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Azusa Pacific scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$68,470per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Azusa Pacific awards automatic merit on admission. Azusa Pacific does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jul 2026
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Published rules, with the school sources close at hand. Confirm the details before you count on an award.

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. Trustees' ScholarshipFull tuitionNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Trustees' Scholarship

    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
    Minimum high school weighted GPA of 3.9 on a 4.0 scale, or ranked in the top five percent
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Trustees' Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    First-time freshman applicant to Azusa Pacific University; separate Trustees' Scholarship application required; finalists invited to campus for personal interviews and selected by the Trustees' Scholarship Committee

    How to keep it

    Renewable for recipients maintaining a minimum course load of 12 units with a 3.0 cumulative GPA at the end of each academic year, up to the amount of annual tuition for a maximum of four years or completion of a bachelor's degree, whichever comes first.

    Worth knowing

    Competitive, NOT automatic. Nine awards available. Application deadline February 1, 2026; finalist interviews February 19-20, 2026; recipients announced no later than April 1, 2026. Award is the only academic scholarship not set by the automatic sliding-scale grid.

  2. President's Scholarship$24,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    President's Scholarship

    $24,000 per year

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

    GPA
    Not published; set by a sliding scale combining GPA and test scores at the time of admittance
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for President's Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Awarded automatically to admitted first-year students who qualify under the highest sliding-scale band (below Trustees')

    How to keep it

    Renewable up to four years; must maintain at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA at APU.

    Worth knowing

    Top of the automatic academic-scholarship grid. APU does not publish the specific GPA/test-score cutoff for each tier; awards are determined on a sliding scale at the time of admittance. The 2026-27 grid amount ($24,000) is unchanged from the 2025-26 grid.

  3. Provost's Scholarship$22,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Provost's Scholarship

    $22,000 per year

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

    GPA
    Not published; set by a sliding scale combining GPA and test scores at the time of admittance
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Provost's Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Awarded automatically to admitted first-year students who qualify under this sliding-scale band

    How to keep it

    Renewable up to four years; must maintain at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA at APU.

    Worth knowing

    CONFLICT: the APU catalog page lists the Provost's Scholarship at $21,000 (labeled fall 2025 / 2025-26), while the main financial-aid page's 2026-27 grid lists $22,000. The $22,000 figure is used here as the current 2026-27 amount; see Section C. GPA/test cutoff per tier is not published.

  4. Deans' Scholarship$20,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Deans' Scholarship

    $20,000 per year

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

    GPA
    Not published; set by a sliding scale combining GPA and test scores at the time of admittance
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Deans' Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Awarded automatically to admitted first-year students who qualify under this sliding-scale band

    How to keep it

    Renewable up to four years; must maintain at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA at APU.

    Worth knowing

    Middle of the automatic grid; $20,000 amount is identical on both the 2026-27 and 2025-26 grids. Per-tier GPA/test cutoff is not published by APU.

  5. Directors' Scholarship$18,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Directors' Scholarship

    $18,000 per year

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

    GPA
    Not published; set by a sliding scale combining GPA and test scores at the time of admittance
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Directors' Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Awarded automatically to admitted first-year students who qualify under this sliding-scale band

    How to keep it

    Renewable up to four years; must maintain at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA at APU.

    Worth knowing

    $18,000 amount is identical on both the 2026-27 and 2025-26 grids. Spelled 'Directors' Scholarship' on the financial-aid page and 'Director's Scholarship' in the catalog. Per-tier GPA/test cutoff is not published.

  6. Mary Hill Award$15,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Mary Hill Award

    $15,000 per year

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

    GPA
    Not published; set by a sliding scale combining GPA and test scores at the time of admittance
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Mary Hill Award

    Who qualifies

    Lowest automatic academic-scholarship band; all new admitted students receive at least some level of scholarship

    How to keep it

    Renewable up to four years; must maintain at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA at APU.

    Worth knowing

    CONFLICT: the APU catalog page lists the Mary Hill Award at $14,000 (labeled fall 2025 / 2025-26), while the main financial-aid page's 2026-27 grid lists $15,000. The $15,000 figure is used here as the current 2026-27 amount; see Section C. This is the floor of the grid, so it functions as APU's guaranteed minimum academic scholarship.

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The fine print

Aid capHard $68,470 cost-of-attendance ceiling

Institutional aid at Azusa Pacific cannot push the package past $68,470. Big outside wins can mathematically reduce institutional grant once the ceiling is reached.

