Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit · Pennsylvania
Duquesne's merit aid runs from automatic awards like the Becker and Spirit of Excellence Scholarships up to the no-loan Rangos and competitive Honors Fellows, with STEM Scholars and several endowed and recognition awards.
The short answer
Duquesne University 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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These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.
Official Honors College snapshot states Honors students may pursue research/creative arts/community engagement projects and those requiring more resources/time can apply to become Endowed Fellows with financial support up to ,000.
Official Duquesne snapshot states Alumni Engagement/Alumni Association award over 00,000 annually; each summer one incoming freshman receives the merit-based scholarship, and applications for merit/need Alumni Generations Scholarships are open Jan. 1-May 1.
School of Education
Official Duquesne Educators of Impact snapshot states scholarships up to 0,000/year for eligible first-year School of Education students and says applicants must apply as an education major by March 15; criteria include minimum B average and holistic review.
Official Rangos snapshot states five incoming first-year health sciences students receive scholarships annually covering four years/100% tuition without loans or work-study; eligibility includes 3.5 high-school GPA, demonstrated financial need via FAFSA/CSS by Jan. 15, and no separate application.
Official Duquesne snapshot states high school students can earn up to 8,000 to Duquesne on RaiseMe, up to 2,000/year, and the RaiseMe amount is the guaranteed minimum institutional aid if admitted.
Official Duquesne snapshot states College Board National Recognition Program awardees who apply/admit may be eligible for four-year full-tuition scholarships, awarded to highest-ranked finalists in each category; rankings by holistic review; no separate scholarship application required.
Official Spirit of Excellence snapshot states Duquesne awards five exceptional leaders full tuition for four years; requirements include U.S. citizen admitted as freshman, minimum B average, demonstrated achievement/involvement, scholarship application, and Jan. 15 submission deadline.
Official Duquesne snapshot states STEM Scholars Program is a full-tuition scholarship for four years of undergraduate study for students pursuing STEM degrees and notes the form is active Aug. 1-Jan. 15/apply by Jan. 15.
Official Duquesne snapshot lists Becker Freshman/First-Year Scholarship for students from Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington, or Westmoreland County with at least 3.5 high-school GPA, renewable with minimum 3.2 GPA while attending Duquesne.
Official Duquesne Gormley snapshot states one-time, non-renewable ,000 scholarship for three Woodland Hills High School graduates planning to attend Duquesne as first-year students, open all majors, apply by Jan. 15 senior year.
Palumbo-Donahue School of Business
Official Duquesne snapshot states Staley has one 0,000/year Central Catholic business scholarship requiring academic merit and financial need, followed by additional scholarships up to ,000 for incoming freshmen from Pittsburgh Central Catholic meeting similar criteria.
Chemistry or Nursing
Official Duquesne snapshot states Weir Endowed Scholarship offers up to 0,000/year to an exceptional incoming first-year Chemistry or Nursing student, recognizes academic achievement/financial need/commitment, requires FAFSA, and has Jan. 15 deadline.
Palumbo-Donahue School of Business
Official Duquesne snapshot states John A. Staley IV & Patricia Staley Scholarship is one 0,000/year award for an incoming freshman in Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, Central Catholic Pittsburgh graduate, with demonstrated academic merit and financial need.
These are the rules we would flag for your family. Each comes from Duquesne University's published information.
Institutional aid at Duquesne University cannot push the package past $73,942. Big outside wins can mathematically reduce institutional grant once the ceiling is reached.
Academically strong applicants to this Catholic university, honors and STEM candidates, National Recognition Program students, and applicants who can layer endowed or recognition awards on automatic merit.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $73,942 for 2026-2027. Source
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Duquesne University, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
| Family income | Average net price paid |
|---|---|
| $0–$30,000 | $29,986 |
| $30,001–$48,000 | $31,729 |
| $48,001–$75,000 | $32,102 |
| $75,001–$110,000 | $35,611 |
| $110,001+ | $41,273 |
| All income levels (average) | $37,730 |
That works out to roughly a 44% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $67,776 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
Duquesne only reduces financial aid when total aid exceeds cost of attendance; within that COA-triggered reduction, student loans are always reduced first, and institutional aid may also be reduced depending on the amount and type of the outside award.
Verified policy language (2026-07-02): If a student receives financial aid that exceeds their cost of attendance the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships is required to reduce financial aid. Student loans are always reduced first but depending upon the amount and type of the additional financial aid, institutional aid may have to be reduced.
Students must apply to Duquesne as an education major by March 15 to be considered for an Educators of Impact Scholarship.
For the National Recognition Scholarship, the November 15 Early Action deadline is preferred; students may apply by January 15 for consideration. No separate scholarship application is required.
The Rangos No-Loan Tuition Scholarship requires FAFSA and CSS Profile submission by January 15.
The Spirit of Excellence Scholarship application must be submitted no later than January 15.
The STEM Scholars Program scholarship application form is activated from Aug. 1 to Jan. 15.
Applications for the Alumni Generations Scholarships (merit and need-based) are open from January 1 through May 1.
Students must respond to their Honors College invitation by May 1 of the year they plan to enter Duquesne. After May 1, a place cannot be guaranteed.
Duquesne University 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.
Every claim is checked against Duquesne University’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
