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Livingstone College · North Carolina

Livingstone Merit Aid

Livingstone, an HBCU, names several merit scholarships (the Anthony J. Davis Presidential, Trustees, Honors, and Holistic awards) but does not publish their amounts or criteria online — the President has publicly offered a Presidential Scholarship to students with a 3.5+ GPA, with a pledge to fill the remaining gap after federal aid.

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Last verifiedJun 2026Analyst COWORK

Rules that bite at Livingstone

The trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook. Each is derived from Livingstone's own published policy, not generic advice.

  • displacementNo published displacement order

    Livingstone'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.

Common merit-aid mistakes at Livingstone

  1. Livingstone does not publish merit scholarship amounts or criteria on its website; the named awards (Presidential, Trustees, Honors, Holistic, AME Zion, Hospitality) appear only as agreement forms. You must contact the Financial Aid Office for amounts and eligibility.

  2. A 'Student Acknowledgement of FAFSA Requirement for Presidential Scholarship' form is required, so the Presidential Scholarship is contingent on filing the FAFSA.

  3. The published academic-year total (about $25,492) covers tuition, fees, book rental, room, and board (billed direct costs) and excludes transportation and personal expenses; the federal cost of attendance is higher.

  4. It involves a signed Presidential Agreement (and a probationary agreement for at-risk recipients) and a FAFSA acknowledgement — it is not a hands-off automatic stat award.

Who this school is for

HBCU-seeking students with at least a 3.5 GPA who file the FAFSA; the Anthony J. Davis Presidential Scholarship also brings automatic admission to the Honors Program.

Institutional merit aid tiers

Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.

Amount not published

Anthony J. Davis Presidential Scholarship

ApplicationRenewable
GPA
Per a Livingstone College news article, the President offered the Presidential Scholarship to students with a 3.5 or higher GPA on a 4.0 scale (needs official confirmation)
Requirements & details
Eligibility

Requires a FAFSA (a 'Student Acknowledgement of FAFSA Requirement for Presidential Scholarship' form is required) and a signed Presidential Agreement. Anthony J. Davis Presidential Scholars receive full admission to the Honors Program as freshmen.

Renewal terms

A '2026-27 Presidential Agreement form,' '2026-27 Presidential Probationary Agreement,' and a 'Student Acknowledgement of FAFSA Requirement for Presidential Scholarship' are listed among the financial-aid forms, implying an annual agreement and probation terms; specific renewal GPA not published.

Notes

Amount not published on official policy pages. A Livingstone news article quotes the President offering the scholarship to 3.5+ GPA students and stating the college 'would fill any remaining gap' after federal aid (tuition, room, and board total about $26,000). Treat the GPA figure and gap pledge as needs-confirmation (sourced from a college news post, not a scholarship policy page).

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Outside scholarship stacking policy

No institutional stacking/displacement policy was published on the pages reviewed.

The financial-aid pages describe federal aid programs and the FAFSA process but do not state how institutional merit scholarships interact with each other or with private/outside scholarships.

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Lesser-known scholarships at Livingstone

Named awards that don’t always surface on the main financial aid page. Each one has its own eligibility rules.

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityNot published (a '2026-2027 Trustees Scholarship Agreement' form is listed)

Named merit scholarship referenced only via its agreement form.

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AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityNot published (a '2026-27 Honors Scholarship Agreement' form is listed)

Likely tied to Honors Program participation (Honors admission requires a 3.70 GPA, application, and interview).

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AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityNot published (a '2026-27 Holistic Scholarship Agreement' form is listed)

Named merit scholarship referenced only via its agreement form.

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AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityAffiliation with the AME Zion Church (an 'AME Zion Church Scholarship Agreement' form is listed)

Denominational scholarship (Livingstone is an AME Zion Church-affiliated college).

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AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityHospitality Management students (a '2026-27 Hospitality Management Scholarship Application' is listed)

Departmental scholarship.

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AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityNot published (a '2026-27 Livingstone Remission Tuition Form' is listed)

Tuition remission, likely for employees/dependents.

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Livingstone merit aid FAQ

  • How much are Livingstone's merit scholarships?

    Livingstone does not publish merit scholarship amounts online. A college news article reports the President offering a Presidential Scholarship to students with a 3.5+ GPA and pledging to cover the remaining gap after federal aid; confirm specifics with the Financial Aid Office (FinancialAid2@livingstone.edu, 704-216-6069).

  • Do I need the FAFSA for the Presidential Scholarship?

    Yes — a Student Acknowledgement of FAFSA Requirement for the Presidential Scholarship is among the required financial-aid forms.

  • What does it take to join the Honors Program?

    A 3.70 GPA (4.0 scale), a completed application, full-time enrollment, and a successful interview with the Honors Committee; admission is competitive with limited openings. Anthony J. Davis Presidential Scholars receive full admission as freshmen.

How Livingstone compares across our verified dataset

  • 199 of 751 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.

    Livingstone is in a recognizable cluster (199 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.

  • 199 of 751 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.

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

  • 669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Livingstone is one of them. The cohort minority (82 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 Livingstone’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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