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?
Presidential ScholarshipNot publicly disclosed by LMUNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Presidential Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed by LMU
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.0 cumulative
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Presidential Scholarship
Who qualifies
Awarded by the admissions committee; no separate scholarship application; all applicants for first-year admission are automatically considered
How to keep it
Renewal is automatic up to 4 years/8 semesters with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
Worth knowing
LMU does not publish a dollar amount or stat cutoff for the Presidential Scholarship. Families should treat the award size as unknown until the financial aid offer arrives.
Arrupe ScholarshipNot publicly disclosed by LMUNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Arrupe Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed by LMU
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.0 cumulative
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Arrupe Scholarship
Who qualifies
Awarded by the admissions committee; no separate scholarship application required
How to keep it
Renewal is automatic up to 4 years/8 semesters with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
Worth knowing
Named after Jesuit Superior General Pedro Arrupe. LMU does not publish a dollar amount.
LMU Excellence ScholarshipNot publicly disclosed by LMUNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
LMU Excellence Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed by LMU
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.0 cumulative
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for LMU Excellence Scholarship
Who qualifies
Awarded automatically based on the admission application; no separate application required
How to keep it
Renewal is automatic up to 4 years/8 semesters with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
Chancellor's Annual ScholarshipNot publicly disclosed by LMUNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Chancellor's Annual Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed by LMU
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.0 cumulative
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Chancellor's Annual Scholarship
Who qualifies
Awarded automatically based on the admission application; no separate application required
How to keep it
Renewal is automatic up to 4 years/8 semesters with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
Leavey Family Foundation ScholarshipNot publicly disclosed by LMUNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Leavey Family Foundation Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed by LMU
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.2 cumulative
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Leavey Family Foundation Scholarship
Who qualifies
Awarded by LMU; no separate application required
How to keep it
Renewal requires a minimum 3.2 cumulative GPA, up to 4 years/8 semesters
Worth knowing
Higher renewal GPA threshold (3.2) than the other automatic awards.
University Hill Foundation ScholarshipNot publicly disclosed by LMUNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
University Hill Foundation Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed by LMU
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.2 cumulative
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for University Hill Foundation Scholarship
Who qualifies
Awarded by LMU; no separate application required
How to keep it
Renewal requires a minimum 3.2 cumulative GPA, up to 4 years/8 semesters
Worth knowing
Higher renewal GPA threshold (3.2) than most LMU automatic awards.
Jesuit and Marymount High School ScholarshipNot publicly disclosed by LMUNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Jesuit and Marymount High School Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed by LMU
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.0 cumulative
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Jesuit and Marymount High School Scholarship
Who qualifies
Graduates of a Jesuit secondary school or a Marymount/RSHM-affiliated high school. No separate scholarship application required.
How to keep it
Renewal is automatic up to 4 years/8 semesters with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
Worth knowing
Eligibility-restricted feeder-school award. Confirm school affiliation with LMU admissions before assuming eligibility.
Loyola High School ScholarshipNot publicly disclosed by LMUNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Loyola High School Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed by LMU
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.0 cumulative
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Loyola High School Scholarship
Who qualifies
Restricted to graduates of Loyola High School of Los Angeles. No separate application required.
How to keep it
Renewal is automatic up to 4 years/8 semesters with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
Jesuit Community ScholarshipNot publicly disclosed by LMUNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Jesuit Community Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed by LMU
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.0 cumulative
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Jesuit Community Scholarship
Who qualifies
Awarded by LMU; no separate application required
How to keep it
Renewal is automatic up to 4 years/8 semesters with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
LMU Global ScholarshipNot publicly disclosed by LMUNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
LMU Global Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed by LMU
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
Renewal: 3.0 cumulative
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for LMU Global Scholarship
Who qualifies
International first-year applicants awarded by LMU; no separate application required
How to keep it
Renewal is automatic up to 4 years/8 semesters with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
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What makes Loyola Marymount different
Jesuit/Marymount Catholic university in Los Angeles that auto-considers every applicant for ten named scholarships but publishes no dollar amounts or stat cutoffs, leaving award size opaque until the offer arrives.
Merit tiers10See who qualifies
First-year students with school awards53%First-year students, CDS 2023-2024
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.
Read the selection rules
Look for the school's stated criteria and whether an additional application is needed.
Check the application dates
Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.
Know what happens next year
Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.
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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
Unlike Alabama or Ole Miss, LMU publishes no GPA/test cutoffs and no dollar amounts for any of its ten named scholarships. Award size is decided by the admissions committee and is not knowable until the offer letter arrives. Modeling an LMU net cost on a forum-sourced 'Presidential = $25k' anchor can produce a mid-five-figure miss either direction.