What makes Azusa Pacific different

Azusa Pacific gives every admitted first-year an automatic, sliding-scale academic scholarship from the $15,000/year Mary Hill Award up to the $24,000/year President's Scholarship, with nine competitive full-tuition Trustees' Scholarships above the grid.

Merit tiers65 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJul 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. Every academic-grid scholarship except the Trustees' Scholarship is automatic: APU sets your tier from a sliding scale combining your GPA and test scores at the time of admittance. Only the full-tuition Trustees' Scholarship needs its own application.

  2. It is competitive: nine awards, a separate application due February 1, 2026, a 3.9 weighted GPA (or top 5%) floor, and an on-campus interview February 19-20, 2026. Meeting the GPA minimum does not guarantee it.

  3. The APU catalog still shows the 2025-26 grid (Provost's $21,000, Mary Hill $14,000). The 2026-27 financial-aid page shows higher figures (Provost's $22,000, Mary Hill $15,000). Confirm the year before quoting an amount.

  4. Tuition is $45,980; the 2026-27 total cost of attendance for a traditional undergraduate is $68,470 once fees, housing, food, and books are added. A 'full-tuition' Trustees' award still leaves housing, food, fees, and books to cover.

  5. APU policy states financial aid cannot stack above Cost of Attendance (only ROTC and VA Benefits are excepted), so a large outside scholarship can reduce institutional aid rather than add to it.

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Who this school may work for

Strong but not necessarily top-of-class students who want a guaranteed, automatic merit award at an evangelical Christian university; high-stat applicants (3.9+ weighted GPA or top 5%) can compete for a full-tuition Trustees' Scholarship.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $68,470 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Azusa Pacific, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$15,781
$30,001–$48,000$20,495
$48,001–$75,000$22,998
$110,001+$27,193
All income levels (average)$22,212

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$44,458
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$22,212

That works out to roughly a 61% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $56,313 (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
62%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
84%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$23,219 (~$246/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$66,677
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
31%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
45%
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If your student brings another scholarship

APU caps total financial aid at the Cost of Attendance: 'Financial aid cannot stack above Cost of Attendance (COA),' with the only stated exceptions being ROTC scholarships and VA Benefits. Outside scholarships must be reported and can reduce or eliminate awards already offered when they push total aid over COA.

Students must report all outside resources (grants, scholarships, fellowships, stipends, tuition reimbursement) to the Student Services Center; failure to report can delay aid, cancel awards, or require return of funds. APU's published order ('Step 1 – Cost of Attendance') begins with COA and the policy notes the APU Grant may be reevaluated/reduced when new information is received. The exact order of which dollars are reduced first when outside aid exceeds COA (institutional merit vs. need-based grant vs. self-help) is not spelled out on the public pages reviewed.

Source

Other Azusa Pacific scholarships worth checking

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

AmountVariesEligibilityAny external grant, scholarship, fellowship, stipend, or tuition reimbursement a student receives.

Must be reported to the Student Services Center; subject to the COA stacking cap. APU encourages outside aid to reduce loan debt, but it can reduce institutional aid if total aid would exceed COA.

Source

Azusa Pacific merit aid FAQ

  • Do I have to apply separately for APU merit scholarships?

    No, except for the Trustees' Scholarship. Every admitted first-year student is automatically considered for the academic grid (Mary Hill Award through President's Scholarship), with the tier set by GPA and test scores at the time of admittance. The full-tuition Trustees' Scholarship requires a separate application by February 1, 2026.

  • What GPA do I need to keep my APU scholarship?

    You must maintain at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA at APU to renew an academic-grid scholarship (verified after each spring semester); awards are renewable up to four years. The Trustees' Scholarship requires a higher 3.0 cumulative GPA and a 12-unit course load each year.

  • Do outside scholarships stack on top of my APU aid?

    Only up to your Cost of Attendance. APU policy says financial aid cannot stack above COA (exceptions: ROTC and VA Benefits), and you must report all outside awards to the Student Services Center, so a large outside scholarship can reduce your institutional aid.

  • Is every admitted student guaranteed a scholarship?

    Yes. APU states that all new admitted students will receive some level of scholarship; the floor of the published academic grid is the $15,000/year Mary Hill Award (2026-27).

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How Azusa Pacific compares

  • 235 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use cost-of-attendance cap displacement.

    Azusa Pacific is in a recognizable cluster (235 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.

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

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