Good MT schools that supply good amounts of financial aid for merit based (grades and GPA and SAT/ACT)? Thank you!!
Wright State has excellent merit scholarships - up to full in-state tuition, room & board, and books/fees.
Ohio Northern offered my daughter a great merit package; it was the only private university we could have afforded. (But she wasn’t accepted to the MT program, so there you go.) State universities usually have some kind of chart of table where you can determine by test scores and GPA what they qualify for, but the private ones didn’t seem to be as cut-and-dried.
^ Related to Ohio Northern: @elledaspitzer, I don’t know if you’re Canadian, but since you asked for Canadian school info in a previous thread, I’ll relay this to you in case you are. When I applied to Ohio Northern (this data is 5 years old, but it looks like it’s still accurate based on a quick look at their web site), the merit scholarships they offered were much lower for international students than they were for domestic students. If you are Canadian, I’d reiterate how important it is to check with each individual school on what their aid policy for international students is, and not just assume that you can receive the same awards as domestic incoming students.
BW provides automatic merit scholarships based on grades and test scores. Unless things have changes, Pace and Emerson do as well. Also look at Western Carolina and Texas State; tuition is very attractive!
OCU also provides automatic academic scholarship based on grades and test scores. The chart indicating the amount you would qualify for is on the college website. This academic money can be combined with a talent and/or other scholarships as well.
You can also combine talent and merit scholarships at Texas State. The merit scholarships and their criteria are on their website. Merit scholarship can fully cover or nearly cover the cost of tuition.
@MTDadandProud D was on priority hold at Texas State (Kaityln called her - she was NEXT). They didn’t get to her. I, and my wallet, were very sad. It was by far and away the best financial offer she received and she LOVED Kaitlyn and the program.
Temple provides amazing scholarships if you apply early and qualify for merit and/or talent but if you do a walk in and apply later the funds disappear
The University of Miami gave my daughter a wonderful merit scholarship.
Texas State, Montclair State, Florida State and Wright State have been historically known to provide great tuition for non-residents who are accepted to their MT program. Overall, we found East Coast schools to be the most expensive for us. University of Utah offers in state tuition after your freshman year, I believe by establishing residency if you are willing to stay for the summer and take a class and/or work there…this makes it a very affordable option. Northern Colorado (small rural) and ASU (big school) are also known to be an affordable option for out of state residents. Interestingly, our actual bottom line best offers came from two private schools: TCU and Viterbo…Often, we found that if you are accepted by a school that does not have a waitlist or a very small waitlist, they really wanted you and they were willing to come back and make more generous offers, sometimes even without asking but before we had a made a decision. We had this happen to us by three different schools and I think occurs especially if you make a visit after acceptance which confirms you are serious (this is the only time you are in the driver’s seat). Overall, there were surprisingly a majority of schools that ended up being in our original target NET $20-$30k range, after financial aid (not counting any student loans), mostly because we ruled out the schools that we knew did not give out great aid so we wouldn’t have to say no later. As far as I know, California UC’s and CSU’s have very limited scholarships and they are for CA residents only with tippy-top grades (no department talent money). Depending on the school, MT programs play with department talent money, EFC financial need and merit aid to get who they want. Private schools seem to have more flexibility with this, but I’m sure big name programs have some pull with their FA department too.
Otterbein allows a student to “stack” merit and talent awards. Son’s scholarships brought the price down to be comparable to the cost of an in-state option (we are in Maine).
Last year, S had solid FA packages from several schools, both private and public. And the majority of FA counselors we spoke with were very helpful; some of that communication regarding special circumstances or additional need resulted in more money offered. Unless a school states their limits specific to your kid and your financial situation, try not to make assumptions about costs.