Institutional Scholarships

Tusculum Legacy Scholarship

Academic Merit Scholarship awarded by the Tusculum Office of Admissions

First Time in College Students- Award amount is $15,000 for Residents and $14,000 for commuter students. Student must have a 32 or greater ACT score (1420 SAT) and a 3.0 High School GPA to be eligible. This scholarship is renewable each year.

Tusculum Heritage Scholarship

Academic Merit Scholarship awarded by the Tusculum Office of Admissions

First Time in College Students- Award amount is $13,000 for Residents and $12,000 for commuter students. Student must have a 26 or greater ACT score (1230 SAT) and a 3.0 High School GPA to be eligible. This scholarship is renewable each year.

Tusculum Charter Scholarship

Academic Merit Scholarship awarded by the Tusculum Office of Admissions

First Time in College Students- Award amount is $12,000 for Residents and $10,000 for commuter students. Student must have a 21 or greater ACT score (1060 SAT) and a 3.0 High School GPA to be eligible. This scholarship is renewable each year.

Tusculum Scholarship

Academic Merit Scholarship awarded by the Tusculum Office of Admissions

Awarded based up on high school grade point average and test scores for students who are accepted into the Tusculum University traditional undergraduate program. Award amount varies. This scholarship is renewable each year.

International Scholarship

Academic Merit Scholarship awarded by the Tusculum Office of Admission

Awarded to international students accepted into the Tusculum University traditional undergraduate program. Award amount varies. This scholarship is renewable each year.

 

Tusculum Scholarship for Transfers

Academic Merit Scholarship awarded by the Tusculum Office of Admissions

Awarded based upon transfer GPA for students who are accepted into the Tusculum University traditional undergraduate program. Award amount varies. This scholarship is renewable each year.

Tusculum Opportunity Grant

Need based grant

Awarded to fill the gap between academic merit aid up to the currently board approved discount rate. The student would only be awarded if there was still remaining federal need.

 

Tusculum Access Grant

Academic scholarship awarded to fill the gap for dual enrollment students

Students must have only ever taken course work at Tusculum University and must maintain eligibility for the state of Tennessee Dual Enrollment Grant.

First in Family

Scholarship awarded by the Office of Admission

First Time in College Students- Awarded to any student who is the first in their family to obtain a college degree. This is determined by the students answer on the admission application. The scholarship is $500 per year with full time enrollment. This scholarship is renewable each year. The scholarship is last dollar up to tuition, room and board.

Pathways Scholarship

Academic scholarship awarded by the Office of Admissions

Awarded to anyone who is entering Tusculum as a transfer student who has already received their associate degree from any accredited institution and is enrolled full time. The dollar amount will be $250 per semester. Student must be enrolled full time in an undergraduate program to receive the scholarship.

Phi Theta Kappa

Honors scholarship awarded by the Office of Admissions

Awarded to anyone who is entering Tusculum as a transfer student. Student must have the Phi Theta Kappa designation on their final academic transcript from their transfer institution. The dollar amount will be $250 per semester. Student must be enrolled full time in an undergraduate program to receive the scholarship.

Appalachian Regional Community Scholarship

Last dollar scholarship awarded to traditional students enrolled full time who live in one of the Appalachian Regional Community counties

The amount is $1000 for the year. The scholarship is last dollar up to tuition, room and board. For a list of counties please click here! This scholarship is renewable each year.

Military Tuition Scholarship

Available for all students eligible for and using a military tuition assistance program. This scholarship caps tuition costs for undergraduate students at $250 per credit hour for the duration of their degree program. Continuous enrollment is required to continue with the scholarship. For more information, email veterans@tusculum.edu.