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Barton scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$53,606per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Barton may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.

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. Transfer Honors ScholarshipAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Transfer Honors Scholarship

    Amount not published

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

    GPA
    2.85
  2. Disciples Of Christ Scholarship$3,500Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Disciples Of Christ Scholarship

    $3,500

    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.

  3. Transfer Opportunity GrantAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Transfer Opportunity Grant

    Amount not published

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

    GPA
    2.5
  4. Transfer Incentive AwardAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Transfer Incentive Award

    Amount not published

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

    GPA
    2.5
  5. Transfer High Honors ScholarshipAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Transfer High Honors Scholarship

    Amount not published

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

    GPA
    3.2
  6. Alumni Scholarship$1,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Alumni Scholarship

    $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.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Alumni Scholarship

    How to keep it

    Maintain 2.5 GPA

  7. Phi Theta KappaAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Phi Theta Kappa

    Amount not published

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

    GPA
    3.5
  8. Multiple Family Member Discount$1,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Multiple Family Member Discount

    $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.

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What makes Barton different

Barton College rewards transfer students and honors scholars with dedicated pathways.

Merit tiers8See who qualifies
First-year students with school awards13%First-year students, CDS 2025-2026 (school-estimated)
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team

Selection beyond grades and scores

Start with the selection process.

These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.

  1. Read the selection rules

    Look for the school's stated criteria and whether an additional application is needed.

  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

Transfer students from community colleges and those seeking an honors program at a smaller faith-based college will find strong support here.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $53,606 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Barton, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$19,641
$30,001–$48,000$18,497
$48,001–$75,000$22,510
$75,001–$110,000$25,308
$110,001+$30,286
All income levels (average)$23,626

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$37,250
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$23,626

That works out to roughly a 55% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $51,935 (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
46%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
65%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$25,877 (~$274/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$47,913
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
50%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
76%
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More school data

From the Barton Common Data Set 2025-2026 (school-estimated figures):

Merit penetrationHow likely is merit aid here?From Barton’s Common Data Set: the share of first-year students who receive institutional merit and the average dollar amount when they do.
13%of admitsget merit
Average award$14,194Covers ~26% of $53,606 cost of attendance

At Barton, roughly 1 in 8 first-year admits receive institutional merit aid. The average award is $14,194 — about 26% of total cost.

As filed in Barton's CDS Section H2A: of 273 first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen, 36 had no financial need and received institutional merit (non-need) scholarship or grant aid, averaging $14,194. Across all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates: 172 of 906, averaging $14,605. Athletic awards are excluded per the CDS definition.

The 2025-2026 column is marked "estimated" in the school's own CDS filing — school-projected figures, not final audited counts.

Receive institutional merit13%First-year students, Common Data Set 2025-2026 (school-estimated)
Average merit award$14,194Across recipients, Common Data Set 2025-2026 (school-estimated)

Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026 (verified 2026-07-23)

Other Barton scholarships worth checking

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

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityHigh-achieving students may be invited to participate in the Whitehurst Family Honors Program, which includes scholarship opportunities through the Honors Program competition hosted each spring.

Source

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How Barton compares

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

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

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