Tusculum University: merit scholarships by GPA
Tusculum University awards automatic merit aid from a published grid keyed to GPA — the ACT is not used. Awards start at a 3.0 GPA and reach $15,000 a year. Because the bands are steps rather than a slope, a hundredth of a GPA point is worth nothing inside a band and the whole step at the edge of one.
Enter a GPA below to see which band it actually lands in, what that band pays, and what the next band needs.
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The award depends on housing: Tusculum publishes a resident amount and a lower commuter amount against the same GPA. The page does not print "per year" explicitly, describing the awards as renewable each year instead, and prints no entry year. The published GPAs are minimums, so a student receives the highest rung they clear.
Unweighted, as the school asks for it.
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Example — a 3.60 GPA
Tusculum Heritage Scholarship
$14,000 a year / year
About $56,000 over four years, if it renews.
Tusculum awards this on GPA alone, so an ACT score does not change it. A higher score can still matter for admission, for honours programmes, and at other schools on the list — but not for this award.
The ACT doesn't move the money here — but it still decides admission, honours eligibility, and what they is worth at the other schools on the list, where most awards are score-keyed.
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The published Tusculum merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from Tusculum University’s own pages for the current cycle. Nothing here is estimated: where the school states a benefit rather than a figure, that is what the table says.
Living on campus
Keyed to high school GPA alone. The published GPAs are minimums, so each is a floor rather than a window.
$15,000 a year
Tusculum Legacy Scholarship
No score needed
$14,000 a year
Tusculum Heritage Scholarship
No score needed
$13,000 a year
Tusculum Charter Scholarship
No score needed
| Award | With a score | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Tusculum Legacy Scholarship | — | $15,000 a year |
| Tusculum Heritage Scholarship | — | $14,000 a year |
| Tusculum Charter Scholarship | — | $13,000 a year |
Source: Institutional scholarships · verified 2026-10-24
Commuting
The same GPA rungs paid lower. A commuting 3.9 student receives what a resident 3.0 student receives.
$13,000 a year
Tusculum Legacy Scholarship
No score needed
$12,500 a year
Tusculum Heritage Scholarship
No score needed
$12,000 a year
Tusculum Charter Scholarship
No score needed
| Award | With a score | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Tusculum Legacy Scholarship | — | $13,000 a year |
| Tusculum Heritage Scholarship | — | $12,500 a year |
| Tusculum Charter Scholarship | — | $12,000 a year |
Source: Institutional scholarships · verified 2026-10-24
Does Tusculum superscore for scholarships?
No. No. Tusculum reads the highest composite from a single sitting rather than combining best sections across sittings, so a student who retakes to lift one section gains nothing from the combination.
“The highest composite score from among each test will be used.”
This matters more than it sounds. A student whose superscore crosses a band but whose best single sitting does not will be paid on the lower band. Look up your best single sitting in the grid above, then find what is costing you points on one test.
Comparing schools? See which colleges superscore for scholarships — 66 of 501 commit to it, 52 say they do not, and the rest never say.
Tusculum scholarship deadlines
| Entry term | Due |
|---|---|
| Principal Scholarship nomination | November 1 |
| Admission and aid offers stand until | May 1 |
Scores take roughly two to four weeks to arrive, and official reports sent to schools can take longer, so the last useful test date is several weeks before the printed deadline. Check which test dates still make it.
Where these numbers came from
Every figure on this page was read from Tusculum University’s own published pages, linked below with the date we last confirmed them. We do not estimate a missing band or interpolate a value.
- Institutional scholarshipsverified 2026-10-24
- Admission requirements — test policyverified 2026-10-24
- Honors Programverified 2026-10-24
- Commuting costs about $2,000 a year against the resident column at every rung.
- The resident ladder spans only $2,000 from a 3.0 to a 3.9.
- The published GPAs are minimums, so a 3.9 student receives the Legacy award rather than a lower one.
- A 27 ACT with a 3.0 GPA adds a $1,000 Honors Scholarship on top of the academic award, plus a $1,000 housing stipend for living on campus. Admission to the Honors Program may be required, so it is not a band here.
- Honors awards are capped at total institutional charges.
- The $5,000 Principal Scholarship requires a nomination and is explicitly non-stackable.
- A First in Family award of $500 is also published.
- The page does not say whether the GPA is weighted or unweighted, and prints no entry year.
Check before you rely on it. Grids change by entry year and schools update them without notice. This page is a reproduction with a date on it, not a guarantee, and it is not financial aid advice. ClutchACT is not affiliated with Tusculum University.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at Tusculum?
Tusculum University publishes a merit aid grid keyed to ACT score and GPA. See the tables on this page for the current bands.
Is Tusculum test-optional?
A score is not needed for admission at a 2.65 GPA or above, which makes the requirement conditional on the transcript rather than waived outright. For merit aid the answer is different: the academic scholarship grid is keyed to GPA alone, so a score cannot move it. A 27 ACT with a 3.0 adds a separate $1,000 Honors Scholarship on top, which stacks rather than replacing a rung. Being admitted without a score and qualifying for money without a score are two separate questions.
How much is a 30 on the ACT worth at Tusculum?
On Tusculum's published grid for the current cycle, an ACT of 30 with a 3.6 GPA qualifies for Living on campus — Tusculum Heritage Scholarship at $14,000 a year, about $56,000 over four years if it renews; Commuting — Tusculum Heritage Scholarship at $12,500 a year, about $50,000 over four years if it renews.
Does Tusculum superscore the ACT for scholarships?
No. No. Tusculum reads the highest composite from a single sitting rather than combining best sections across sittings, so a student who retakes to lift one section gains nothing from the combination. The highest composite score from among each test will be used.
When are Tusculum scholarship deadlines?
Principal Scholarship nomination: November 1. Admission and aid offers stand until: May 1. The application and the official score report are both due by that date, and ACT scores take roughly two to four weeks to arrive — so the last useful test date is several weeks earlier than the deadline suggests.
Is this Tusculum scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from Tusculum University's own published pages and last verified on 2026-10-24. The sources are linked at the bottom of the page with that date. Grids change by entry year, so check the source before relying on a figure for a decision.
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