3.75+
GPA of at Least 40% of Our Students
Chart Your Path & Change the World
Realize your full potential at The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Honors College. Rooted in experiential learning, our classes and programs are hands-on, project-based, and customizable to fit your individual goals. Turn your passions into marketable skills for the future!
What is the Honors College?
A community of exceptional and diverse students united in reaching their highest potential. A curriculum that provides unique, non-traditional opportunities and experiences to push students beyond their coursework. A culture of empowerment that transforms students into the leaders and professionals of tomorrow.
This is the UTSA Honors College, home to roughly 2,000 committed, curious and academically driven students from across all majors and disciplines, including UTSA Top Scholars, Terry Scholars®, and many of the university’s nationally award-winning students.
Why the Honors College?
Discover your full potential in The University of Texas at San Antonio Honors College. The Honors College is home to the brightest, most academically driven students across all majors at UTSA. Whether you are quirky, compassionate, generous, shy, outgoing, focused, wicked smart or a combination, we know you’ll find your fit within our close-knit honors family. We focus on creating a small elite college experience at a fraction of the elite price.
Get the Honors Experience
Students have the flexibility to graduate with honors without adding significant additional coursework or delaying graduation. Honors Experiences provide students with skill-building, career development and personal growth.
Live in the Honors Residential College
Guadalupe Hall is the residential home of the Honors College. As a residential college, all first-year students in the Honors College live and learn together in a supportive community designed to help them succeed. Bonus: all residential students receive a scholarship to offset on-campus housing costs.
Receive Exclusive Honors College Benefits
Honors students receive priority registration, dedicated academic counseling, peer coaching, access to awards and scholarships, small classes with UTSA’s most outstanding faculty, research, publishing and presentation opportunities and so much more!
Top Scholars
A tailored, comprehensive merit scholar program for academically driven students who want to develop into exceptional servant leaders. Top Scholars receive a last dollar scholarship covering full tuition, fees, housing, meals, and additional experiences.
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Terry Scholars®
Designed for students with a distinguished record of leadership and a deep-rooted desire to enrich the general welfare of their community. Recipients of the Terry Scholarship receive funds to cover the cost of learning and living at UTSA.
Learn MoreHonors by the Numbers
77%
Top 15% of Graduating Class
36%
First-Generation College Students
2,000+
Students
80%
Minority Students
22
Countries Represented
Ready to See Where the Honors College Can Take You?
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