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Belmont Abbey scholarships and merit aid

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Posted price$40,094per year · 2025-2026 · cost of attendance
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Belmont Abbey may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.

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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.

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  1. Merit Awards (Trustees / Chancellor's / Presidential / Abbey Community Grant) — First-Year grid$2,500-$6,000 (each tier listed as 'Up to')Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Merit Awards (Trustees / Chancellor's / Presidential / Abbey Community Grant) — First-Year grid

    $2,500-$6,000 (each tier listed as 'Up to')

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

    GPA
    Average Unweighted GPA 2.5-2.99 (Abbey Community Grant, up to $2,500); 3.0-3.39 (Presidential, up to $4,500); 3.4-3.59 (Chancellor's, up to $5,000); 3.6 or higher (Trustees, up to $6,000)
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Merit Awards (Trustees / Chancellor's / Presidential / Abbey Community Grant) — First-Year grid

    Who qualifies

    Based on the student's transcripts. Not stackable with Honors and Premier Scholarships.

    Worth knowing

    Page says awards are 'based on a student's transcripts' but never uses the word 'automatic' and lists each amount only as 'Up to' — so automaticOnStats is left false and the exact award within each band is not guaranteed. Renewal terms for these Merit Awards are not published.

  2. Merit Awards (Trustees / Chancellor's / Presidential / Abbey Community Grant) — Transfer grid$3,500-$6,000 (each tier listed as 'Up to')Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Merit Awards (Trustees / Chancellor's / Presidential / Abbey Community Grant) — Transfer grid

    $3,500-$6,000 (each tier listed as 'Up to')

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

    GPA
    Average Unweighted GPA 2.0-2.99 (Abbey Community Grant, up to $3,500); 3.0-3.24 (Presidential, up to $4,500); 3.25-3.49 (Chancellor's, up to $5,000); 3.5 or higher (Trustees, up to $6,000)
    Open award details for Merit Awards (Trustees / Chancellor's / Presidential / Abbey Community Grant) — Transfer grid

    Who qualifies

    Based on the student's transcripts. Not stackable with Honors and Premier Scholarships.

    Worth knowing

    This second Merit Awards grid appears in the Transfer Student tab of the financial-aid page (anchors '#awards-ts', '#breakdown-ts'); GPA bands and the bottom-tier amount differ from the first-year grid. Tab attribution is inferred from page anchors — confirm with the aid office which grid applies to transfers.

  3. The Honors College (Honors College Scholarship)$9,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    The Honors College (Honors College Scholarship)

    $9,000

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

    GPA
    Non-weighted high school GPA of 3.5 or higher
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for The Honors College (Honors College Scholarship)

    Who qualifies

    Awarded to students who apply, interview, and are accepted into the Honors College. Scholarship Weekend: Friday & Saturday, Feb. 6-7, 2026.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for up to 4 years. Students must be full-time and maintain at least a 3.25 GPA.

    Worth knowing

    Largest published named award; requires separate application and interview.

  4. Bishop William G. Curlin scholarship$8,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Bishop William G. Curlin scholarship

    $8,000

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

    GPA
    Non-weighted high school GPA of 3.5 or higher
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Bishop William G. Curlin scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Listed among the Premier Scholarships, which take applications via the college's premier-scholarship application form.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for up to 4 years. Students must be full-time and maintain at least a 3.0 GPA.

    Worth knowing

    Appears only on the Premier Scholarships page; it is not listed in the Honors and Premier Scholarships section of the financial-aid landing page.

  5. Hintemeyer Catholic Leadership Scholarship (Felix Hintemeyer Catholic Leadership Scholarship)$8,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Hintemeyer Catholic Leadership Scholarship (Felix Hintemeyer Catholic Leadership Scholarship)

    $8,000

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

    GPA
    Non-weighted high school GPA of 3.2 or higher
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Hintemeyer Catholic Leadership Scholarship (Felix Hintemeyer Catholic Leadership Scholarship)

    Who qualifies

    Confirmed, practicing Catholics only. Separate application required. Awarded students are invited to attend the Hintemeyer Scholarship Weekend annually (Friday & Saturday, Feb. 27-28, 2026). Scholars live together in Hintemeyer Households and attend Formation Nights.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for up to four years. Students that hold a Catholic leadership scholarship must be full-time and remain in good academic standing.

