A BOLD SCHOLARSHIP
COMMITMENT.
Education leads to prosperity. Discovery drives progress. Service builds a better tomorrow. That’s the belief at the core of UGA and scholarships are the key to getting us there. For Georgia. For Generations.
Scholarships reduce financial barriers, empower students to focus on learning, and equip graduates to transform lives, industries and communities.
We’re rallying the Bulldog Nation to ensure UGA has the resources necessary to fuel solutions to pressing challenges and advance the university’s land-grant mission to serve every corner of the state.
With scholarships, students can pursue life-changing experiences and discover the next step in their journey knowing that donors and alumni believe in them.
UGA is committed to recruiting, supporting and investing in top students while reducing overall student loan debt for all Bulldogs.
“The scholarship support I received changed the trajectory of my education and showed me the meaning of giving back. This journey has given me a passion for paying it forward and my dream is to eventually start my own scholarship to ensure that the door of opportunity stays open for future generations.”
– Adison Marsh ’26
Through scholarships, we can open doors to one of the nation’s top public universities, ensuring that the brightest minds can discover, lead, and serve regardless of circumstance for generations to come.
“As Georgia’s flagship institution, we have a responsibility to ensure that future generations can experience the remarkable benefits of a UGA education,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “By supporting this transformational scholarship initiative, donors are giving more students access to our unparalleled learning environment.”
“Without the scholarship, I would not have had the opportunities to grow and experience everything UGA has to offer. It truly made me the person I am today.”
– Colby Smith (AB ’25, BS ’25)
We are committed to enrolling top students from across the state with greater resources and stronger incentives to choose a UGA education.
By inspiring students to make UGA — and Georgia — their home, we prepare graduates to lead, serve, and give back to the communities that shaped them for generations to come.
During Fatime Niane’s (AB ’24, AB ’24, JD ’27) time as a UGA undergrad, scholarships helped offset some of the costs of the Washington Semester Program, enabling her to fully engage with her internship in the nation’s capital and solidify the direction of her future career as a lawyer.
Through research, service, and discovery, UGA students and faculty power a stronger economy, healthier communities, and a brighter future, fulfilling our land-grant promise to serve every corner of the state.
Scholarships set students on a path to prosper transforming lives, industries, and communities across Georgia and the globe. And scholarships do even more than support students; they fuel solutions and inspire them to tackle the most pressing challenges of our time.
Colby Smith
Mike and Kalen Webb Scholarship
Fatime Niane
Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship
Hailey Covarrubias
Emily and Eric Olsen Scholarship
Sabina Ashurova
Darby Family/Victory Real Estate Scholarship
BY THE NUMBERS
59%
The average cost of attendance at UGA that is not covered through institutional aid.
$7,166
The average amount of unmet need per UGA students is $7,166.
$61.5 million
The total amount of unmet need for all UGA undergraduate students in Fall 2025 is $61.5 million.
Obstacles to education can linger overhead like a darkening thunderstorm, and Sabina Ashurova (AB ’22, MS ’22) knew that all too well. With a scholarship, however, Sabina was able to participate in internships, campus activities and the UGA Mentor Program. Because of scholarships, “My sky is clear,” she said.
