Stillman considers every admitted student for a GPA-tiered merit award (up to $10,000 at 3.8+) with no extra application — but the dollars are explicitly limited and not guaranteed, apply only to tuition and on-campus housing, and the catalog caps all academic scholarships at full tuition and fees.
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The short answer
Is Stillman worth a closer look?
Stillman may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.
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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.
Up to $10,000 a year
Presidential Scholarship
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GPA
3.8 GPA or higher
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Who qualifies
Incoming freshmen and transfer students; no internal application needed; eligibility determined from SAT/ACT score and GPA (no test cutoffs published); award not guaranteed — scholarship dollars are limited.
Notes
Award applies to tuition and on-campus housing only. The college catalog calls the 3.8-4.0 tier 'The Golden Ticket Scholarship' — naming conflict flagged in Section C.
These are the rules we would flag for your family. Each comes from Stillman's published information.
Aid capHard $23,600 cost-of-attendance ceiling
Institutional aid at Stillman cannot push the package past $23,600. Big outside wins can mathematically reduce institutional grant once the ceiling is reached.
What families often miss
The page warns: 'acceptance into Stillman College does not guarantee one of the scholarships below. Scholarship dollars are limited; thus, Stillman College reserves the right, without notice, to limit (or not offer) any one of the scholarships.'
The table footnote is explicit: '* Award applies to tuition and on-campus housing only.'
The catalog caps academic scholarships: 'The scholarships awarded cannot exceed full tuition and fees,' and this applies to combinations with tuition remission 'or other awards from the College or any other source.'
Every tier is 'Up to' a maximum ($10,000/$6,000/$4,000/$1,000) — actual awards can be smaller.
'If you receive an outside scholarship, please advise our office immediately. Scholarship notices must be submitted on official letterhead from the donating organization.'
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Who this school may work for
Admitted students with a 3.0+ GPA who enroll early while limited scholarship dollars last; on-campus residents get the most value since awards apply only to tuition and on-campus housing.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $23,600 for 2025-2026. Source
Cost and graduation facts
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Stillman, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
Average annual net price by family income at Stillman, academic year 2021-22
Family income
Average net price paid
$0–$30,000
$14,804
$30,001–$48,000
$13,955
$48,001–$75,000
$20,841
$75,001–$110,000
$15,872
$110,001+
$19,343
All income levels (average)
$15,258
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$12,126
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$15,258
That works out to roughly a 42% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $26,107 (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
25%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
53%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$29,067 (~$308/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$35,421
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
84%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
74%
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If your student brings another scholarship
Outside scholarships only trigger an aid adjustment if total aid would exceed the cost of attendance (or the student's aid eligibility cap); below that ceiling, awards are not displaced.
Verified policy language (2026-07-02): In awarding financial aid to students, all sources of financial aid available to students will be considered in determining the financial aid award package through the College, including institutional and external scholarships. Students will not be awarded financial aid in excess of the amount needed to cover tuition, room and board, books and supplies, personal expenses, and other direct and indirect educational expenses as determined by the College.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityInternational students (no federal/state aid eligibility) may be considered for departmental awards not restricted to U.S. citizenship
No deadline is published for the merit-based awards — admitted students are considered automatically from their credentials, but dollars are limited. Academic/Endowment (AwardSpring) scholarships use the portal's own deadlines.
Do I need a separate application for merit scholarships?
The financial-aid website says 'No internal application is needed' and every admitted student is considered; the college catalog, however, says 'Students must apply for these scholarships online' — confirm with the aid office which is current.
How much can I get?
Presidential: up to $10,000/yr (3.8+ GPA); Eye of the Tiger: up to $6,000/yr (3.5+); Blue Elite: up to $4,000/yr (3.0+); Transfer: up to $1,000/yr (3.0+). All apply to tuition and on-campus housing only and are not guaranteed.
What does Stillman cost?
For AY 2025-2026 the published total for tuition (12-18 hours, $10,536), mandatory fees ($2,164), full meal plan ($4,916), and a single room ($5,984) is $23,600 per year. 2026-27 rates were not posted at the time of review.
Can international students get aid?
Federal/state aid and need-based aid are unavailable to international students, but they 'may be considered for departmental awards not restricted to U.S. citizenship.'
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How Stillman compares
235 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use cost-of-attendance cap displacement.
Stillman 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.
Sources used on this page
Every claim is checked against Stillman’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
