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Avila scholarships and merit aid

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Posted price$41,540per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Avila is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 7 published awards, and 3 are based on those numbers.

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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. Avila Achievement Scholarship$25,000 - $30,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Avila Achievement Scholarship

    $25,000 - $30,000 per year

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

    GPA
    Based on cumulative GPA (specific tier cutoffs not published)
    ACT
    Based on ACT scores (specific tier cutoffs not published)
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Avila Achievement Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Traditional undergraduate (first-year) programs only; value determined at the time of admission to the University

    How to keep it

    Page states 'All Avila financial aid is renewable as long as a student is enrolled full-time, meets renewal criteria, and/or continues to demonstrate financial need.' No specific renewal GPA is published.

    Worth knowing

    This is Avila's headline automatic merit award. The exact amount within the $25,000-$30,000 range is set by cumulative GPA and ACT scores; Avila does not publish a per-tier GPA/ACT grid on its official pages, so the precise figure is confirmed only in the financial-aid award letter. The award is for traditional undergraduate/transfer programs, not online, accelerated, or hybrid programs.

  2. Transfer Presidential Scholarship$25,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Transfer Presidential Scholarship

    $25,000 per year

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

    GPA
    3.6+ cumulative GPA
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Transfer Presidential Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Transfer students only; traditional undergraduate/transfer programs

    How to keep it

    All Avila financial aid is renewable as long as a student is enrolled full-time and meets renewal criteria; no specific renewal GPA published.

    Worth knowing

    Awarded to transfer students with a 3.6+ cumulative GPA. Marked with an asterisk on the source table (footnote not fully expanded on the page); confirm exact terms with the financial aid office.

  3. Transfer Achievement Scholarship$21,000 - $24,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Transfer Achievement Scholarship

    $21,000 - $24,000 per year

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

    GPA
    Based on cumulative GPA (specific tier cutoffs not published)
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Transfer Achievement Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Transfer students only; traditional undergraduate/transfer programs

    How to keep it

    All Avila financial aid is renewable as long as a student is enrolled full-time and meets renewal criteria; no specific renewal GPA published.

    Worth knowing

    Transfer-student counterpart to the Achievement Scholarship; amount set by cumulative GPA. No per-tier GPA grid published.

  4. Phi Theta Kappa (Transfer)$500Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Phi Theta Kappa (Transfer)

    $500

    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
    Open award details for Phi Theta Kappa (Transfer)

    Who qualifies

    Exclusive to transfer students who are members of Phi Theta Kappa

    How to keep it

    Renewal terms not stated on the page.

    Worth knowing

    Small recognition award for transfer students who are Phi Theta Kappa members. The page warns: 'Not all grants and scholarships are stackable with academic and athletic awards.'

  5. Avila Mission Grant$1,000 (annual)Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Avila Mission Grant

    $1,000 (annual)

    Published award termsNot 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
    Open award details for Avila Mission Grant

    Who qualifies

    Students must be dependents of Avila alumni

    How to keep it

    Listed as 'Annual.' All Avila financial aid is renewable as long as a student is enrolled full-time and meets renewal criteria.

    Worth knowing

    Legacy/affinity grant of $1,000 per year for dependents of Avila alumni. Not stats-based. Per the page footnote, it may not be stackable with academic and athletic awards — confirm with admissions rep.

  6. Performance GrantAmount variesNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Performance Grant

    Amount varies

    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.

    Open award details for Performance Grant

    Who qualifies

    Students demonstrating talent or interest in theatre (and, per page footnote, advertising, art, campus ministry, communication, kinesiology, music, newspaper, video production, or writing)

    Renewal terms

    Not stated on the page.

    Worth knowing

    Talent/engagement grant; not a fixed dollar award, so no amount is published. Often requires an audition, portfolio, or department contact — verify the process with the relevant department.

  7. Athletic ScholarshipsAmount variesNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Athletic Scholarships

    Amount varies

    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.

    Open award details for Athletic Scholarships

    Who qualifies

    Students who plan to participate in athletics; must file the FAFSA and work individually with the coach

    Renewal terms

    Not stated on the page; determined by the coach.

    Worth knowing

    Avila combines a student's academic and athletic awards into ONE scholarship determined by the coach — so athletic and academic merit are not stacked separately. All prospective athletes must file the FAFSA and work with the coach to determine the total award.

Lights up against Avila'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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The fine print

Renewal ruleAvila Achievement Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

Page states 'All Avila financial aid is renewable as long as a student is enrolled full-time, meets renewal criteria, and/or continues to demonstrate financial need.' No specific renewal GPA is published. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

What makes Avila different

Avila's merit anchor is one automatic, stats-based award — the Avila Achievement Scholarship of $25,000-$30,000/year set on GPA and ACT at the time of admission — at a small Catholic university where 100% of first-year students receive a scholarship or financial aid.