    Worth knowing

    Religious-affiliation gate: eligibility is limited to confirmed, practicing Catholics.

  6. St. Thomas More Civic Integrity Scholarship$7,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    St. Thomas More Civic Integrity Scholarship

    $7,000

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

    GPA
    Non-weighted high school GPA of 3.0 or higher
    SAT
    Combined verbal and math (not including the Essay portion) SAT score of 1100
    ACT
    ACT equivalent of a combined verbal and math SAT score of 1100
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for St. Thomas More Civic Integrity Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    All Thomas More Scholars must reside on campus; must complete the Thomas More Scholarship application in full and participate in a scholarship interview (as part of the Scholarship Weekend experience); annual seminar plus a 1-credit internship/Moot Court/Model UN/Debate requirement.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for up to four years. Students must be full-time and maintain at least a 3.0 GPA.

    Worth knowing

    The 1100 SAT/ACT-equivalent requirement and on-campus residency requirement appear only on the program detail page, not in the Premier Scholarships summary card.

  7. Fr. Oetgen Theatre & Dance Scholarship (Father John Oetgen Scholarship)$7,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Fr. Oetgen Theatre & Dance Scholarship (Father John Oetgen Scholarship)

    $7,000

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

    GPA
    Non-weighted high school GPA of 2.75 or higher
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Fr. Oetgen Theatre & Dance Scholarship (Father John Oetgen Scholarship)

    Who qualifies

    Theatre & dance premier scholarship; application through the premier-scholarship application form.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for up to 4 years. Students must be full-time and maintain at least a 2.5 GPA.

  8. Abbey Advantage ScholarshipFull tuition (covers remaining tuition after full Pell Grant and NC Need-Based grants) — NOT a full ride; housing, meals, and other costs are not coveredNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Abbey Advantage Scholarship

    Full tuition (covers remaining tuition after full Pell Grant and NC Need-Based grants) — NOT a full ride; housing, meals, and other costs are not covered

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

    GPA
    Unweighted high school GPA of 2.8 or higher
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Abbey Advantage Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Resident of North Carolina (lived in NC for more than a year); non-athlete; first-time, full-time student pursuing a traditional major of study; must complete the FAFSA and the NC Residency Determination Form; must be receiving the full Pell Grant and full NC Need-Based Aid amounts. Effective statewide for the 2026-2027 academic year. Eligible students are notified after completion of the FAFSA. Deadline to apply for the Fall 2026 semester is July 1, 2026. Not stackable with other institutional scholarships.

    How to keep it

    Duration: Renewable for up to 4 years. (No renewal GPA published.)

    Worth knowing

    Last-dollar award: state and federal grants are applied first and the college covers only the remaining TUITION gap. Expanded from select counties to all of North Carolina effective 2026-2027.

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The fine print

Renewal ruleThe Honors College (Honors College Scholarship): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

Renewable for up to 4 years. Students must be full-time and maintain at least a 3.25 GPA. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

Outside awardsNo published displacement order

Belmont Abbey's policy doesn't specify whether outside scholarships hit loans, grants, or only the COA ceiling. Get a written aid-office answer before chasing private awards.

What makes Belmont Abbey different

Belmont Abbey pairs modest GPA-based Merit Awards ($2,500-$6,000) and named Premier Scholarships ($7,000-$9,000) with a last-dollar Abbey Advantage Scholarship that covers remaining tuition for qualifying North Carolina residents — but the college's awards explicitly do not stack with one another.

