University of Central Missouri | 2023-24 Freshman Essential Info Handout

RED & BLACK SCHOLARSHIP

• Awarded automatically to eligible freshmen

• Guaranteed – no competition – if you qualify, you receive it!

• Renewable for up to eight semesters

• Don’t have an ACT score? You are still eligible.

$4,500 $2,500 $1,500 $1,000 $3,000

UCM Scholarship Finder makes it easy to find 665+ scholarships! The application portal is open from Sept. 15 to March 15. ucmo.edu/scholarshipfinder

PROUD TO BE A SUPERSCORE UNIVERSITY

Your superscore is the average of your best ACT scores from each subject from multiple test attempts.

FIND YOUR SAVINGS

Locate our net price calculator at ucmo.edu/calculator

PAY $0 IN TUITION & FEES!

UCM’s Mule Grant awards first-time undergraduate degree-seeking students and transfer students with an associate degree who are residents in the state of Missouri the opportunity to attend UCM with less financial stress. This grant covers any tuition and general fees remaining after federal, state and institutional grants and scholarships have been applied. View the website below for deadline information.

ucmo.edu/mulegrant

UCM DUAL CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP

• Awarded to incoming freshmen who have taken at least one dual credit course at UCM with a 3.0 GPA or higher

• $1,000 per academic year

• Renewable for up to six semesters

SECOND GENERATION GRANT

• Covers 100 percent of non-resident fees

• Awarded to non-resident students whose parent/ grandparent or step-parent/step-grandparent earned a degree from UCM

• Renewable for up to eight semesters

NON-RESIDENT SCHOLAR AWARD

• Available to non-Missouri residents who do not live in the 13 states covered by the UCM Bound Out-of-State Scholarship

• Covers a percentage of non-resident fees

• Awarded based on annual value of Red and Black Scholarship

• Renewable for up to eight semesters

• Not stackable with other out-of-state awards

IN-STATE TUITION FOR OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS

The UCM Bound Out-of-State Scholarship allows incoming, regularly admitted students to pay in-state tuition and fees for all classes on the main campus in Warrensburg if your permanent residence is either in one of the eight states that border Missouri or one of UCM’s Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association Conference (MIAA) border states.

STUDENTS IN THESE 13 STATES SAVE UP TO $8,325!

FREE Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

File your FAFSA every year at fafsa.gov using UCM’s FAFSA code 002454. This is one of the most important things you can do to get money for college. It’s your key to unlocking scholarships, grants and even work-study funding! View the website below for deadline information.

fafsa.gov

UCM FAFSA CODE 002454

MAJOR DECISIONS

APPLIED SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY

• Aviation Management

° Flight Operations Management (B.S.)

° Airport Management (B.S.)

• Construction Management (B.S.)

• Crisis & Disaster Management (B.S.)

• Design & Drafting Technology

° Civil and Architectural Design Technology (B.S.)

° Mechanical Design Technology (B.S.)

• Engineering Technology

° Management (B.S.)

° Robotics, Automation, & Controls (B.S.)

° Civil Engineering Technology (B.S.)

° Industrial Engineering Technology (B.S.)

° Mechanical Engineering Technology (Product Design) (B.S.)

• Environmental Safety & Risk Management (B.S.)

• Information Technology (B.S.)

• Occupational Safety

° Environmental Management (B.S.)

° Occupational Health Management (B.S.)

° Safety Management (B.S.)

• Professional Pilot (B.S.)

BUSINESS

• Accountancy (BSBA)

• Big Data & Business Analytics (BSBA)

• Computer Information Systems (BSBA)

• Economics (BSBA)

• Events Marketing & Management (BSBA)

• Fashion: Textiles & Clothing in Business (B.S.)

• Finance (BSBA)

• International Business (BSBA)

• Management

° Management (BSBA)

° Leadership (BSBA)

° Learning & Development (BSBA)

° Entrepreneurship & Social Enterprise (BSBA)

° Supply Chain Management (BSBA)

• Marketing (BSBA)

• Public Relations & Strategic Communications (B.S.)

• Risk Management & Insurance (BSBA)

• Sport Management (B.S.)

COMPUTER SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS

• Actuarial Science & Statistics

° Actuarial Science (B.S.)

