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📍Automatic Merit Scholarships in Texas

Which Texas colleges award merit money on GPA or test scores?

27
Schools
153
Awards on file
$12,000
Median largest award
$40,000
Largest

27 schools in Texas award merit automatically, on a published GPA or test score. No separate application, no separate deadline — the award comes with the admission decision.

The number to compare these against is in-state tuition, a median of $11,688 across the schools below. The median largest award is $12,000.

Staying in state is usually the cheaper path before aid, but a large out-of-state award can beat it outright. Worth pricing both.

School Largest award Qualifies at In-state tuition
Southern Methodist University
University Park, TX
 $40,000/yr — $59,500
University of Dallas
Irving, TX
 $36,000/yr 3.0 GPA · 20 ACT $50,140
Baylor University
Waco, TX
 $25,000/yr 2.8 GPA $58,100
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene, TX
 $22,000/yr 2.0 GPA · 25 ACT $31,920
East Texas Baptist University
Marshall, TX
 $21,000/yr 2.5 GPA · 18 ACT $29,250
McMurry University
Abilene, TX
 $20,000/yr 2.2 GPA $31,850
Saint Edward's University
Austin, TX
 $20,000/yr 3.0 GPA $50,484
Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
 $14,000/yr 2.5 GPA · 17 ACT $6,941
Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX
 $13,000/yr 3.5 GPA · 21 ACT $4,495
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
 $13,000/yr — $9,206
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
 $12,000/yr 3.0 GPA · 30 ACT $8,319
University of Texas-Austin
Austin, TX
 $12,000/yr — $11,688
Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View, TX
 $11,400/yr 3.2 GPA · 24 ACT $7,387
Texas A&M University-College Station
College Station, TX
 $10,500/yr — $9,199
Lubbock Christian University
Lubbock, TX
 $10,000/yr 2.5 GPA $27,880
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
 $9,000/yr 3.0 GPA · 22 ACT $8,935
Texas A&M University-Texarkana
Texarkana, TX
 $8,000/yr 2.0 GPA · 23 ACT $6,209
The University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, TX
 $5,000/yr 3.0 GPA · 24 ACT $7,020
The University of Texas Permian Basin
Odessa, TX
 $4,000/yr 2.5 GPA $6,578
Concordia University Texas
Austin, TX
 $3,350/yr 2.8 GPA $31,108
University of Houston
Houston, TX
 $2,000/yr 3.0 GPA $8,685
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX
 $2,000/yr 3.0 GPA $35,050
Houston Christian University
Houston, TX
 — 3.2 GPA $36,750
Howard Payne University
Brownwood, TX
 — 3.8 GPA · 29 ACT $30,702
Texas A & M International University
Laredo, TX
 — 2.5 GPA · 19 ACT $3,818
Texas Wesleyan University
Fort Worth, TX
 — 3.2 GPA $34,608
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX
 — — $7,857

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Amounts are what each school publishes for incoming first-year students, and renewal usually depends on keeping a minimum GPA. Confirm figures with the school's financial aid office before you plan around them.