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Miami (Ohio) scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$40,904per year · 2025-2026 · ResidentNon-resident $64,426
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

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

Where does your student land?

Verified Jul 2026
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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. Merit Scholarship — 4.30+ TierStarting at $8,000/year (Ohio/Reciprocal resident); starting at $20,000/year (non-resident)AutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Merit Scholarship — 4.30+ Tier

    Starting at $8,000/year (Ohio/Reciprocal resident); starting at $20,000/year (non-resident)

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

    GPA
    Weighted high school GPA of 4.30 or higher
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Merit Scholarship — 4.30+ Tier

    Who qualifies

    No separate application; auto-considered through the admission application. Test scores NOT required — Miami is test-blind for first-year admissions and merit. Apply by December 1 priority deadline.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for the standard four-year track. Specific renewal GPA published per scholarship in the offer letter.

    Worth knowing

    Highest published tier. Stackable add-ons (Governor's, Presidential Fellows) can layer on top for eligible students.

  2. Merit Scholarship — 3.95-4.29 TierStarting at $5,000/year (Ohio/Reciprocal resident); starting at $13,000/year (non-resident)AutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Merit Scholarship — 3.95-4.29 Tier

    Starting at $5,000/year (Ohio/Reciprocal resident); starting at $13,000/year (non-resident)

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

    GPA
    Weighted high school GPA 3.95-4.29
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Merit Scholarship — 3.95-4.29 Tier

    Who qualifies

    No separate application. Apply by December 1 priority deadline. Test-blind.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for the standard four-year track per offer letter terms.

  3. Merit Scholarship — 3.75-3.94 TierStarting at $4,000/year (Ohio/Reciprocal resident); starting at $11,000/year (non-resident)AutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Merit Scholarship — 3.75-3.94 Tier

    Starting at $4,000/year (Ohio/Reciprocal resident); starting at $11,000/year (non-resident)

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

    GPA
    Weighted high school GPA 3.75-3.94
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Merit Scholarship — 3.75-3.94 Tier

    Who qualifies

    No separate application. Apply by December 1 priority deadline. Test-blind.

  4. Merit Scholarship — 3.50-3.74 TierStarting at $3,000/year (Ohio/Reciprocal resident); starting at $6,000/year (non-resident)AutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Merit Scholarship — 3.50-3.74 Tier

    Starting at $3,000/year (Ohio/Reciprocal resident); starting at $6,000/year (non-resident)

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

    GPA
    Weighted high school GPA 3.50-3.74
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Merit Scholarship — 3.50-3.74 Tier

    Who qualifies

    No separate application. Apply by December 1 priority deadline. Test-blind. The published floor for Miami auto-merit consideration.

  5. Presidential Fellows Program (Honors)Full tuition, fees, housing, and food for four years + a one-time $5,000 academic enrichment stipendNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Presidential Fellows Program (Honors)

    Full tuition, fees, housing, and food for four years + a one-time $5,000 academic enrichment stipend

    Published coverage or packageNot 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.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Presidential Fellows Program (Honors)

    Who qualifies

    Highly selective. Admission via the Honors College selection process. Tailored cohort programming including Miami's U-Lead Conference. May be used for one semester of qualifying study abroad (Luxembourg, faculty-led, co-sponsored, exchange) billed through Miami.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for 8 fall/spring semesters with a 3.50 cumulative GPA each year.

    Worth knowing

    Miami's flagship full-ride. The combined value (tuition + fees + non-resident surcharge + housing + food + $5k stipend) makes this the most generous published award in the Mid-American Conference public sphere.

  6. Miami University Ohio Governor's ScholarshipFull tuition and general fees (course fees not covered)Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Miami University Ohio Governor's Scholarship

    Full tuition and general fees (course fees not covered)

    Published coverage or packageNot 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.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Miami University Ohio Governor's Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Ohio residents only. One top student selected from each of Ohio's 88 counties. Auto-considered for Ohio residents who apply for admission by December 1. Recipients chosen based primarily on academic performance with financial need also considered.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for the standard four-year track. Specific terms published in the offer letter.

    Worth knowing

    Distinct from need-based aid: this is merit (with a need consideration) and an Ohio-residency-restricted geographic pool. Strong Ohio applicants in less-populated counties may face a more favorable selection ratio than peers from Cuyahoga or Franklin.

Lights up against Miami (Ohio)'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 rulePresidential Fellows Program (Honors): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

Renewable for 8 fall/spring semesters with a 3.50 cumulative GPA each year. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

Aid capHard $64,426 cost-of-attendance ceiling

Institutional aid at Miami (Ohio) cannot push the package past $64,426. Big outside wins can mathematically reduce institutional grant once the ceiling is reached.

What makes Miami (Ohio) different

Ohio's 'Public Ivy' with one of the cleanest published stat-to-dollar merit tables in higher education — four weighted-GPA bands from $3,000 to $8,000 for Ohio residents and $6,000 to $20,000 for non-residents, plus a full-ride Presidential Fellows Program and an Ohio Governor's Scholarship covering one top student from each of Ohio's 88 counties.

Merit tiers64 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJul 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. Miami's published merit ladder kicks in only for students who complete their application (transcript and recommendation included) by the December 1 priority deadline. Applications submitted later may still receive merit but are 'considered based on scholarship availability at the time they apply' — late applicants risk being shut out even if they meet the GPA threshold.

  2. Miami is test-blind for first-year admissions and merit scholarships. The published tier table is based on weighted high school GPA only. Submitting an ACT or SAT score does not move you up a tier. International students educated outside the U.S. system have an equivalent U.S. GPA calculated for them on the 4.0 scale.

