Interior Design Blog for scholarship opportunities available through program partners and collaborators.
UNT Resources
UNT Grants and more
All students — undergraduates and graduates — are strongly encouraged to turn to the UNT Student Financial Aid and Scholarships for help with your FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid, and information about loans. You will indicate your preference for work-study employment on your FAFSA.
Freshmen: Be sure to ask about the Terry Scholarships.
UNT General Scholarships
These are funds awarded based on merit and/or need; aid you do not pay back. Learn how to apply for a scholarship on the Financial Aid and Scholarships web page titled How to Apply for Scholarships.
UNT Career Center
The UNT Career Center oversees about 3,500 jobs on campus and more than 8,500 off campus. These opportunities can be explored through the Handshake app. The UNT Career Center staff members provide a full range of services to support students and alumni at all points along the employment path, from their freshman year to post-graduation.
Marcy Bishop-Lilley and Jill Gower are the career coaches specifically assigned to support students in the College of Visual Arts and Design with offices in the Art Building. The coaches are available for one-on-one career advisement online or in person. Visit the CVAD + UNT Career Center web page on the CVAD News and Views website for more information.
Check out the jobs in Handshake highlighted especially for CVAD students by our CVAD Career Coach on the CVAD News and Views website!
Check Tip #7 on this page for the first-year and graduate students' career coach contact information or read our Career Center resource page.
B.C. Raupe Memorial Travel Grant
The Raupe Travel Grant is a scholarship offered to the University of North Texas undergraduate students who are attending a conference that will benefit not only the university but themselves as well, enriching the student with the knowledge and a learning experience that they can’t get in a classroom setting. Read more.
Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Scholarship Competition Award
Open to all UNT students. The award for the first-place winners in both the undergraduate and the graduate categories will be $5,000; in most years, there will be a substantial second-place award in the undergraduate category too.
Study Abroad Scholarships
Check out the International Education Fee Scholarships to help pay for travel opportunities.
Federal Resources and more
FAFSA — apply every year!
In English: FAFSA
In Spanish: Cómo llenar FAFSA
Toulouse Graduate School
Doctoral and master's fellowships — The Toulouse School of Graduate Studies annually awards a number of generous fellowships to new doctoral and master's students. Eligibility for these fellowships is limited to students nominated by academic departments and programs from among new students beginning their doctoral or master’s degree coursework in the fall semester. Visit the Toulouse Graduate School website for more information, or call 940 565-2383, or email GraduateSchool@unt.edu.
Tuition Waivers
Students who are employed at a half-time rate are eligible for partial tuition waivers through the university's Tuition Benefit Program. For information about the Tuition Benefit Program and other university opportunities, visit the Toulouse Graduate School.
Additional External Sources
Opportunities sometimes become available through national, state or local arts communities, such as the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Talley Dunn Gallery and the Dallas Museum of Art. The UNT scholarship counselors are in the UNT Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, Scholarships@unt.edu!
Interior Design Society
The Interior Design Society, an independent national organization, offers an annual scholarship for students majoring in interior design. Check the IDS Scholarship web page for more information and an application form. The average award is about $1,000.
Scholarship Application Information
Student Financial Services strongly recommends the use of the new online eform when submitting a scholarship application.
The new online eforms allow users to log into an eform and submit the scholarship electronically. This can be done from any computer, anywhere, and typically takes less than five minutes to complete. The use of the electronic form eliminates time spent waiting in line to submit the form, eliminates the need to email in your documents, and eliminates the use of paper. Ultimately, it saves you time. Forms are processed within one business day, and email communication is sent once the scholarship has been posted to the account.
Once you register for classes, please fill out the eform. Information regarding eligibility requirements and the scholarship amount can be found on the scholarship form.
We are excited about this new process, and we hope you take a moment to familiarize yourself with the form. If you have any issues, questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the Student Financial Services Office by email at SFS@unt.edu, phone at 940-565-3225, or on live chat on the Student Financial Services website.
Need to make a payment? Visit the UNT Student Accounting Payment Options web page.