Merit tiers73 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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What families often miss

  1. Several aggregator sites publish an Avila Presidential Scholarship and tiered $18K-$30K GPA/ACT grids — but those figures are NOT on Avila's official pages and they contradict each other. Avila officially publishes one band: the Avila Achievement Scholarship at $25,000-$30,000 set on GPA and ACT. Treat any grid you didn't see in your award letter as unconfirmed.

  2. Avila combines a recruited athlete's academic and athletic awards into a SINGLE scholarship set by the coach. They are not added on top of one another, and the page warns that not all grants/scholarships stack with academic and athletic awards.

  3. The Avila Achievement Scholarship is merit-based (GPA + ACT), but note one third-party listing wrongly tags it 'restricted to those with financial need.' The official page bases it on cumulative GPA and ACT scores, not need.

  4. Avila's first-time full-time tuition & fees total is $41,540/yr, but the off-campus total is listed as $57,018, and on-campus students add housing ($5,000-$9,000/yr) plus a meal plan ($936-$5,116/yr), books, and the $1,000 campus fee. International students must also carry health insurance.

  5. Outside scholarships must be reported to the Financial Aid Office and can affect eligibility. The upside: when Avila must adjust, it reduces need-based loans or work-study BEFORE touching gift aid — so reporting an outside award usually replaces debt, not your scholarship.

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Who this school may work for

Students looking at a small, faith-based Kansas City university who want a sizable automatic GPA/ACT-based discount off Avila's sticker price; budget-focused families should note Avila publishes one merit band, not a full GPA/ACT grid, so the exact award is confirmed only in the admission offer.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $41,540 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Avila, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$15,694
$30,001–$48,000$14,939
$48,001–$75,000$14,682
$75,001–$110,000$17,852
$110,001+$19,775
All income levels (average)$16,053

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$42,000
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$16,053

That works out to roughly a 68% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $50,096 (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
52%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
71%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$25,000 (~$265/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$52,773
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
68%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
49%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Avila explicitly states that when outside scholarships require an aid adjustment, it reduces need-based loans or work-study BEFORE reducing any gift aid (scholarships/grants) — i.e., gift aid is protected first (loan-first displacement). Internally, the page warns that not all grants and scholarships are stackable with academic and athletic awards, and athletic awards specifically are combined with the academic award into one scholarship rather than stacked.

For OUTSIDE (third-party) scholarships: students must report them; Avila must consider them when determining eligibility for other aid, and if it must adjust other aid it reduces need-based loans/work-study before any gift aid. For INTERNAL awards: 'Not all grants and scholarships are stackable with academic and athletic awards.' Athletic recruits receive a single combined academic+athletic award set by the coach.

Source

Other Avila scholarships worth checking

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

AmountUp to $10,000 per year (up to 5 years)EligibilityOutside scholarship from Great Jobs KC for low- and modest-income students in Cass, Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties (MO) and Johnson and Wyandotte counties (KS); awards are for 11th graders who maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA and enroll full-time the semester immediately after high school graduation.

External (third-party) award, not an Avila institutional scholarship; funds are paid directly to the college. Subject to Avila's outside-scholarship reporting and adjustment rules.

Source

AmountFull tuition (income-eligible)EligibilityIncome-eligible transfers from Metropolitan Community College–Kansas City (MCCKC); offered exclusively to traditional day-time, on-campus students.

Need/income-based, not pure merit. Not available for online adult students. Verify income-eligibility (OEFC) criteria with financial aid.

Source

Avila merit aid FAQ

  • What is the application deadline?

    Avila uses rolling admission; submit your application by December 15 before your intended fall semester. For best aid, file the FAFSA between October 1 and February 1 (Avila FAFSA code 002449). The value of your academic merit scholarship is set at the time of admission.

  • Is the Avila Achievement Scholarship automatic?

    Yes for traditional undergraduate (first-year) applicants — it is awarded based on your cumulative GPA and ACT scores at the time of admission, with no separate scholarship application. Online, accelerated, and hybrid programs are excluded; contact financial aid for those.

  • Can I stack Avila scholarships?

    Not always. Avila's page states 'Not all grants and scholarships are stackable with academic and athletic awards,' and athletic recruits receive a single combined academic+athletic award set by the coach. Confirm stackability with your admissions rep or the financial aid office.

  • What happens if I win an outside scholarship?

    You must report it to the Financial Aid Office. If Avila has to adjust your aid, it reduces need-based loans or work-study before reducing any gift aid (scholarships/grants) — so an outside award typically reduces your borrowing rather than your Avila scholarship.

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How Avila compares

  • 145 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use loan-first displacement.

    Avila is in a recognizable cluster (145 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.

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

    Avila 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 Avila’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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