Performance Scholarships

Performance scholarships are based on talent and performance in specific areas.  Auditions or try-outs may be required.  Application for admission to UNA is required.  Terms of award are specified in written scholarship agreement.

Athletics.  UNA sponsors twelve varsity sports which compete in Division II of the NCAA and Gulf South Conference.  Athletic scholarship aid is awarded to selected student-athletes participating in each of these sports.  In accordance with NCAA regulations, an athletic scholarship or grant-in-aid may cover the following costs: tuition, fees, room, board, and course related books.  The selection of student recipients as well as the size of the scholarship award are determined by the head coach of the respective sport.  The NCAA also establishes a maximum number of scholarships which can be awarded in each sport.  Scholarship awards are made for a period of one year and are renewable.  Prospective student athletes should contact the head coach in their sport for further information.  

Band. Based on audition; awarded by UNA Music Department; amounts vary.  Please contact the Music department directly for more information.

Choral.  Based on audition; awarded by UNA Music Department; amounts vary. Please contact the Music department directly for more information.

Publications.  UNA Student Publications include its newspaper, The Flor-Ala; yearbook, the Diorama, and an art-literary magazine, Lights and Shadows.   The newspaper and yearbook are staffed by scholarship students who function as executive and associate editors, designers and business staff members, and photographers.  Applications are accepted by the UNA Publications Board in February.  Sophomore standing or higher, staff or equivalent experience, and a cumulative GPA of 2.5 is expected.