Academic Merit Scholarships for First-Year Students at University of the Pacific 2025

The university is pleased to offer merit scholarships to both domestic and international first-year undergraduate students as our investment in your experience at the university. Students who are enrolled via the University of the Pacific International (UOPI) program can find information about scholarships by visiting the UOPI page. 

Academic Merit scholarships for first-year students are renewable for up to four years, as long as you maintain the required GPA and meet all other eligibility criteria. Undergraduate students who are enrolled in the university’s engineering program are generally subject to the same financial aid eligibility rules and regulations as all other students; however, due to the structure of the engineering majors, students have the eligibility expansions and restrictions that are described in the drop-down under Financial Aid Resources.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Value$10,000-$30,000
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorUniversity of the Pacific
• City to studyCalifornia
• School to studyUniversity of the Pacific
• Course to studyEngineering
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

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Benefits

Merit scholarships are awarded to academically exceptional high school seniors who are accepted for admission as first-year undergraduates. These scholarships range in annual value from $10,000 to $30,000.

Requirements

• You are not required to submit the FAFSA to be considered for the merit scholarships listed above and there is no separate scholarship application; with exception of the CIP (FAFSA required) and Forensic Scholarships, both of which require a separate application.
• Merit scholarships are determined holistically, with factors such as high school attended, grade point average, curriculum rigor, commitment, extracurricular activities and obligations, leadership, and demonstrated interest all being factors. 

Merit Scholarship Renewal Requirements

• Retaining your scholarship requires maintaining full-time enrollment (12 or more units per semester) as an undergraduate at Pacific in a bachelor's or pre-professional program and maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) toward completion of your degree.  
• Merit scholarships can be renewed for full-time enrollment in your first bachelor's degree program at Pacific for up to a total of four years (eight fall and spring semesters) of scholarship support. 
• Scholarships can only be applied to undergraduate coursework and cannot be applied to professional coursework in pharmacy, dentistry, or law. Thus, students are no longer eligible for merit scholarships once they begin their graduate level courses in the pharmacy, dentistry and law programs.

Application Deadline

How To Apply

For more information on merit scholarships, please contact a member of our financial aid counseling team at [email protected] or 209.946.2421. 

For more details visit University of the Pacific scholarship webpage