UB Components

Our program is composed of three components:

The Academic Year Component

• Fall and Spring semesters
• Students attend Saturday sessions at ASU for tutoring.

The Summer Component 

• Six-week program on the ASU campus during the summer
• Students live-in dorms

The Bridge Component

• The summer following graduation from high school participants enroll in two regular college classes.
• UB pays tuition, room and board, costs of books.

Participants are expected to fully participate in each component.

Schools we serve:

• Bay
• Brookland
• Harrisburg
• Hoxie
• Jonesboro
• Blytheville
• East Poinsett County
• Marked Tree
• Osceola
• Trumann

Upward Bound does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, sex, handicap, or national origin and 100% federally funded by the U.S. Department of Education.