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Tennessee Technological University Scholarships and Merit Aid

Cookeville, Tennessee

9 scholarships Tennessee Technological University publishes, each with the amount, what the school says it takes, and the sentence we read it in. This is what the school states, not a list of every award it offers.

8,495Undergraduates
79%Admit rate

Merit awarded on published numbers (6)

These are the awards the school ties to stated GPA and test bars. No separate application is listed for them.

Presidential Scholars

$10,000

Published requirement
3.75 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 36 ACT, or 3.75 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 1570 SAT
Renewable
Yes, per the school
**Amount Per Year** | **ACT Score** | **SAT Score** | **High School GPA** | **Hope\*** | **Hope Merit\*** | **Year Total** | $10,000 | 36 | 1570-1600 | 3.75+ | $4,500 | $1,000 | $15,500tntech.edu (read 2026-08-05)

Presidential Scholars

$8,000

Published requirement
3.75 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 35 ACT, or 3.75 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 1530 SAT
Renewable
Yes, per the school
**Amount Per Year** | **ACT Score** | **SAT Score** | **High School GPA** | **Hope\*** | **Hope Merit\*** | **Year Total** | $8,000 | 35 | 1530-1560 | 3.75+ | $4,500 | $1,000 | $13,500tntech.edu (read 2026-08-05)

Presidential Scholars

$5,000

Published requirement
3.75 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 30 ACT, or 3.75 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 1360 SAT
Renewable
Yes, per the school
**Amount Per Year** | **ACT Score** | **SAT Score** | **High School GPA** | **Hope\*** | **Hope Merit\*** | **Year Total** | $5,000 | 30-34 | 1360-1520 | 3.75+ | $4,500 | $1,000 | $10,500tntech.edu (read 2026-08-05)

Presidential Scholars

$4,000

Published requirement
3.75 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 29 ACT, or 3.75 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 1330 SAT
Renewable
Yes, per the school
**Amount Per Year** | **ACT Score** | **SAT Score** | **High School GPA** | **Hope\*** | **Hope Merit\*** | **Year Total** | $4,000 | 29 | 1330-1350 | 3.75+ | $4,500 | $1,000 | $9,500tntech.edu (read 2026-08-05)

Presidential Scholars

$4,000

Published requirement
3.4 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 25 ACT, or 3.4 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 1200 SAT
Renewable
Yes, per the school
**Amount Per Year** | **ACT Score** | **SAT Score** | **High School GPA** | **Hope\*** | **Hope Merit\*** | **Year Total** | $4,000 | 25+ | 1200+ | 3.40+ | $4,500 | - | $8,500tntech.edu (read 2026-08-05)

Presidential Scholars

$3,000

Published requirement
3.4 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 23 ACT, or 3.4 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 1130 SAT
Renewable
Yes, per the school
**Amount Per Year** | **ACT Score** | **SAT Score** | **High School GPA** | **Hope\*** | **Hope Merit\*** | **Year Total** | $3,000 | 23-24 | 1130-1190 | 3.40+ | $4,500 | - | $7,500tntech.edu (read 2026-08-05)

Department awards open to incoming freshmen (3)

Run by a college or department, and published as open to students entering as freshmen.

Rotary Club of Cookeville Scholarship

$1,000

Department
Department of Computer Science
$1,000 scholarship for current high school students who will enroll at TTU in the Fall 2021.tntech.edu (read 2026-07-10)

White County Breast Cancer Survivor Nursing Scholarship

$1,000

Department
Whitson-Hester School of Nursing
Amount $1,000.tntech.edu (read 2026-07-10)

ON-RAMPS Scholarship

$0 to $15,000

Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Renewable
Yes, per the school
Renewable scholarships for all four years at Tennessee Tech, covering full unmet cost of attendance need (up to $15,000 per year)tntech.edu (read 2026-07-10)
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What Tennessee Technological University costs

Cost of attendance as published: tuition, fees, housing, and food for one year. It is the sticker, before any of the awards above and before need-based aid.

$32,746In-state, per year
$37,377Out-of-state, per year

Where Tennessee Technological University lists its scholarships

ScholarWeb (University Scholarship Application) — single annual application; Tennessee Tech states it offers more than 700 departmental and donor-funded scholarships searchable inside ScholarWeb, most without individually-published dollar amounts on open department/college pages

Where this came from

Every amount on this page was read off a Tennessee Technological University page on the date shown. Schools change award tables, so check the school's page before you count on a number.

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