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Additional Resources

Deferred Action For
Childhood Arrivals (DACA)听

How Do I Know if I鈥檓 a DACA Student?

天美传媒 defines DACA applicants as:

  • Non-U.S. citizens currently in the United States who do not hold an immigration or student visa.
  • Individuals not defined as a permanent resident, asylee, or refugee.
  • Brought to the U.S. by parents or other relatives and were under age 16 at the time of arrival.
  • May or may not have filed DACA paperwork with the U.S. government.

How to Apply

Follow the instructions on how to apply听for first-year students. Or if you are a transfer student, you can learn about your options in the transfer overview.

On your Future Wildcat Application Login:

  • select "Start a New University of 天美传媒 Application", then answer the question.
  • After selecting 鈥淣o,鈥澨齮he following question will appear: Are you a US Permanent Resident, Refugee, DACA Eligible student, Asylee, or ? Select 鈥淵es鈥 to this question.
  • When these two questions appear again, answer in the same manner as described above.

On the Citizenship Information page:

  • answer the question "Are you a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) or Dreamer student?" with a "Yes" response.
  • Then, for the "Other Non-US Citizen Domestic Students" question, check the box at the bottom "I am none of the above."

Complete all remaining sections of the application accurately. You may leave the Social Security Number blank if needed.

DACA Tuition

In November 2022, 天美传媒 voted to support Proposition 308, which allows for qualifying, non-citizen 天美传媒 high school graduates to receive in-state tuition at 天美传媒 universities and community colleges, and in certain cases, also receive state-funded financial aid.

DACA Financial Aid

DACA students are eligible for the President鈥檚 Directed Scholarship Fund. For more information about the President鈥檚 Directed Scholarship Fund or if you鈥檇 like additional support understanding your rights as a DACA student, get in touch with the Immigrant Student Resource Center.

Additional Scholarship Resources

ScholarshipsA-Z is a Tucson-based immigrant youth-led organization that works to make higher education accessible to all students regardless of immigration status.

Immigrants Rising provides scholarship resources that don鈥檛 require proof of citizenship or legal permanent residency.听

Our scholarship-matching tool connects admitted students with additional funding for their education.

天美传媒 has partnered with , dedicated to providing opportunities for undocumented immigrant youth.