Stillman College · Alabama
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.
The trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook. Each is derived from Stillman's own published policy, not generic advice.
Stillman'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.
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.'
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.
Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $23,600 for 2025-2026. Source
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.
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.
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.
Same consideration terms as above; not guaranteed; tuition and on-campus housing only.
Same consideration terms; not guaranteed; tuition and on-campus housing only.
Transfer students; same consideration terms; tuition and on-campus housing only.
Transfer-merit track.
Listed only in the college catalog; students must apply for these scholarships online (per catalog).
Appears in the catalog's academic-scholarship tier list but not on the financial-aid website's merit table.
Per the catalog, academic scholarships (combined with tuition remission or any other award from any source) cannot exceed full tuition and fees. The website adds that merit awards apply only to tuition and on-campus housing. Treatment/displacement order for outside scholarships is not stated, but students must report outside awards immediately on donor letterhead.
Catalog: tuition-and-fees cap across all sources. Website: merit awards limited to tuition and on-campus housing charges; outside scholarship checks are mailed to the aid office and must be disclosed immediately.
Named awards that don’t always surface on the main financial aid page. Each one has its own eligibility rules.
Privately donated funds; apply via the Stillman AwardSpring portal (portal text references the 2024-2025 year).
Contact Mrs. Daphne Hood, 205.366.8987, or the head coach.
Separate vocal/choral application linked on the page.
No dedicated international scholarships exist.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
Stillman is in a recognizable cluster (199 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
Stillman is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.
Every claim is checked against Stillman’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
