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Tusculum scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$51,584per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

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

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Verified Jun 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. Tusculum Academic ScholarshipAmount not publishedAutomatic
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Tusculum Academic Scholarship

    Amount not published

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

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

  2. Tusculum ScholarshipAmount not publishedNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Tusculum Scholarship

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot 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
  3. Tennessee General Assembly Merit ScholarshipUp to $1,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Tennessee General Assembly Merit Scholarship

    Up to $1,000

    Variable or qualified amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3.75
    SAT
    1330
    ACT
    29
  4. First In Family ScholarshipUp to $500Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    First In Family Scholarship

    Up to $500

    Variable or qualified amountNot 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.

  5. Tusculum Scholarship For TransfersAmount not publishedNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Tusculum Scholarship For Transfers

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot 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
  6. Tusculum Charter Scholarship$12,000–$13,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Tusculum Charter Scholarship

    $12,000–$13,000

    Published rangeNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3
    RenewableCheck the conditions
  7. Pathways Scholarship$250Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Pathways Scholarship

    $250

    Published amountNot 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.

  8. Tusculum Legacy Scholarship$13,000–$15,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Tusculum Legacy Scholarship

    $13,000–$15,000

    Published rangeNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3.9
    RenewableCheck the conditions
  9. International ScholarshipAmount not publishedNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    International Scholarship

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot 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
  10. Tusculum Heritage Scholarship$12,500–$14,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Tusculum Heritage Scholarship

    $12,500–$14,000

    Published rangeNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3.5
    RenewableCheck the conditions

Lights up against Tusculum'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 Tusculum different

Tusculum rewards academic commitment, first-generation college students, and Tennessee residents with a range of merit-based awards.

Merit tiers101 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJun 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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Who this school may work for

First-generation students, Tennessee residents, and community college transfers will find the most clearly defined pathways to Tusculum's merit awards.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $51,584 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Tusculum, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$20,766
$30,001–$48,000$15,124
$48,001–$75,000$17,519
$75,001–$110,000$22,981
$110,001+$25,563
All income levels (average)$21,131

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$29,250
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$21,131

That works out to roughly a 52% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $43,776 (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
63%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$23,250 (~$246/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$44,367
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
46%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
53%
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Other Tusculum scholarships worth checking

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

Amount$250EligibilityPhi Theta Kappa is an honors scholarship for transfer students with the Phi Theta Kappa designation on their final academic transcript; the award is $250 per semester.

Source

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How Tusculum compares

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

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

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