LMU's policy is explicit: outside resources that cover tuition and fees and were not disclosed when the offer was built will cause the LMU Grant to be reduced or canceled. Families winning local or national scholarships should report them before the offer is finalized so LMU has a chance to apply them against unmet need, loans, or work-study first — though even then, grant-first displacement is the documented default for tuition-fee-level overlap.
LMU's federal-aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) floor is a 2.0 cumulative GPA and 67% completion rate. The named merit scholarships require a 3.0 cumulative GPA (3.2 for the Leavey and University Hill awards) to renew. A student can pass SAP, keep federal aid, and still lose a five-figure LMU scholarship in the same semester.
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Who this school may work for
Strong students drawn to a mid-size Catholic university in coastal LA who can accept that LMU's merit aid is real but unpredictable, and who plan to pursue outside scholarships carefully because they may displace the LMU Grant.
Cost of attendance$94,598 for 2025-2026Each bar is the full published cost for that scenario, sized against the highest figure so totals compare at a glance.
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Loyola Marymount, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
Average annual net price by family income at Loyola Marymount, academic year 2021-22
Family income
Average net price paid
$0–$30,000
$32,268
$30,001–$48,000
$34,535
$48,001–$75,000
$34,351
$75,001–$110,000
$40,557
$110,001+
$58,371
All income levels (average)
$48,381
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$62,357
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$48,381
That works out to roughly a 42% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $83,943 (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
79%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
89%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$19,500 (~$207/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$78,349
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
13%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
33%
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If your student brings another scholarship
Outside scholarships reduce loans and/or work-study first; institutional grants are only reduced if required to prevent an over-award.
Verified policy language (2026-07-02): When adjusting a student's need-based award, an outside scholarship will first reduce or replace the self-help portion of the student's award (need-based loans or federal work awards) before reducing LMU Scholarships or grants. LMU makes every effort to avoid reducing institutional awards, but there are times when it cannot be avoided.
From the Loyola Marymount Common Data Set 2023-2024:
Merit penetrationHow likely is merit aid here?From Loyola Marymount’s Common Data Set: the share of first-year students who receive institutional merit and the average dollar amount when they do.
53%of admitsget merit
Average award$10,762Covers ~11% of $94,598 cost of attendance
At Loyola Marymount, 53% of first-year admits receive institutional merit aid. The average award is $10,762 — about 11% of total cost.
As filed in Loyola Marymount's CDS Section H2A: of 1,533 first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen, 811 had no financial need and received institutional merit (non-need) scholarship or grant aid, averaging $10,762. Across all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates: 3,114 of 7,035, averaging $11,579. Athletic awards are excluded per the CDS definition.
Receive institutional merit53%First-year students, Common Data Set 2023-2024
Average merit award$10,762Across recipients, Common Data Set 2023-2024
LMU's official scholarships page lists ten named awards by name but does not publish dollar amounts or stat cutoffs. The merits are awarded by the admissions committee with no separate application. The practical implication: you cannot predict award size from stats before applying; the only reliable number is the one in your offer letter.
Do I need to apply separately for LMU merit scholarships?
No. Per LMU: 'No special application is required for these scholarships. All applicants for admission are automatically considered.' Submitting the regular first-year admission application puts you in the pool for every automatic scholarship you're eligible for.
What happens to my LMU Grant if I win an outside scholarship?
If the outside scholarship plus your LMU offer covers tuition and fees, and LMU didn't know about the outside award when the offer was built, the LMU Grant will be reduced or canceled. Report outside scholarships early so LMU can attempt to coordinate them against unmet need, loans, or work-study before touching grant aid.
What GPA do I need to keep my LMU merit scholarship?
Most LMU merit awards require a 3.0 cumulative GPA for renewal, up to 4 years or 8 semesters. The Leavey Family Foundation Scholarship and University Hill Foundation Scholarship require a 3.2 cumulative GPA. These thresholds are stricter than the 2.0 cumulative GPA / 67% completion rule that governs federal aid Satisfactory Academic Progress.
When should I submit the FAFSA for LMU?
For Fall 2026 entry, LMU's FAFSA deadlines mirror the admission plan: November 1, 2025 for Early Decision; January 10, 2026 for Early Action and Early Decision II; February 1, 2026 for Regular Decision. California residents must also submit the Cal Grant GPA Verification Form by California's March 2, 2026 deadline.
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How Loyola Marymount compares
145 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use loan-first displacement.
Loyola Marymount is in a recognizable cluster (145 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Loyola Marymount 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 Loyola Marymount’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
