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Maryville scholarships and merit aid

The short answer

Maryville awards automatic merit on admission. Maryville does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jun 2026
3 school sources to explore

Published rules, with the school sources close at hand. Confirm the details before you count on an award.

The award collection

Published scholarships

These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.

Where does your student land?

  1. Scots Legacy Award$20,000 (minimum, in scholarships and aid)AutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Scots Legacy Award

    $20,000 (minimum, in scholarships and aid)

    Published award termsAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Scots Legacy Award

    Who qualifies

    Receive admission into Maryville College; complete the FAFSA (MC code 003505); MUST live on-campus to receive at least $20,000 in scholarships and aid. Automatic on acceptance — 'no additional scholarship or financial aid application is required.' Open to all accepted on-campus students regardless of citizenship status (including DACA/undocumented via Equal Chance for Education, and international students).

    How to keep it

    Students who continue to be enrolled full-time (at least 12 credit hours) and maintain academic progress toward a degree completion will continue to receive funding.

    Worth knowing

    Floor award, not a stack-on: students who qualify for higher merit get the larger amount instead. Students who live or move off-campus 'will be re-awarded to the off-campus merit scholarship amount.'

  2. On-Campus Merit Scholarships (range)$16,000-Full tuitionNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    On-Campus Merit Scholarships (range)

    $16,000-Full tuition

    Published coverage or packageNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    Not published on the pages that rendered (the first-year scholarships detail page did not load)
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for On-Campus Merit Scholarships (range)

    Who qualifies

    Students who submit additional transcripts and/or test scores qualifying them for higher merit 'will receive the largest scholarship amount they are eligible to receive.' A separate off-campus merit scholarship schedule exists (amounts not retrieved).

    How to keep it

    Per the Scots Legacy FAQ, continued funding requires full-time enrollment (12+ credit hours) and academic progress toward degree completion.

    Worth knowing

    Maryville publishes the range ('Our on-campus scholarships range from $16,000 to full-tuition!') on multiple pages; the per-tier grid lives on the first-year scholarships page, which returned no content in this session — do not invent tiers.

  3. Competitive Scholarships, Fellowships and AwardsAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Competitive Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    Open award details for Competitive Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards

    Who qualifies

    Separate application/competition required. Includes leadership and talent awards (music, art, theatre) and the Bonner Scholars program (scholarship assistance in exchange for community service), per the financial aid overview.

    Worth knowing

    Winners either stack these on top of the Scots Legacy Award or have the Scots Legacy replaced by the highest merit scholarship they're eligible for (see stackingPolicy).

Lights up against Maryville's published cutoffs. Not an award offer; confirm with the financial aid office. Award terms and residency rules change; some awards differ for in-state and out-of-state students. Always confirm at the school’s source page.

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The fine print

Renewal ruleScots Legacy Award: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

Students who continue to be enrolled full-time (at least 12 credit hours) and maintain academic progress toward a degree completion will continue to receive funding. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

What makes Maryville different

Maryville guarantees every admitted student who lives on campus at least $20,000 in scholarships and aid (the Scots Legacy Award) — with on-campus merit running $16,000 to full tuition — but moving off campus drops you to a lower merit amount.

Merit tiers31 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJun 2026By our research team

More than one award path

Separate the two paths.

Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.

  1. Match the published criteria

    Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.

  2. Check the application dates

    Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.

  3. Know what happens next year

    Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.

The fine print / Three questions to carry forward

Before you count on it.

Does it apply to us? Confirm the entering year, residency and every eligibility condition.

Can we keep it? Check renewal GPA, credits and how long the award lasts.

Can we combine it? Ask how outside scholarships and other school awards change the offer.

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What families often miss

  1. The Scots Legacy Award requires living on campus; 'Students who choose to live or move off-campus will be re-awarded to the off-campus merit scholarship amount' — a lower schedule. Budget the housing decision against the scholarship difference.

  2. The Scots Legacy eligibility list includes completing the FAFSA (code 003505) alongside admission and on-campus residency.

