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Catawba College scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$49,990per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Catawba College 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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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. Pillars Scholarship$8,000–$23,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Pillars Scholarship

    $8,000–$23,000

    Published rangeNot 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.

  2. Founders Scholarship$8,000–$23,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Founders Scholarship

    $8,000–$23,000

    Published rangeNot 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. Deans Scholarship$8,000–$23,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Deans Scholarship

    $8,000–$23,000

    Published rangeNot 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.

  4. Trustee Scholarship$8,000–$23,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Trustee Scholarship

    $8,000–$23,000

    Published rangeNot 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.

  5. Presidential Scholarship$8,000–$23,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Presidential Scholarship

    $8,000–$23,000

    Published rangeNot 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 Catawba College different

Catawba offers multiple merit tiers that reward academic achievement across a range of qualifications.

Merit tiers5See who qualifies
First-year students with school awards24%First-year students, CDS 2024-2025
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

Prospective students with solid to exceptional academic records who want their achievements recognized in their financial aid package should explore these options.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $49,990 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Catawba College, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$13,618
$30,001–$48,000$17,495
$48,001–$75,000$15,412
$75,001–$110,000$17,440
$110,001+$24,420
All income levels (average)$17,879

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$34,300
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$17,879

That works out to roughly a 64% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $49,516 (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
77%
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)
$48,793
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
42%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
52%
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More school data

From the Catawba College Common Data Set 2024-2025:

Merit penetrationHow likely is merit aid here?From Catawba College’s Common Data Set: the share of first-year students who receive institutional merit and the average dollar amount when they do.
24%of admitsget merit
Average award$23,346Covers ~47% of $49,990 cost of attendance

At Catawba College, roughly 1 in 4 first-year admits receive institutional merit aid. The average award is $23,346 — about 47% of total cost.

As filed in Catawba College's CDS Section H2A: of 325 first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen, 79 had no financial need and received institutional merit (non-need) scholarship or grant aid, averaging $23,346. Across all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates: 326 of 1,079, averaging $20,040. Athletic awards are excluded per the CDS definition.

Receive institutional merit24%First-year students, Common Data Set 2024-2025
Average merit award$23,346Across recipients, Common Data Set 2024-2025

Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025 (verified 2026-07-23)

Catawba College merit aid FAQ

  • What is the deadline for Spirit Of Catawba Scholarship?

    The deadline to apply to Catawba College for the Spirit of Catawba Scholarship is November 15.

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Sources used on this page

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