Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences

Graduate and Undergraduate Programs

The Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences is the largest and oldest degree-granting college at The University of Akron, home to schools, departments, centers and institutes in education, fine arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.

Interested in becoming a Zip and earning your Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science? Learn more about our academic programs, scholarships and financial aid, and advising opportunities below

Our commitment to intellectual diversity

We seek to build an academic community that ensures the fullest degree of intellectual diversity, including all people and viewpoints and free of discrimination against any individual in employment or in the institution’s programs or activities because of race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, ethnicity, disability, status as a parent during pregnancy and immediately after the birth of a child, status as a parent of a young child, status as a nursing mother, status as a foster parent, military status, genetic information, or status as a veteran. The University of Akron prohibits sexual harassment of any form in all aspects of employment and in its programs and activities and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual and racial or ethnic orientation in employment and admissions.

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Academics

We offer a wide variety of undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees and certificates.

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Scholarships

UA and the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences award more than $250 million in aid annually.

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Academic advising

Your advisor will help you set educational and career goals, and serve as a resource for any support you might need.