Loyola New Orleans awards automatic merit on admission. Loyola New Orleans does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.
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?
Academic Merit Scholarship (automatic)Up to full tuition (tier amount varies with stats)AutomaticRenewable
Published awardAcademic thresholds
Academic Merit Scholarship (automatic)
Up to full tuition (tier amount varies with stats)
Variable or qualified amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Start with the award’s published eligibility.
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Academic Merit Scholarship (automatic)
Who qualifies
Awarded with the admission decision; no separate scholarship application. Loyola does not publish individual tier names or dollar bands on its public site; ask Admissions for your specific tier.
How to keep it
Renewable for four years or eight academic semesters per the published scholarship page.
Worth knowing
Loyola NOLA is unusual in not publishing a public tier ladder. The award amount appears on the student's admission decision letter rather than on the scholarship page.
Ignatian ScholarshipFull tuition and fees plus on-campus housing and meal plan allowanceNot automaticRenewable
Published awardOther selection criteria
Ignatian Scholarship
Full tuition and fees plus on-campus housing and meal plan allowance
Published coverage or packageNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
GPA
3.75+ weighted or unweighted GPA
ACT
30+ ACT (or 1360+ SAT)
RenewableCheck the conditions
Open award details for Ignatian Scholarship
Who qualifies
Separate application required by December 1. Recipients are automatically admitted to the University Honors Program.
How to keep it
Four-year award with service expectations and continued academic standing.
Worth knowing
Loyola NOLA's top competitive award. The dollar value is much larger than the automatic merit ceiling because it explicitly covers room and board on top of tuition and fees.
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What makes Loyola New Orleans different
Jesuit private in New Orleans where every admitted student is automatically considered for merit aid up to full tuition, with a separate competitive Ignatian Scholarship covering full tuition, fees, housing, and meals.
Merit tiers21 based on grades or scores
First-year students with school awards13%First-year students, CDS 2025-2026 (school-estimated)
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team
More than one award path
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Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.
Match the published criteria
Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.
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.
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.
A printable research summary, source links and room for your questions.
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What families often miss
The Ignatian covers tuition, fees, and on-campus housing/meals — tens of thousands more than the highest published automatic tier. The December 1 deadline is well before most regular admission deadlines, so missing it permanently forfeits the school's largest award.
Unlike many Jesuit peers, Loyola NOLA does not publish a public tier ladder with dollar amounts. Families have to wait for the admission decision letter or ask Admissions directly for an estimate. Net-price calculator is the most reliable pre-decision tool.
The Ensemble Award and Rising Artist Award have participation requirements (ensemble service, audition retention); falling out of the ensemble or changing majors can void the award even if the student is still enrolled full-time.
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Who this school may work for
Strong students drawn to a small Jesuit campus in New Orleans who want automatic merit packaged with their admission decision, plus a clear top-end competitive path (Ignatian) for 3.75+/30 ACT applicants willing to apply by December 1.
Cost of attendance$66,904 for 2025-2026Each bar is the full published cost for that scenario, sized against the highest figure so totals compare at a glance.
On-campus$66,904
$52K
$15K
Tuition & fees
Housing & food
Official Loyno 2025-2026 undergraduate tuition & fees ($24,762 tuition + $1,070 fees per semester x2) combined with 2025-2026 University Bulletin standard residential rates (https://bulletin.loyno.edu/regulations/financial-regulations-fees-tuition): standard double room $4,585/sem x2 + required 12-meal/week plan $3,035/sem x2. Billed-only breakdown.
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Loyola New Orleans, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
Average annual net price by family income at Loyola New Orleans, academic year 2021-22
Family income
Average net price paid
$0–$30,000
$20,131
$30,001–$48,000
$21,956
$48,001–$75,000
$22,042
$75,001–$110,000
$25,584
$110,001+
$29,072
All income levels (average)
$23,696
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$49,440
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$23,696
That works out to roughly a 63% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $64,157 (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
59%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
80%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$26,000 (~$276/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$52,927
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
41%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
60%
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More school data
From the Loyola New Orleans Common Data Set 2025-2026 (school-estimated figures):
Merit penetrationHow likely is merit aid here?From Loyola New Orleans’s Common Data Set: the share of first-year students who receive institutional merit and the average dollar amount when they do.
13%of admitsget merit
Average award$29,818Covers ~45% of $66,904 cost of attendance
At Loyola New Orleans, roughly 1 in 8 first-year admits receive institutional merit aid. The average award is $29,818 — about 45% of total cost.
As filed in Loyola New Orleans's CDS Section H2A: of 747 first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen, 97 had no financial need and received institutional merit (non-need) scholarship or grant aid, averaging $29,818. Across all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates: 503 of 2,527, averaging $26,521. Athletic awards are excluded per the CDS definition.
The 2025-2026 column is marked "estimated" in the school's own CDS filing — school-projected figures, not final audited counts.
Receive institutional merit13%First-year students, Common Data Set 2025-2026 (school-estimated)
Average merit award$29,818Across recipients, Common Data Set 2025-2026 (school-estimated)
AmountAmount not publicly publishedEligibilityDeclared sociology majors or minors. Recipients must complete 45 hours of community service per semester and maintain a 2.75 GPA.
Renewable across four years subject to service and GPA conditions; application deadline January 15.
Do I need a separate application for Loyola New Orleans merit aid?
No for the automatic Academic Merit Scholarship — Loyola says every admitted student is automatically considered up to full tuition. Yes for the Ignatian (full-tuition + housing) by December 1, the Catholic Identity by February 15, and the Social Justice by January 15.
Why can't I find the named merit tiers and dollar amounts on Loyola NOLA's website?
Loyola NOLA does not publish a public tier ladder. The scholarship page says students are 'automatically considered for a full range of merit-based academic scholarships' up to full tuition, but the specific dollar amount is communicated in the admission decision.
What does the Ignatian Scholarship at Loyola New Orleans cover?
The Ignatian covers full tuition and fees plus an on-campus housing and meal plan allowance for four years. Recipients are also admitted into the University Honors Program automatically and are expected to participate in service activities.
What stats do I need to apply for the Ignatian Scholarship?
A minimum 3.75 GPA (weighted or unweighted) AND a minimum 30 ACT or 1360 SAT, plus a separate application submitted by December 1. Test scores are required even though Loyola is otherwise test-optional for general admission.
Can I stack outside scholarships on top of Loyola NOLA's merit aid?
Loyola does not publish a detailed outside-scholarship displacement policy on its public site. Families should ask Student Financial Services (finaid@loyno.edu) in writing how a specific outside award would affect institutional aid before counting on the dollars.
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How Loyola New Orleans compares
665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Loyola New Orleans 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 New Orleans’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
