Undergraduate Diversity Scholarships
Golden Eagle Excellence Scholarship
The Golden Eagle Excellence Scholarship is designed to promote Tennessee Technological University’s commitment to a more inclusive and diverse campus that enriches the educational experience, promotes personal growth and a healthy society, strengthens communities and the workplace, and enhances America’s economic competitiveness. This is a competitive scholarship designed to attract the underrepresented groups who are academically gifted and those with special talents, those exhibiting leadership qualities and service to their community.
This scholarship is also designed to attract regionally rural Upper Cumberland students to the University in an effort to improve the college attainment rates in the 24 Upper Cumberland counties outside of Putnam County. The percentage of the population who has earned a bachelor’s degree is below the national and state average in all of these counties. This program strives to support statewide initiatives to improve this condition in our region.
In order to be considered for this competitive scholarship, the student must meet all of the following qualifications:
- Apply for admission as an entering freshman or transfer student for the Fall semester
- Apply for scholarships by the priority deadline date
- Be a graduate of a Tennessee high school
- Submit a FAFSA prior to deadline
- Enroll as a full-time student
Also, he/she must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Underrepresented ethnic population
- First-generation college student
- Be a resident of one of the 24 Upper Cumberland educationally underrepresented counties
- Be an underrepresented gender population specific to major
Each application will receive a holistic review to determine whether the applicant meets the criteria. Every effort will be made to address diversity awards in a manner consistent with the needs of the University, the academic departments, and the student population. Each year, the University will assess how this program is helping us to attain our diversity objectives.
Steve and Milah Lynn Endowed Engineering Scholarship
Criteria: Must be a high school senior and/or community college sophomore who have applied to study engineering at TTU; and undergraduate TTU students who have previously held the scholarship; first consideration to Industrial Engineering major, thereafter any engineering majors qualify; ;minority applicants will be given strong consideration; recipients must be a U.S. citizens; financial need is a requirement.
Mary Patterson Scholarship Endowment in Computer Science
Criteria: The recipient must be a prospective or current female, African-American, or Native American student in good standing in accordance with current institutional policies; the recipient must be a full-time student enrolled in a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in computer science; the recipient must have and continue to maintain a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0; the recipient must demonstrate a commitment to the field of computer science and show promise of being successful as subjectively determined by the Department of Computer Science faculty.
Dr. Leo and Gloria McGee Scholarship Endowment
Criteria: Must be a student in good standing in accordance with current institutional policies; be of African American descent; be preparing to be a teacher of young children (Early Childhood, PK-4 or Elementary Education, K-4)
Minority Engineering Program Endowment
Criteria: Must be a prospective or current engineering student in good standing in accordance with current institutional policies with selection made by the Director of Minority Engineering.
College of Business Administration Foundation (COBAF) Diversity Scholarship Endowment
Criteria: To be eligible for this scholarship, students must meet the following criteria: Must be from underrepresented student populations; must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student (enrolled for 12 or more hours); must have a minimum high school GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, a minimum community college GPA of 3.0, or a TTU GPA of 3.0; if a graduate student, must be admissible to Tennessee Tech’s MBA program; must have demonstrated leadership ability as a student or through other active involvements with groups, organizations, etc; must have a clear objective toward a career in business or business-related professions. Preference shall be given to incoming freshmen and transfer students. Scholarships will be renewed for initial recipients who maintain a 2.5 undergraduate GPA or good academic standing at the graduate level.
For more information on any of these scholarships, contact the Scholarship Office at 931-372-6159 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
