Every other school in this cluster -- Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss, and Auburn -- publishes an exact chart: a specific GPA-and-test-score row that produces a specific, calculable dollar amount. University of Arizona is the useful counter-example here, because it used to run the same kind of system and, for 2026-2027, doesn't anymore.
This school's chart existed once, not anymore -- see why it was pulled, and how the 16 public universities that still publish a real one compare.
What replaced the chart
Arizona's current scholarship terms and conditions describe both of its major freshman merit awards using the same language:
"To assess students' eligibility for both admission and merit aid, the University utilizes a comprehensive review process that considers each student's full academic history -- in the context of where they lived and learned -- and other life experiences."
That's holistic-review language, not chart language. There are two awards:
- Arizona Tuition Award (non-residents) -- pays $4,000-$20,000/year. The university describes roughly a 3.25+ unweighted 6th-semester core GPA and a 24+ ACT or 1110+ SAT as the threshold for consideration, but the specific amount within that $16,000-wide range comes from the holistic file review, not a posted formula.
- Wildcat Tuition Award (Arizona residents) -- pays $2,000-$11,000/year, using the same discretionary review process rather than a published grid.
Neither page ties a specific GPA or test score to a specific dollar figure the way Alabama's or Kentucky's charts do. The only hard numeric threshold that does appear anywhere in Arizona's current terms is for the separate Baird Award, which requires a 3.75+ unweighted cumulative GPA for eligibility -- but that's a minimum bar to be considered, not a chart position that determines the award amount.
Why this matters if you're comparing schools
If you're running the kind of spreadsheet comparison this whole cluster is built for -- plugging your GPA and test score into several schools' charts to see which produces the best guaranteed number -- Arizona simply doesn't fit into that comparison anymore. You can know you likely clear the eligibility bar for consideration, and you can know the dollar range you're in the running for, but you can't calculate your actual award the way you can for the other four schools here. That's a meaningfully different kind of financial planning problem: a wide range plus a subjective review, instead of a number you can compute in advance.
Renewal requirements are still specific, even without an award-amount formula
Unlike the award-amount side, Arizona's renewal terms are concrete: a 3.00 cumulative UA GPA, plus 30/60/90 cumulative units completed by the end of years 1/2/3, keeps the award renewable for up to four years (eight semesters). So once you're in, the ongoing bar to keep the money is just as calculable as at any of the chart-based schools -- it's specifically the initial award amount that's no longer formula-driven.
What this means for you
- Don't go looking for an Arizona GPA/test-score chart -- it doesn't exist for 2026-2027. Older "Arizona scholarship chart" numbers you find on a forum or a third-party site predate this change and no longer apply.
- Know your likely range, not your likely number. A qualifying non-resident is somewhere in $4,000-$20,000/year; the specific figure isn't something you can calculate from GPA and test score alone anymore.
- If a guaranteed, calculable number matters more to your planning than Arizona itself does, the four chart-based schools in this cluster are the more predictable comparison set.
- The renewal bar is still fixed and known in advance, even though the initial award isn't -- a 3.00 UA GPA and on-pace credit completion keeps whatever you're awarded.