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.
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Rules that bite at Maryville
The trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook. Each is derived from Maryville's own published policy, not generic advice.
renewalScots 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.
Common merit-aid mistakes at Maryville
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.
The Scots Legacy eligibility list includes completing the FAFSA (code 003505) alongside admission and on-campus residency.
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.'
The tuition page caps everything: scholarships and need-based aid 'cannot exceed your cost of attendance.'
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.
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.
Who this school is 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.
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.
$20,000…$20,000 (minimum, in scholarships and aid)
Scots Legacy Award
AutomaticRenewable
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Eligibility
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).
Renewal terms
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.
Notes
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.'
Not published on the pages that rendered (the first-year scholarships detail page did not load)
Requirements & details+
Eligibility
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).
Renewal terms
Per the Scots Legacy FAQ, continued funding requires full-time enrollment (12+ credit hours) and academic progress toward degree completion.
Notes
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.
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.
Notes
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).
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.
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.
How Maryville compares across our verified dataset
160 of 751 verified schools in our dataset use cost-of-attendance cap displacement.
Maryville is in a recognizable cluster (160 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Maryville is one of them. The cohort minority (82 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.