  3. The Governor's Scholarship covers full tuition and general fees but is restricted to one student per Ohio county. Applicants from densely populated counties (Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Summit) face stiffer competition than applicants from rural counties. Apply by December 1 for Ohio residents but don't model the full-ride into the budget until offered.

  4. Miami explicitly lists the Staff/Family Fee Waiver, OCOG, War Orphans Scholarship, Post-9/11 GI Bill, Ohio National Guard, ROTC awards, and Miami Access Fellows as resources that may cause tuition-covering institutional scholarships to be reduced. The base tiered merit scholarships are usually unaffected, but the Governor's full-ride and Presidential Fellows packages can shrink when these other tuition-covering benefits arrive.

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Who this school may work for

Out-of-state students with weighted GPAs above 4.30 (the $20k/year Non-Resident top tier softens OOS public-flagship sticker), top Ohio applicants pursuing the Governor's Scholarship full-ride, and Ohio families under $35,000 income (Miami Access Initiative covers tuition and fees entirely).

Cost of attendance$40,904–$64,426 for 2025-2026Each bar is the full published cost for that scenario, sized against the highest figure so totals compare at a glance.
Out-of-state, on-campus$64,426
In-state, on-campus$40,904
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Oxford campus, 2025-2026 (2026 cohort).

Miami (Ohio) cost-of-attendance source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Miami (Ohio), academic year 2021-22 — in-state, Title-IV aid recipients only
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$16,015
$30,001–$48,000$18,193
$48,001–$75,000$23,806
$75,001–$110,000$29,048
$110,001+$31,431
All income levels (average)$28,384

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees (in-state), AY 2022-23
$18,161
Published tuition & fees (out-of-state), AY 2022-23
$41,221
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$28,384

That works out to roughly a 27% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $38,757 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Miami (Ohio) is a public school; Scorecard's net price figure covers in-state, Title-IV-aid-recipient payers only — there is no comparable federal figure for out-of-state students.

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
80%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
90%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$23,000 (~$244/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$55,076
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
15%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
41%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Scholarships covering tuition and fees may be reduced when additional aid covers the same charges or when total funding exceeds cost of attendance - two distinct triggers, one of which can bind below full COA.

Verified policy language (2026-07-02): Scholarship Adjustments. Scholarships covering tuition and fees may be reduced if you receive additional aid that covers the same charges or if your total funding exceeds your cost of attendance. This includes resources such as the Miami University Staff/Family Fee Waiver, Ohio College Opportunity Grant (OCOG), War Orphans Scholarship, Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, Ohio National Guard benefits, ROTC awards, Miami Access Fellows, and others. In these cases, your scholarship may be adjusted to ensure compliance with federal, state, and institutional funding guidelines.

Source

Other Miami (Ohio) scholarships worth checking

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

AmountFull tuition and feesEligibilityOhio residents from families with annual income of $35,000 or less; must be academically competitive. Need-based.

Source

AmountVariesEligibilityAdmitted Honors College students; specific scholarship offers tied to Honors selection.

Source

AmountSame dollar value as the institutional scholarship being replacedEligibilityAll scholarship recipients — Miami may replace all or a portion of an institutional scholarship with a named donor scholarship later in the cycle. Recipients are typically asked to complete a Scholarship Thank You Letter.

Source

Miami (Ohio) merit aid FAQ

  • How much merit aid does Miami University (Ohio) give?

    Miami publishes a transparent stat-to-dollar table for Fall 2026 entry, indexed on weighted high school GPA. Ohio residents (and reciprocal-agreement states): $3,000/yr at 3.50-3.74 GPA, $4,000 at 3.75-3.94, $5,000 at 3.95-4.29, $8,000 at 4.30+. Non-residents: $6,000 at 3.50-3.74, $11,000 at 3.75-3.94, $13,000 at 3.95-4.29, $20,000 at 4.30+. Average merit for Fall 2023 was $7,144 (Ohio) and $16,805 (non-resident).

  • Is there a full ride at Miami University?

    Two named full-tuition-or-better paths exist. The Presidential Fellows Program covers tuition, fees, housing, and food for four years plus a one-time $5,000 academic enrichment stipend (Honors College, 3.50 GPA renewal). The Miami University Ohio Governor's Scholarship covers full tuition and general fees for one top student from each of Ohio's 88 counties (Ohio residents only, auto-considered by December 1).

  • Does Miami University require test scores for merit?

    No. Miami is test-blind for first-year admissions, and the published tier table is based on weighted high school GPA only. Submitting test scores does not move you up a tier.

  • What's the deadline for Miami University merit consideration?

    December 1 is the priority application deadline. Students must complete their application — including transcript and recommendation — by that date to receive priority consideration. Applications submitted after December 1 are considered 'based on scholarship availability at the time they apply,' which can mean reduced or zero merit even with qualifying stats.

  • Will my Miami scholarship reduce if I receive outside aid?

    Generally only tuition-covering scholarships are affected. Miami's published policy says scholarships covering tuition and fees (Governor's, Presidential Fellows, Miami Access Fellows) may be reduced when other tuition-covering aid arrives (Staff/Family Fee Waiver, OCOG, War Orphans, Post-9/11 GI Bill, Ohio National Guard, ROTC) or when total aid exceeds COA. The base tiered merit scholarships are not tuition-specific and typically stack with outside aid up to the COA cap.

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How Miami (Ohio) compares

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

    Miami (Ohio) 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.

    Miami (Ohio) 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

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