College of Business

Support the College of Business Bridge the Gap Scholarship

A lot has changed at UTSA in fifty years. What was once 600 undeveloped acres has now grown to be a home for 32,000 students with thirty buildings across four campuses, 17 NCAA Division I athletic teams, and a network of more than 126,000 alumni worldwide. None of this would be possible without the help of Roadrunners like you who paved the way for students today and continue to work hard to represent UTSA.

One thing that hasn’t changed is the focus on student success. Even before the first students enrolled, every decision made was to bring world-class public higher education to San Antonio.

Help us celebrate 50 years of student success!       

Today you can make a difference for students in your college. The students in the College of Business are following in your footsteps as Roadrunners. This year, the College of Business is asking you to support a new scholarship. The Bridging the Gap Scholarship will support high-performing undergraduate students who are pursuing a College of Business degree, but who are faced with the difficult decision to leave the program due to a lack of financial resources to pay tuition.

Will you make a gift today to support the UTSA College of Business? 

In Fall 2017, UTSA welcomed 820 first-time freshmen pursing business.  One year later, 50 students from the 2017 cohort had a UTSA GPA of 3.0 or higher and did not return to UTSA.  The University implemented a call campaign and reached out to those students to understand why they had not registered for the next term.  If confirmed what the research tells us—many students drop-out because of financial reasons. 

Bridging the Gap Scholarship is awarded to first-time freshmen undergraduate students pursuing a business degree. This scholarship is intended to:

• Assist high performing students who are planning to stop-out and leave UTSA because of financial reasons.
• increase the number of UTSA business students returning to UTSA after their first year and beyond.

This important award is accompanied with:

• A one-year distribution of a $1,000 - $2,500 scholarship.
• An invitation to the Business School Scholarship Banquet. 
• Scholarship recipients will work with a mentor to help them successfully complete their educational goals and transition to the next step in becoming a professional in the workplace.

The award is critical as a means of fulfilling the College of Business mission to increase retention and the talent pipeline to students entering the business profession.