Merit tiers8See who qualifies
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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What families often miss

  1. The award 'cover[s] the student's remaining tuition costs' only, after the full Pell Grant and NC Need-Based grants are applied first. Housing (freshman: $7,208 for 2026-27), meal plans ($5,983-$6,264 plus 7% NC sales tax), books, and other costs are not covered.

  2. It is gated on need and status, not just GPA: students must be receiving the FULL Pell Grant and FULL NC Need-Based Aid amounts, have lived in North Carolina for more than a year, complete both the FAFSA and the NC Residency Determination Form, be a non-athlete, and be a first-time, full-time student in a traditional major. Partial Pell eligibility disqualifies.

  3. 'The Abbey Advantage Scholarship is not stackable with other institutional scholarships.' Accepting it means it replaces, not adds to, other Belmont Abbey scholarships.

  4. The financial-aid page states Merit Awards 'are not stackable with Honors and Premier Scholarships' — a student gets one track or the other, so a $9,000 Honors award supersedes (not adds to) a $6,000 Trustees Award.

  5. The Out-of-State Grant ($1,000 first-year / $1,500 transfer) is footnoted 'Cannot be stacked with an athletic scholarship.'

  6. Each award has its own renewal floor: Honors College requires maintaining at least a 3.25 college GPA, Curlin and St. Thomas More require 3.0, Fr. Oetgen requires 2.5, and Hintemeyer requires good academic standing — all while enrolled full-time. Dropping below the floor risks losing $7,000-$9,000 per year.

  7. Eligibility is limited to 'Confirmed, practicing Catholics' with a 3.2+ non-weighted GPA — a religious gate that appears on the program detail page.

  8. The summary card lists only a 3.0 GPA, but the program page adds a combined verbal+math SAT (or ACT equivalent) score of 1100, an interview at Scholarship Weekend, and a requirement that all Thomas More Scholars reside on campus.

  9. The Premier Scholarships page says 'For preferred consideration, apply before February 1,' while the financial-aid landing page says 'Apply before February 15th for preferred consideration.' Separately, 'priority consideration for institutional grant money is given to students who fill out and file FAFSA prior to February 1st.' Filing everything before February 1 satisfies all versions.

  10. FAFSA filing before February 1 drives priority for institutional grant money, the Out-of-State Grant requires the FAFSA, and Abbey Advantage eligibility is determined only 'after completion of the FAFSA' (deadline July 1, 2026 for Fall 2026).

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Who this school may work for

North Carolina residents with a 2.8+ unweighted GPA who qualify for the full Pell Grant and full NC Need-Based aid can get remaining tuition covered through Abbey Advantage. Otherwise, students with a 3.2-3.5+ unweighted GPA willing to apply and interview for the named Premier/Honors scholarships ($7,000-$9,000) come out ahead of the standard transcript-based Merit Awards.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $40,094 for 2025-2026. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Belmont Abbey, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$20,610
$30,001–$48,000$18,868
$48,001–$75,000$21,195
$75,001–$110,000$24,798
$110,001+$27,059
All income levels (average)$24,639

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$19,500
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$24,639

That works out to roughly a 29% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $34,788 (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
47%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
70%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$26,000 (~$276/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$47,937
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
26%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
81%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Belmont Abbey publishes explicit internal anti-stacking rules: the GPA-based Merit Awards cannot be combined with Honors and Premier Scholarships; the Abbey Advantage Scholarship cannot be combined with any other institutional scholarship; and the Out-of-State Grant cannot be combined with an athletic scholarship. The college encourages students to pursue outside scholarships but publishes no policy on how outside/private scholarships affect institutional aid.

The financial-aid page states the Merit Awards 'are not stackable with Honors and Premier Scholarships.' The Abbey Advantage page states it 'is not stackable with other institutional scholarships,' and the Abbey Advantage works grants-first: 'Leveraging the students' state and federal grants first, the college will award an institutional merit award to cover the student's remaining tuition costs.' A footnote on the Out-of-State Grant says it 'Cannot be stacked with an athletic scholarship.' Nothing on any fetched page addresses whether outside/private third-party scholarships reduce institutional aid, so outside-scholarship displacement is unclear.

