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Temple scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$41,762per year · 2025-2026 · ResidentNon-resident $55,015
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Temple awards automatic merit on admission. Temple 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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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. Automatic Merit Scholarships (first-year)Tier amounts not publicly publishedAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Automatic Merit Scholarships (first-year)

    Tier amounts not publicly published

    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 Automatic Merit Scholarships (first-year)

    Who qualifies

    Automatic consideration for first-year students who complete the admissions application by February 1. No separate scholarship application.

    How to keep it

    Per Temple, scholarships awarded by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions are guaranteed for the first two years of enrollment, not all four. Most merit scholarships require a minimum cumulative GPA for renewal.

    Worth knowing

    Temple does NOT publish a named tier ladder (Presidential/Dean's/Provost) with dollar amounts on its public site. The actual scholarship amount appears in the financial aid offer letter.

  2. Cecil B. Moore Scholars ProgramAmount based on the in-state tuition rateNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Cecil B. Moore Scholars Program

    Amount based on the in-state tuition rate

    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 Cecil B. Moore Scholars Program

    Who qualifies

    First-year undergraduates who reside in specific zip codes in North Philadelphia surrounding Temple's Main Campus.

    How to keep it

    Renewable per Temple's award terms.

    Worth knowing

    Geography-restricted, community-based award targeting students in Temple's home neighborhood. One of the few named, dollar-anchored merit awards Temple publicly describes.

Lights up against Temple'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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What makes Temple different

Large urban public in Philadelphia with an automatic merit pool gated by a February 1 admission deadline, but no published stat-driven tier ladder — Temple only guarantees admissions-awarded scholarships for the first two years.

Merit tiers21 based on grades or scores
First-year students with school awards18%First-year students, CDS 2023-2024
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. Temple is explicit: 'All first-year students who complete their admissions application by Feb. 1 are automatically considered for merit scholarships.' Applying later — including for spring or rolling consideration — removes you from the automatic merit pool.

  2. Temple states that scholarships awarded by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions are 'guaranteed for the first two years of a student's enrollment' — not four. Junior- and senior-year aid depends on continued eligibility under Temple's renewal policies, which most students learn only in award letters.

  3. Temple is a public university whose published merit posture for out-of-state students is modest. Cross-shopping against Pitt, Pennsylvania State, Rutgers, and similar publics requires running the net-price calculator, not assuming Temple's name will produce a generous merit offer.

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Who this school may work for

Pennsylvania families looking for an affordable in-state public, especially North Philadelphia residents eligible for the Cecil B. Moore Scholars Program. Out-of-state students should model Temple closer to sticker, since the public merit posture is modest and partially time-limited.

Cost of attendance$41,762–$55,015 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$55,015
In-state, on-campus$41,762
  • Tuition & fees
  • Housing & food
  • Books
  • Personal

College of Liberal Arts base rate, dorm on-campus. Personal line combines travel & personal per source.

Temple cost-of-attendance source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Temple, academic year 2021-22 — in-state, Title-IV aid recipients only
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$22,694
$30,001–$48,000$23,431
$48,001–$75,000$26,534
$75,001–$110,000$29,397
$110,001+$34,947
All income levels (average)$28,198

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees (in-state), AY 2022-23
$23,011
Published tuition & fees (out-of-state), AY 2022-23
$38,958
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$28,198

That works out to roughly a 31% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $40,903 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Temple 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
75%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
83%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$24,395 (~$259/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$63,727
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
38%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
57%
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More school data

From the Temple Common Data Set 2023-2024:

Merit penetrationHow likely is merit aid here?From Temple’s Common Data Set: the share of first-year students who receive institutional merit and the average dollar amount when they do.
18%of admitsget merit
Average award$10,264Covers ~19% of $55,015 cost of attendance

At Temple, roughly 1 in 6 first-year admits receive institutional merit aid. The average award is $10,264 — about 19% of total cost.

As filed in Temple's CDS Section H2A: of 3,725 first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen, 675 had no financial need and received institutional merit (non-need) scholarship or grant aid, averaging $10,264. Across all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates: 3,637 of 19,848, averaging $8,204. Athletic awards are excluded per the CDS definition.

Receive institutional merit18%First-year students, Common Data Set 2023-2024
Average merit award$10,264Across recipients, Common Data Set 2023-2024

Source: Common Data Set 2023-2024 (verified 2026-07-23)

Other Temple scholarships worth checking

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

AmountNeed-based completion award (amount varies)EligibilityExisting Temple students approaching graduation who face a financial gap that could prevent completion.

Listed as need-based on Temple's scholarship page, not merit. Included here because it appears in Temple's main scholarship taxonomy and families often confuse the two categories.

Source

Temple merit aid FAQ

  • What is the merit scholarship deadline at Temple?

    February 1. Temple's scholarship page states: 'All first-year students who complete their admissions application by Feb. 1 are automatically considered for merit scholarships.' Applying after February 1 disqualifies you from automatic merit consideration.

  • Does Temple publish merit scholarship tiers and dollar amounts?

    No. Unlike most automatic-merit schools, Temple does not publish a named tier ladder with stat cutoffs (no Presidential/Dean's/Provost grid). The actual scholarship amount is communicated in the student's financial aid offer letter.

  • Are Temple merit scholarships renewable for four years?

    Not automatically. Temple says scholarships awarded by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions are 'guaranteed for the first two years.' Years three and four depend on continued eligibility — most awards require a minimum cumulative GPA. Confirm your specific renewal terms in the award letter.

  • What is the Cecil B. Moore Scholars Program at Temple?

    A community-based program for first-year students who live in specific North Philadelphia zip codes near Temple's Main Campus. The award amount is anchored to Temple's in-state tuition rate — effectively covering tuition for eligible neighborhood residents.

  • How does Temple treat outside scholarships?

    Temple lists outside scholarships through its ScholarshipUniverse portal but does not publish a specific displacement policy on the public scholarship pages. Families with material outside awards should request a written stacking determination from Student Financial Services before committing.

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How Temple compares

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

    Temple 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 Temple’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

Compare with similar schools

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  • Drexel merit aid. Pennsylvania private school — compare automatic merit, amounts, and stacking.

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