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Austin College Merit Aid

Verified Jul 20264 days ago· HX-AUTO
Merit tiers61 automatic on stats
Get merit aid24%First-year students, CDS 2024-2025 (school-estimated)
Last verifiedJul 2026Analyst HX-AUTO

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The merit-aid verdict at Austin College

Austin College awards merit scholarships to strong students, with stacking allowed for tuition costs.

Rules that bite at Austin College

The trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook. Each is derived from Austin College's own published policy, not generic advice.

  • displacementNo published displacement order

    Austin College's policy doesn't specify whether outside scholarships hit loans, grants, or only the COA ceiling. Get a written aid-office answer before chasing private awards.

Who this school is for

Academically accomplished students from Texas and beyond who want reliable merit-based support at a private liberal arts college.

Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $69,847 for 2026-2027. Source

Federal cost and outcome data

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Austin College, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Austin College, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$16,528
$30,001–$48,000$15,687
$48,001–$75,000$18,823
$75,001–$110,000$21,608
$110,001+$28,470
All income levels (average)$21,107

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$48,680
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$21,107

That works out to roughly a 66% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $61,607 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
67%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
79%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$24,500 (~$260/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$61,296
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
32%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
52%

Institutional merit aid tiers

Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.

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General Academic Scholarships

Automatic

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Sara Bernice Moseley Scholarships For Presbyterian Students

Application

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Nhi Scholarship From Austin College

Application

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Amount not published

College Boards Recognition Scholarships

Application

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Amount not published

Westminster Scholar Award

Application

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John D Moseley Alumni Scholarships

Application

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Outside scholarship stacking policy

A new student may apply for unlimited institutional scholarships, but may receive only one institutional award in addition to the general academic scholarship.

A new student may apply for unlimited institutional scholarships, but may receive only one institutional award in addition to the general academic scholarship.

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Common Data Set snapshot

From the Austin College Common Data Set 2024-2025 (school-estimated figures):

Merit penetrationHow likely is merit aid here?From Austin College’s Common Data Set: the share of first-year students who receive institutional merit and the average dollar amount when they do.
24%of admitsget merit
Average award$35,546Covers ~51% of $69,847 cost of attendance

At Austin College, roughly 1 in 4 first-year admits receive institutional merit aid. The average award is $35,546about 51% of total cost.

As filed in Austin College's CDS Section H2A: of 357 first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen, 84 had no financial need and received institutional merit (non-need) scholarship or grant aid, averaging $35,546. Across all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates: 373 of 1,162, averaging $33,146. Athletic awards are excluded per the CDS definition.

The 2024-2025 column is marked "estimated" in the school's own CDS filing — school-projected figures, not final audited counts.

Receive institutional merit24%First-year students, CDS 2024-2025 (school-estimated)
Average merit award$35,546Across recipients, CDS 2024-2025 (school-estimated)

Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025 (verified 2026-07-23)

Lesser-known scholarships at Austin College

Named awards that don’t always surface on the main financial aid page. Each one has its own eligibility rules.

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityAustin College lists Art Scholarships as an additional institutional scholarship for new students.

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AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityAustin College lists Music Scholarships as an additional institutional scholarship for new students.

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AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityAustin College lists Theatre Scholarships as an additional institutional scholarship for new students.

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AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityAustin College lists Physics/Engineering Scholarship as an additional institutional scholarship for new students.

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Austin College merit aid FAQ

  • What is the deadline for Additional Institutional Scholarships Deadline?

    Applicants for additional institutional scholarships for new students must submit all application materials by February 1.

How Austin College compares across our verified dataset

  • 135 of 750 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.

    Austin College is in a recognizable cluster (135 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.

  • 135 of 750 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.

    Austin College is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Austin College’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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