Best Texas Scholarships to Apply for in 2024 – Access Scholarships

Rice University – Houston, Texas

Important financial aid and scholarship details:

• Rice offers what is called The Rice Investment – it’s a need-based financial aid package that grants families awards that covers specific amounts of your education depending on your family’s total income and assets:
  • Income range $130K – $200K = half tuition 
  • Income range $65K – $130K = full tuition
  • Income range 65K and below = full tuition, including fees, room and board
• Rice is committed to meeting 100% of every student’s demonstrated financial need (this is inclusive of international students).

All admitted freshman applicants are automatically considered for merit-based scholarships.

 

University of Texas-Austin – Austin, Texas

Important financial aid and scholarship details:

• UT offers over 3,000 scholarships to both incoming and current students.
• Submit your FAFSA by the priority deadline of January 15 to maximize your chances of receiving the financial aid that you’re eligible for (includes grants, work-study programs, and loans).

 

Texas A&M University – College Station, Texas

Important financial aid and scholarship details:

• Texas A&M has a scholarship page which has information on how students of all years can apply for various types of university scholarships.

 

Southern Methodist University – Dallas, Texas

Important financial aid and scholarship details:

• Eligibility for undergraduate merit scholarships is determined through the admissions process and/or by the academic department for the declared major (for current students).

 

Trinity University – San Antonio, Texas

Important financial aid and scholarship details:

• 56% of Trinity students graduate with no debt.
• Trinity has dozens of great scholarship opportunities for incoming and current students, some of which you are automatically considered for when you apply to the university.

 

Texas Christian University – Fort Worth, Texas

Important financial aid and scholarship details:

• About 77% of incoming students receive some kind of financial assistance, including loans, grants, and work study.
• TCU offers 5 academic scholarships to its highest achieving admitted students, including one full-ride scholarship).

 

Baylor University – Waco, Texas

Important financial aid and scholarship details:

• More than 90% of students receive financial aid, and 86% receive academic scholarships.
• Baylor offers numerous academic scholarships to admitted students (automatically considered once you’ve submitted an application to the school) which range from $1,000 to the full cost of attendance. 

 

LeTorneau University – Longview, Texas

Important financial aid and scholarship details:

• More than 90% of all LeTorneau students receive some form of financial aid. 
• LETU offers four competitive academic scholarships which range from $10,000 – $20,000 per year and are awarded upon acceptance. These scholarships are renewable given a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA at the end of each spring semester.

 

Texas Tech University – Lubbock, Texas

Important financial aid and scholarship details:

• 70% of students receive aid, and the average amount of undergraduate aid per student is $10,022. 
• Incoming freshmen can apply for university competitive scholarships through the Apply Texas portal, and they are automatically considered for the Presidential Merit Scholarship upon applying to TTU.
• Current students can see Texas Tech’s scholarship offerings here.

 

University of Texas-Dallas – Dallas, Texas

Important financial aid and scholarship details:

• UT-Dallas offers 5 main scholarship programs for incoming freshmen, plus additional scholarship opportunities for students in each of the eight schools on campus. Check them all out here.