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UMN Morris scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$30,316per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

UMN Morris is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 5 published awards, and one is based on those numbers.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jul 2026
3 school sources to explore

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. National Merit ScholarshipsUp to $4,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    National Merit Scholarships

    Up to $4,000

    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.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
  2. Phi Theta Kappa Award$1,500Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Phi Theta Kappa Award

    $1,500

    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.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Phi Theta Kappa Award

    How to keep it

    Maintain 2.5 GPA

  3. Distinguished Scholars$1,500Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Distinguished Scholars

    $1,500

    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.

  4. Academic Achievement Awards$4,000–$20,000AutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Academic Achievement Awards

    $4,000–$20,000

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

    GPA
    3.25
    RenewableCheck the conditions
  5. Academic Transfer Scholar Award$3,000–$6,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Academic Transfer Scholar Award

    $3,000–$6,000

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

    GPA
    3.25
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Academic Transfer Scholar Award

    How to keep it

    Maintain 2.5 GPA

Lights up against UMN Morris'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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The fine print

Outside awardsNo published displacement order

UMN Morris'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.

What makes UMN Morris different

Multiple scholarship tiers reward strong academics at this public liberal arts college.

Merit tiers51 based on grades or scores
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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Who this school may work for

High-achieving students seeking a small-college experience within the University of Minnesota system; transfer students and Phi Theta Kappa members find especially robust support here.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $30,316 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at UMN Morris, academic year 2021-22 — in-state, Title-IV aid recipients only
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$1,694
$30,001–$48,000$4,126
$48,001–$75,000$3,213
$75,001–$110,000$9,445
$110,001+$16,262
All income levels (average)$8,837

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees (in-state), AY 2022-23
$14,526
Published tuition & fees (out-of-state), AY 2022-23
$16,710
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$8,837

That works out to roughly a 67% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $27,039 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

UMN Morris 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
63%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
74%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$18,995 (~$201/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$50,919
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
36%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
40%
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If your student brings another scholarship

The Prairie Scholars Award, Morris Scholars Award, and National Merit Scholarship replace previous scholarship package offers, and National Merit Scholarships cannot be combined with the Prairie or Morris Scholars Award.

The Prairie Scholars Award, Morris Scholars Award, and National Merit Scholarship replace previous scholarship package offers, and National Merit Scholarships cannot be combined with the Prairie or Morris Scholars Award.

Source

Other UMN Morris scholarships worth checking

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

Amount$28,000EligibilityAdmitted students selected as Morris Scholars through the Community of Scholars process are invited to participate in the Honors program starting in their first semester on campus.

Source

AmountFull tuitionEligibilityAdmitted students selected as Prairie Scholars through the Community of Scholars process are invited to participate in the Honors program starting in their first semester on campus.

Source

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How UMN Morris compares

  • 133 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.

    UMN Morris is in a recognizable cluster (133 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.

  • 133 of 749 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.

    UMN Morris is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.

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

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

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