  3. It's a floor, not a bonus: students qualifying for higher merit 'will receive the largest scholarship amount they are eligible to receive,' and the Scots Legacy 'will be replaced with the highest merit scholarship you are eligible to receive.'

  4. The tuition page caps everything: scholarships and need-based aid 'cannot exceed your cost of attendance.'

  5. 2026-27 direct costs total $56,881 (tuition $41,300; activity fee $512; one-time orientation fee $325; service fee $472; basic room $6,880; Scots Unlimited meals $7,392), plus an estimated $4,054 in indirect costs.

  6. Continued funding requires full-time enrollment (at least 12 credit hours) and academic progress toward degree completion; the per-credit rate of $1,025/hour also applies below 12 or above 18 hours.

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Who this school may work for

Students planning to LIVE ON CAMPUS at a small Tennessee private — admission alone secures at least $20,000/year, and stronger credentials or competitive scholarship wins replace it with up to full tuition.

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Maryville, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$15,094
$30,001–$48,000$16,512
$48,001–$75,000$20,758
$75,001–$110,000$20,832
$110,001+$26,769
All income levels (average)$19,360

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Total cost of attendance (sticker), AY 2021-22
$54,622
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$39,284
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$19,360

That works out to an average 65% discount off the sticker price above — both figures come from the same federal AY 2021-22 Scorecard report, not a number the school itself published.

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
50%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
71%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$25,375 (~$269/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$49,279
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
50%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
64%
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If your student brings another scholarship

State/federal aid from the FAFSA and Maryville's competitive scholarships/fellowships can stack on top of the Scots Legacy Award — OR the Scots Legacy is replaced by the highest merit scholarship the student qualifies for (largest-award logic, not unlimited stacking). Total scholarships and need-based aid cannot exceed the cost of attendance.

Scots Legacy page: 'Students who receive additional state and federal aid from the FAFSA as well as those who apply and compete for Maryville College competitive scholarships, fellowships and awards will have opportunities to stack on top of the Scots Legacy Award or the Scots Legacy Award will be replaced with the highest merit scholarship you are eligible to receive.' Tuition page: 'Scholarships and Need-Based Financial Aid are available to offset TOTAL COSTS but cannot exceed your cost of attendance.' Treatment of private OUTSIDE scholarships specifically is not addressed on the pages opened.

Source

Other Maryville scholarships worth checking

These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityScholarship assistance in exchange for community service

Named national service-scholarship program MC participates in.

Source

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityDACA and undocumented students

Provides additional scholarship opportunities; Scots Legacy itself is open regardless of citizenship status for on-campus students.

Source

AmountAmount not published on MC's pageEligibilityTennessee residents; FAFSA required

State programs listed on MC's financial aid page.

Source

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityInternational students

Referenced on the Scots Legacy FAQ; details on the international admissions costs page (not fully extracted this session).

Source

Maryville merit aid FAQ

  • What is the scholarship deadline?

    No scholarship deadline is published on the pages that rendered. The Scots Legacy Award is automatic with admission (free application, transcripts, optional test scores) plus the FAFSA; only Competitive Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards require a separate application — confirm those deadlines with admissions.

  • What is the Scots Legacy Award?

    A guarantee that every admitted student who lives on campus and files the FAFSA receives at least $20,000 in scholarships and aid — automatically, regardless of citizenship status. Students eligible for higher merit get the larger amount instead.

  • What does Maryville College cost for 2026-27?

    Direct costs: $56,881 for fall+spring (tuition $41,300, activity fee $512, orientation fee $325 one-time, service fee $472, basic room $6,880, Scots Unlimited meals $7,392), plus about $4,054 in estimated indirect costs (books, transportation, personal). Tuition is the same in-state and out-of-state.

  • How much merit can I get?

    On-campus scholarships range from $16,000 to full tuition. The exact GPA/test tiers are on the first-year scholarships page (which did not load this session) — ask admissions for the current grid, and note that off-campus students are re-awarded at lower amounts.

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How Maryville compares

  • 235 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use cost-of-attendance cap displacement.

    Maryville is in a recognizable cluster (235 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Maryville is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

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

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