° Statistics (B.S.)

• Data Science (B.S.)

• Computer Science

° Computer Networking (B.S.)

° Computer Science (B.S.)

° Game Development (B.S.)

° Software Development (B.S.)

• Cybersecurity (B.S.)

• Mathematics (B.S.)

• Software Engineering (B.S.)

EDUCATION

• Art (BSE)

• Child & Family Development (B.S.)

• Educational Studies & Training (B.S.)

• Elementary Education Early Childhood (Birth-3) (BSE)

• Elementary Education (Grades 1-6) (BSE)

• Middle School - Jr. High School

° Business Education (BSE)

° Engineering Tech (BSE)

° General Science (BSE)

° Language Arts (BSE)

° Math (BSE)

° Social Science (BSE)

° Speech/Theatre (BSE)

• Music Education

° Instrumental (BME)

° Vocal (BME)

• Physical Education

° Adapted Sport Education (B.S.)

° Elementary - Secondary Certification K-12 (B.S.)

° Sports & Recreation Education (B.S.)

• Secondary Education

° Agriculture Teacher Education (BSE)

° Biology (BSE)

° Business Teacher Education (BSE)

° Chemistry (BSE)

° Earth Science (BSE)

° Engineering and Technology Teacher Education (BSE)

° English (BSE)

° Family Consumer Science Teacher Education (BSE)

° Mathematics (BSE)

° Physics (BSE)

° Social Studies (BSE)

° Speech Communication & Theatre (BSE)

• Special Education

° Autism & Severe Disabilities (BSE)

° Cross-Category Disabilities (BSE)

° Early Childhood Special Education (Birth-3) (BSE)

FINE ARTS

• Graphic Design (BFA)

• Interior Design (BFA)

• Music (B.A.)

• Music

° Music Technology and Commercial Music (B.S.)

° Performance (B.S.)

• Studio Art

° Ceramics (BFA)

° Illustration (BFA)

° Painting (BFA)

° Photography (BFA)

° Printmaking (BFA)

° Sculpture (BFA)

• Theatre (B.A., BFA)

° Performance (BFA)

° Design/Technology (BFA)

° Musical Theatre (BFA)

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Anthropology (B.S.)

• Communication Studies (B.S.)

• Criminal Justice & Criminology (B.S.)

• Digital Media Production (B.S.)

• English (B.A.)

• History (B.A., B.S.)

• International Studies (B.A.)

• Modern Languages

° Language & Culture (B.A.)

° Professional Applications (B.A.)

° Teacher Education (B.A.)

• Political Science (B.A., B.S.)

• Psychology (B.A., B.S.)

• Social Work (BSW)

• Sociology (B.A., B.S.)

SCIENCE & HEALTH

• Agricultural Science

° Agribusiness Management (B.S.)

° Animal Science (B.S.)

° Agronomy (B.S.)

° Horticultural Science (B.S.)

° Agriculture Communications (B.S.)

• Bioinformatics

° Biological Science (B.S.)

° Computing & Statistics (B.S.)

• Biology

° General Biology (B.S.)

° Biomedical/Cellular and Molecular Biology (B.S.)

° Conservation Enforcement (B.S.)

° Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (B.S.)

° Wildlife & Natural Resource Conservation Biology (B.S.)

° Integrative Biology (B.S.)

° Pre-Science Education (B.S.)

• Chemistry

° Chemistry (B.S.)

° ACS Certified (B.S.)

° Biochemistry (B.S.)

• Health Studies (B.S.)

• Kinesiology

° Corporate Fitness (B.S.)

° Exercise Science (B.S.)

• Medical Laboratory Science (B.S.)

• Nursing (B.S.)

• Radiologic Technology (B.S.)

• Speech-Language Pathology (B.S.)

PRE-PROFESSIONAL

• Biology

° Pre-Medical (B.S.)

° Pre-Dental (B.S.)

° Pre-Veterinarian (B.S.)

• Kinesiology

° Pre-Athletic Training (B.S.)

° Pre-Occupational Therapy (B.S.)

° Pre-Physical Therapy (B.S.)

OPEN OPTIONS

• General Studies (B.A., B.S.)

• Open Option (Undecided)