University of Tampa awards automatic merit on admission. University of Tampa does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.
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Open award details for Presidential Scholarship
Worth knowing
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.
Departmental Scholarships Range$500+Not automatic
Published awardOther selection criteria
Departmental Scholarships Range
$500+
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
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Open award details for Departmental Scholarships Range
Worth knowing
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.
Transfer Scholarship$6,000+AutomaticRenewable
Published awardAcademic thresholds
Transfer Scholarship
$6,000+
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Open award details for Transfer Scholarship
Worth knowing
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.
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
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Open award details for Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship
Worth knowing
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.
Timothy Smith Exploration Award$2,500Not automatic
Published awardOther selection criteria
Timothy Smith Exploration Award
$2,500
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Open award details for Timothy Smith Exploration Award
Worth knowing
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 Departmental ScholarshipAmount not publishedNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Music Departmental 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.
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Open award details for Music Departmental Scholarship
Who qualifies
music
Worth knowing
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.
Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
3
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Open award details for Musical Theatre Theatre Dance Scholarship
Who qualifies
musical theatre, theatre, or dance
How to keep it
Maintain 2.8 GPA
Worth knowing
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.
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What makes University of Tampa different
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.
Merit tiers72 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team
More than one award path
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Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.
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Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.
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Know what happens next year
Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.
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Who this school may work for
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
Cost and graduation facts
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.
Average annual net price by family income at University of Tampa, academic year 2021-22
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
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$34,408
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$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).
Outcomes for students who enrolled here
Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
64%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
85%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$24,211 (~$257/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$59,436
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
15%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
81%
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If your student brings another scholarship
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)
What is the deadline for Deadline Musical Theatre Theatre Dance March 1?
The deadline for Musical Theatre, Theatre and Dance scholarship consideration at The University of Tampa is March 1.
What is the deadline for Deadline Music Scholarship Fall Entry Only?
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.
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How University of Tampa compares
145 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use loan-first displacement.
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.
665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
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.
Sources used on this page
Every claim is checked against University of Tampa’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