Source

Other Belmont Abbey scholarships worth checking

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

Amount$1,000EligibilityNon-weighted high school GPA of 3.25 or above; must fill out the FAFSA

Listed under 'Stackable Grants' on the first-year section of the financial-aid page, but footnoted 'Cannot be stacked with an athletic scholarship.'

Source

Amount$1,500EligibilityNon-weighted high school GPA of 3.0 or above; must fill out the FAFSA

Transfer-tab version shows a different amount and GPA threshold than the first-year version ($1,000 / 3.25). Cannot be stacked with an athletic scholarship.

Source

AmountVariesEligibilityContact your coach for additional information.

Listed under 'Stackable Grants'; note the Out-of-State Grant cannot be combined with an athletic scholarship, and Abbey Advantage excludes athletes.

Source

AmountVaries (e.g., CFNC up to $12,000 over four years; Cardinal Newman essay $5,000)EligibilityThird-party programs with their own criteria; not Belmont Abbey awards.

The financial-aid page says: 'Pursue as many outside scholarships as possible to make your Abbey education even more affordable.' No displacement policy is published.

Source

Belmont Abbey merit aid FAQ

  • What is the scholarship deadline?

    The Premier Scholarships page says 'For preferred consideration, apply before February 1,' while the financial-aid landing page says 'Apply before February 15th for preferred consideration' — file by February 1 to be safe. Priority consideration for institutional grant money goes to students who file the FAFSA prior to February 1. The Abbey Advantage deadline for the Fall 2026 semester is July 1, 2026. Scholarship Weekends for the 2026 entry cycle: Honors College Feb. 6-7, 2026, and Hintemeyer Feb. 27-28, 2026.

  • Is the Abbey Advantage Scholarship a full ride?

    No. It covers remaining TUITION after the full Pell Grant and NC Need-Based grants are applied first. For 2026-27, tuition is $22,500, but freshman housing ($7,208), meal plans ($5,983-$6,264 plus 7% NC sales tax), and indirect costs are not covered.

  • Who qualifies for the Abbey Advantage Scholarship in 2026-2027?

    First-time, full-time non-athletes in a traditional major who are NC residents (lived in NC more than a year), have at least a 2.8 unweighted high school GPA, complete the FAFSA and the NC Residency Determination Form, and are receiving the FULL Pell Grant and FULL NC Need-Based Aid amounts. The program is statewide effective 2026-2027.

  • Are Belmont Abbey's merit awards automatic?

    The Merit Awards (Trustees, Chancellor's, Presidential, Abbey Community Grant) are 'based on a student's transcripts,' with no separate scholarship application mentioned — but the page does not use the word 'automatic' and lists each amount only as 'Up to' a maximum. The Premier Scholarships (Honors $9,000, Curlin $8,000, Hintemeyer $8,000, St. Thomas More $7,000, Fr. Oetgen $7,000) require a separate application, and Honors/St. Thomas More include an interview.

  • Can I combine Belmont Abbey scholarships?

    Mostly no. Merit Awards are not stackable with Honors and Premier Scholarships; the Abbey Advantage is not stackable with any other institutional scholarship; and the Out-of-State Grant cannot be stacked with an athletic scholarship. The Out-of-State Grant and athletic scholarships are listed as 'Stackable Grants' otherwise.

  • Do I need SAT/ACT scores for merit aid?

    The Merit Awards grid and most Premier Scholarships are GPA-based with no published test cutoffs, and students without an ACT, SAT, or CLT score may apply Early Action. The exception is the St. Thomas More Civic Integrity Scholarship, which requires a combined verbal+math SAT (or ACT equivalent) score of 1100.

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How Belmont Abbey compares

  • 133 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.

    Belmont Abbey is in a recognizable cluster (133 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.

  • 133 of 749 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.

    Belmont Abbey is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.

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

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

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