Loyola University Maryland · Maryland
Jesuit private in Baltimore with three automatic stats-driven merit tiers ($35K–$41K) that renew at a lenient 2.0 cumulative GPA and apply to tuition only.
The short answer
Loyola Maryland is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 4 published awards, and 3 are based on those numbers.
Free Merit Check
These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.
Top automatic tier; awarded based on GPA, course rigor, and (optional) test scores at admission. No separate application.
Renewable for up to 8 semesters with full-time enrollment (12+ credits/term) and a 2.0+ cumulative GPA.
Award applies to tuition charges only and is split evenly between fall and spring semesters.
Middle automatic tier; awarded based on GPA, course rigor, and (optional) test scores at admission.
Renewable for up to 8 semesters with full-time enrollment and a 2.0+ cumulative GPA.
Tuition-only award split between fall and spring.
Entry automatic tier; awarded based on GPA, course rigor, and (optional) test scores at admission.
Renewable for up to 8 semesters with full-time enrollment and a 2.0+ cumulative GPA.
Loyola Maryland is test-optional; scores are reviewed if submitted but not required.
Requires separate application materials; deadline January 15. Awarded on academic merit and service.
Renewable annually for four years with a 3.0+ GPA each semester.
Top competitive award at Loyola; covers full tuition for four years.
These are the rules we would flag for your family. Each comes from Loyola Maryland's published information.
Renewable for up to 8 semesters with full-time enrollment (12+ credits/term) and a 2.0+ cumulative GPA. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.
Loyola's automatic merit awards are restricted to tuition charges only and are split evenly between fall and spring. If you receive the full Presidential, you still owe roughly $20K+ per year for housing, food, and fees out of pocket or via other aid.
The Knott Scholarship covers full tuition for four years and stacks meaningfully better than the $39–41K Presidential tier. It requires a separate application by January 15 — easy to miss if you only apply through the regular admission portal.
Renewal also requires full-time enrollment of at least 12 credits per semester. Students who drop below full-time — common during medical, family, or financial crises — can lose merit aid even with a 3.5 GPA.
B+/A- students looking for a mid-size Catholic, liberal-arts-flavored campus on the East Coast who want predictable, automatic merit that doesn't require a separate competitive scholarship application.
First/second-year on-campus resident scenario (matches input total). Sums exactly. Health insurance not in standard budget (adjustment on request).
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Loyola Maryland, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
| Family income | Average net price paid |
|---|---|
| $0–$30,000 | $20,549 |
| $30,001–$48,000 | $23,462 |
| $48,001–$75,000 | $27,419 |
| $75,001–$110,000 | $27,939 |
| $110,001+ | $35,338 |
| All income levels (average) | $30,574 |
That works out to roughly a 59% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $74,055 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
Outside scholarships are layered onto the package 'in the most favorable way possible' — they first cover any remaining balance, then reduce self-help (loans/work-study) before institutional grants are touched.
Per Loyola's published policy, externally funded scholarships are first applied to any remaining balance after existing aid, then reduce self-help aid (loans and work-study). Institutional grant aid is only adjusted if necessary after those steps. Funds are split evenly between fall and spring unless the donor specifies otherwise. Merit scholarships themselves apply to tuition charges only.
From the Loyola Maryland Common Data Set 2023-2024:
At Loyola Maryland, roughly 1 in 4 first-year admits receive institutional merit aid. The average award is $29,547 — about 35% of total cost.
As filed in Loyola Maryland's CDS Section H2A: of 1,111 first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen, 258 had no financial need and received institutional merit (non-need) scholarship or grant aid, averaging $29,547. Across all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates: 1,182 of 3,953, averaging $27,822. Athletic awards are excluded per the CDS definition.
These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.
Renewable for four years if a 3.0+ GPA is maintained.
The three flagship tiers — Presidential, Dean's, and Loyola — are automatic based on your admission application (GPA, course rigor, and optionally test scores). No extra scholarship form is needed. The Marion Burk Knott and Marion I. and Henry J. Knott scholarships are competitive and require a separate application by January 15.
The automatic Presidential, Dean's, and Loyola scholarships renew for up to eight semesters with a 2.0+ cumulative GPA and full-time enrollment (12+ credits per semester). The Marion Burk Knott Scholarship requires a 3.0 each semester.
Loyola's published policy says outside scholarships are incorporated 'in the most favorable way possible.' In practice they first cover any remaining balance, then reduce self-help (loans and work-study). Institutional grants are only adjusted after self-help is exhausted, so most students gain real net value from outside awards.
No. Loyola's automatic merit awards are restricted to tuition charges and are split evenly between fall and spring. Housing, food, fees, and other costs must be covered with need-based grants, loans, payment plans, or family resources.
Yes, Loyola is test-optional. SAT/ACT scores are not required for scholarship consideration but will be reviewed if submitted. Strong scores can help borderline candidates move up a tier, but a strong GPA and rigorous courses are the primary drivers of the automatic award.
Loyola Maryland is in a recognizable cluster (147 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
Loyola Maryland 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.
Every claim is checked against Loyola Maryland’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
