University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee · Public · 12,701 undergraduates · memphis.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test required
Send an SAT or ACT score
Admit rate
72%
of 15,084 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
915 to 1180
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$31,940Est.Estimate
$37,060 out of state
Your chances and merit aid at University of Memphis
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
72% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$37,060
a year in 2027-28, from a $37,060 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1050
Send your score
This college requires an SAT or ACT score.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test required
You must send an SAT or ACT score.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
- Adult applicants (21+ when starting college) take ACCUPLACER instead of ACT/SAT; GED/HiSET applicants 21+ also use ACCUPLACER.
Source: Admissions Requirements - Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation - University of Memphis · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Dec1Priority deadline · December 1, 2026Apply by this date for the best chance at admission and scholarships.
- Jul1Other deadline · July 1, 2027
Who gets in
72%
of applicants were admitted: 10,865 of 15,084 for fall 2024.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2024)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above.
SAT total 915 to 1180
Reading and Writing 480 to 600
Math 435 to 580
ACT composite 18 to 24
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.62
- 4.027%
- 3.75 to 3.9917%
- 3.50 to 3.7418%
- 3.25 to 3.4913%
- 3.00 to 3.2412%
- 2.50 to 2.9911%
- Below 2.502%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$31,940
a year, in state
$37,060
a year, out of state (tuition $17,220)
- Tuition (in state)$12,100
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$10,110
- $30,001 to $48,000$10,665
- $48,001 to $75,000$11,912
- $75,001 to $110,000$16,419
- Over $110,000$18,958
Financial aid
54%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$8,610
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
10%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $4,461 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 4/1
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
Tennessee programs for residents
Ned McWherter Scholars Program
$6,000 a year
State program · In-state students
- 3.75+ GPA, 1430+ SAT or 32+ ACT, Competitive merit award; application with transcript through first semester of senior year and official ACT/SAT; competitive, limited funding
Aspire Award
State program · In-state students
Up to $750/semester (4-year) or up to $250/semester (2-year) in addition to HOPE
- 3.00+ GPA, 1060+ SAT or 21+ ACT, Need-based HOPE supplement; meet HOPE requirements and parents' (or independent student's and spouse's) AGI of $36,000 or less
General Assembly Merit Scholarship (GAMS)
State program · In-state students
Up to $500/semester in addition to HOPE (including summer)
- 3.75+ GPA, 1330+ SAT or 29+ ACT, HOPE supplement (TN public or category 1-3 private HS graduates); must meet HOPE Scholarship requirements; FAFSA, from Tennessee
Tennessee HOPE Scholarship
State program · In-state students
4-year (and 2-year with housing): up to $2,250/semester freshman & sophomore, up to $2,850/semester junior & senior; 2-year: up to $1,600/semester
- 3.00+ GPA, 1060+ SAT or 21+ ACT, HOPE Scholarship (entering freshmen); enroll within 16 months of HS graduation; FAFSA
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
37 of 37
Earn credit with a score of 3
37 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $1,210Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | See Dept. Chair Art Lower Division |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | See Dept. Chair Art Lower Division |
| Art History | 3 | 3 | Art 1030 |
| Biology | 3 | 8 | BIOL 1010/1011, BIOL 1XXX Nonmajor's Biology w/lab |
| Biology | 4 | 8 | BIOL 1110/1111, BIOL 1XXX Major's Biology w/lab |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 3 | MATH 1830 |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 4 | MATH 1910 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 4 | MATH 1910 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 8 | MATH 1910, 1920 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 4 | Chem 1010/1011 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | Chem 1110/1111 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | Chem 1110/1111, 1120/1121 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 6 | CHIN 1010, 1020 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 9 | CHIN 1010, 1020, 2010 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 5 | 12 | CHIN 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POLS 1301 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 6 | POLS 1301 and POLS lower division |
| Computer Science A | 3 | 3 | Computer lower division |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 7 | Comp 1900 and Computer - Unassigned Lower Division |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | 3 | COMP 1000 |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | See Dept. Chair Art lower division |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENGL 1010 |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 6 | ENGL 1010, ENGL 1020 |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENGL 1010 |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 6 | ENGL 1010, 1020 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 4 | ENVR lower division |
| European History | 3 | 3 | History lower division |
| European History | 4 | 6 | History lower division |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 6 | FREN 1010, 1020 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 9 | FREN 1010, 1020, 2010 |
| French Language and Culture | 5 | 12 | FREN 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 6 | GERM 1010, 1020 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 9 | GERM 1010, 1020, 2010 |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | 12 | GERM 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020 |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | ESCI 1401 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 6 | ITAL 1010, 1020 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 9 | TAL 1010, 1020, 2010 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | 12 | ITAL 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 6 | JAPN 1010, 1020 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 9 | JAPN 1010, 1020, 2010 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | 12 | JAPN 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020 |
| Latin | 3 | 6 | LATN 1010, 1020 |
| Latin | 4 | 9 | LATN 1010, 1020, 2010 |
| Latin | 5 | 9 | LATN 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 2010 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 2020 |
| Music Theory | 3 | 2 | MUTC 1001 |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 8 | PHYS 1010, 1001 |
| Physics 1 | 4 | 8 | PHYS 2010, 2011 |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 8 | PHYS 1010, 1001 |
| Physics 2 | 4 | 8 | PHYS 2020, 2011 |
| Physics 2 | 5 | 8 | PHYS 2020, 2021 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 8 | PHYS 2010, 2011,2020, 2021 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 8 | PHYS 2110, 2111,2120, 2121 |
| Pre-Calculus | 3 | 4 | MATH 1730 |
| Psychology | 3 | 3 | PSYC lower division |
| Psychology | 4 | 3 | PSYC 1030 |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | GEN lower division |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 6 | SPAN 1010, 1020 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 9 | SPAN 1010, 1020, 2010 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | 12 | SPAN 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | 6 | SPAN 1010, 1020 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 9 | SPAN 1010, 1020, 2010 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 5 | 12 | SPAN 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020 |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | MATH 1530 |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POLS 1030 |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 6 | POLS 1030 and POLS lower division |
| United States History | 3 | 3 | HIST 2020 |
| United States History | 4 | 6 | HIST 2010, HIST 2020 |
| World History: Modern | 3 | 3 | HIST 1120 |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 6 | HIST 1110, 1120 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
53%
Come back for a second year
77%
Typical earnings
$52,227
a year, 10 years after starting here
- University of Memphis$47,110
- All colleges$57,284
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 40 majors here have earnings data.
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