The University of Tampa · Florida
The University of Tampa centers merit on the automatic Presidential Scholarship plus transfer and Phi Theta Kappa awards, with departmental scholarships in music, theatre and dance and the Timothy Smith Exploration Award.
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University of Tampa is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 7 published awards, and 2 are based on those numbers.
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These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.
Official UTampa scholarships page states U.S. citizens/non-citizens are automatically considered for Presidential/Transfer scholarships at admission; eligibility is based on unweighted GPA/course rigor; Presidential amount is $10,000-$18,000/year and eligibility includes high-school applicants demonstrating leadership or community service.
Official departmental scholarships page states these are for a limited number of full-time undergraduate students with demonstrated talent, declared major, commitment to community service or other criteria, with amounts about $500-$2,500 per academic year.
Official UTampa scholarships page states automatic consideration for Presidential or Transfer scholarships at admission; Transfer Scholarship amount is $6,000-$9,000/year for college transfer applicants.
Official scholarships page states Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship amount is $2,000/year for college transfer applicants with proof of PTK membership, inducted post-high-school graduation, and membership prior to acceptance.
Official Honors page states the Timothy M. Smith Inspiration Through Exploration Award provides an annual $2,500 grant to talented Honors students for international travel during the summer.
music
Official music scholarships page states limited Music scholarships are available to talented majors and non-majors recommended by music faculty, renewable up to four years/8 semesters, with qualifications including fall-term entry and audition prior to admission.
musical theatre, theatre, or dance
Maintain 2.8 GPA
Official Musical Theatre, Theatre and Dance scholarships page states annual UT scholarships up to $14,000 over four years ($3,500/year) for new entering fall students accepted for full-time study, majoring in musical theatre/theatre/dance, with audition requirements and unweighted high-school GPA of 3.0.
Strong applicants and transfers to this private Florida university, Phi Theta Kappa transfers, and arts candidates who can add departmental scholarships to academic merit.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $61,962 for 2026-2027. Source
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at University of Tampa, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
| Family income | Average net price paid |
|---|---|
| $0–$30,000 | $30,011 |
| $30,001–$48,000 | $31,513 |
| $48,001–$75,000 | $31,898 |
| $75,001–$110,000 | $34,691 |
| $110,001+ | $37,975 |
| All income levels (average) | $36,211 |
That works out to roughly a 30% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $51,614 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
Outside scholarships reduce loans and/or work-study first; institutional grants are only reduced if required to prevent an over-award.
Verified policy language (2026-07-02): Students who receive scholarships, grants or even loans from outside sources may not receive funding that exceeds the cost of attendance (as determined by the Financial Aid Office) when combined with the rest of the financial aid award package... The receipt of outside or additional funds may result in a reduction or change of funds already awarded. The Financial Aid Office will make every effort to minimize the impact of additional aid sources to aid previously awarded. If it becomes necessary to adjust a student's financial aid award, loans and work-study funds are adjusted first. Scholarships and grants are adjusted only after all other options are exhausted. Separately, the school's own award-stacking rules: Institutional scholarships and grants at The University of Tampa are not stackable with ROTC tuition scholarships from the military. (per https://www.ut.edu/admissions/financial-aid/scholarships-and-grants)
The deadline for Musical Theatre, Theatre and Dance scholarship consideration at The University of Tampa is March 1.
Music scholarships at The University of Tampa are only available to new entering students with fall term entry. An audition must be completed prior to admission.
University of Tampa is in a recognizable cluster (145 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
University of Tampa 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.
Every claim is checked against University of Tampa’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
