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Alvernia scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$69,630per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Alvernia is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 14 published awards, and 4 are based on those numbers.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jun 2026
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The award collection

Published scholarships

These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.

Where does your student land?

  1. Provost Scholarship$23,000Automatic
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Provost Scholarship

    $23,000

    Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3.5
  2. Dean Scholarship$17,000Automatic
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Dean Scholarship

    $17,000

    Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3
  3. Bernardine Scholarship$21,000Automatic
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Bernardine Scholarship

    $21,000

    Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3.25
  4. Veronica Founders Scholarship$25,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Veronica Founders Scholarship

    $25,000

    Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
  5. Reading Collegiate Scholars Transfer ProgramFull tuitionNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Reading Collegiate Scholars Transfer Program

    Full tuition

    Published coverage or packageNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3
  6. Legacy AwardUp to $1,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Legacy Award

    Up to $1,000

    Variable or qualified amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

  7. Girl Scout Gold AwardUp to $27,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Girl Scout Gold Award

    Up to $27,000

    Variable or qualified amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
  8. Catholic School Award$1,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Catholic School Award

    $1,000

    Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

  9. Heritage Award$23,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Heritage Award

    $23,000

    Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
  10. Boscov Scholarship$29,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Boscov Scholarship

    $29,000

    Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
  11. Trustees Scholarship$27,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Trustees Scholarship

    $27,000

    Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
  12. Transfer Scholarship$15,000Automatic
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Transfer Scholarship

    $15,000

    Published amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    2.5
  13. Visit Award$2,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Visit Award

    $2,000

    Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

  14. Presidential Scholarship$28,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Presidential Scholarship

    $28,000

    Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions

Lights up against Alvernia's published cutoffs. Not an award offer; confirm with the financial aid office. Award terms and residency rules change; some awards differ for in-state and out-of-state students. Always confirm at the school’s source page.

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What makes Alvernia different

Alvernia offers merit awards tied to background, program involvement, and campus engagement for both incoming and transfer students.

Merit tiers144 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJun 2026By our research team

More than one award path

Separate the two paths.

Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.

  1. Match the published criteria

    Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.

  2. Check the application dates

    Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.

  3. Know what happens next year

    Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.

The fine print / Three questions to carry forward

Before you count on it.

Does it apply to us? Confirm the entering year, residency and every eligibility condition.

Can we keep it? Check renewal GPA, credits and how long the award lasts.

Can we combine it? Ask how outside scholarships and other school awards change the offer.

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Who this school may work for

Best for first-year and transfer applicants with Catholic school backgrounds, specific achievements, or program involvement who want to explore all available merit options.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $69,630 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Alvernia, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Alvernia, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$23,436
$30,001–$48,000$23,701
$48,001–$75,000$24,131
$75,001–$110,000$28,016
$110,001+$32,152
All income levels (average)$28,138

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$45,000
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$28,138

That works out to roughly a 51% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $57,565 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
56%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
72%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$27,000 (~$286/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$55,055
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
42%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
96%
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Other Alvernia scholarships worth checking

These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.

Amount$1,000EligibilityTheatre Award provides $1,000 per year to first-year students who enroll and continue in the Alvernia University Theatre major.

Source

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How Alvernia compares

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Alvernia is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Alvernia’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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