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Students must apply for admission to Transylvania by Dec. 1 for Appalachian Regional Healthcare Scholarship consideration.

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Students chosen to compete for Premier Scholarships must apply by December 1, Early Action Deadline #2.

Transylvania University · Kentucky

Transylvania University Merit Aid

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The merit-aid verdict at Transylvania University

Merit awards recognize diverse talents and backgrounds at this historic Kentucky liberal arts college.

Who this school is for

Look closely if you have strengths in the arts, are connected to Kentucky's Governor's Scholars programs, or are a first-generation student with a distinctive interest.

Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $69,974 for 2026-2027. Source

Federal cost and outcome data

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

Average annual net price by family income at Transylvania University, academic year 2021-22
Family income	Average net price paid
$0–$30,000	$14,551
$30,001–$48,000	$14,555
$48,001–$75,000	$19,272
$75,001–$110,000	$22,155
$110,001+	$29,312
All income levels (average)	$21,913

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23: $46,870
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22: $21,913

That works out to roughly a 64% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $60,993 (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: 71%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort: 87%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers: $27,000 (~$286/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21): $54,705
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22: 29%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22: 46%

How to read these numbers

Net price reflects only first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who received federal Title IV financial aid — not Transylvania University's full student body.
Published tuition is the catalog sticker price for all students, not a Title IV-only figure.
Graduation rate reflects the entire first-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort — not only students who received Title IV aid.
Retention rate reflects all first-time, full-time, bachelor's-seeking students — not only Title IV aid recipients.
Median debt reflects only completers who took out federal student loans — not Transylvania University's full graduating class, and not limited to first-time, full-time students.
Median earnings reflect Title IV aid recipients who entered college and were working (not enrolled) roughly a decade later — not necessarily the graduating cohort, and not a recent graduate's paycheck.
Pell grant and federal loan participation covers first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students only.
Net price blends need-based aid and merit aid together — it is not a merit-specific estimate. It shows what similar-income families actually paid on average after every kind of aid, not what a strong-stats student could win in merit dollars alone. Treat it as cost context, not a merit forecast — a MeritPlaybook models merit aid specifically for your student’s own stats, which this net-price figure cannot do.

None of this is current-year data — the U.S. Department of Education reports it on a delay, and different figures below come from different reporting years. Net price is an academic year 2021-22 figure. Published tuition reflects the 2022-23 academic year. Graduation rate reflects the Fall 2016 entering, full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking cohort; completion measured within 150% of normal time (~6 years for a bachelor's degree). IPEDS Graduation Rates component (C150_4). Retention reflects the Fall 2021 full-time, first-time, bachelor's-seeking cohort retained into the following fall. IPEDS Fall Enrollment component (RET_FT4). Median debt reflects the NSLDS FY2020 and FY2021 pooled completer cohorts (GRAD_DEBT_MDN, GRAD_DEBT_MDN10YR_SUPP). Median earnings reflect the Treasury-matched cohort entering college in AY2009-10 or AY2010-11, earnings measured 10 years later in calendar years 2020 and 2021, inflation-adjusted to 2022 dollars (MD_EARN_WNE_P10).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard.

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.

Where you landAutomatic merit aid by ACT compositeEach bar marks the ACT score range that qualifies for the tier.

Automatic Merit Scholarships$24,000

ACT 21GPA 3

Not on this ladder: William T Young Scholarship, First Generation Scholarship, Jgk Iii, Kenan Scholarship, Dance Scholarship, Kentucky Governors Scholars Scholarship, Ib Scholarship, Cheer Scholarship, Equestrian Eventing Scholarship, Esports Scholarship, Kentucky Governors School For The Arts Scholarship, Kentucky Governors School For Entrepreneurs Scholarship, Legacy Scholarship, Youth Salute Scholarship, Austin E Knowlton Memorial Scholarship — application required, holistic, or scored on a different axis.

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Tier	ACT composite	Award
Automatic Merit Scholarships	21	$24,000

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Outcomes for students who enrolled here

William T Young Scholarship

First Generation Scholarship

Jgk Iii

Kenan Scholarship

Dance Scholarship

Kentucky Governors Scholars Scholarship

Ib Scholarship

Cheer Scholarship

Equestrian Eventing Scholarship

Esports Scholarship

Kentucky Governors School For The Arts Scholarship

Kentucky Governors School For Entrepreneurs Scholarship

Automatic Merit Scholarships

Legacy Scholarship

Youth Salute Scholarship

Austin E Knowlton Memorial Scholarship

Theater Scholarships

Creative Writing Scholarships