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.

Loyola New Orleans· Renewal Rules

Keeping Loyola New Orleans’s Merit Aid for Four Years

What the financial-aid office actually requires after freshman year: minimum GPA, credit-hour pace, and the cliffs that quietly downgrade families mid-degree.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 2 of 2
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 2
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Loyola New Orleans's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

Academic Merit Scholarship (automatic): See notes
Ignatian Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Merit Scholarship (automatic)
Up to full tuition (tier amount varies with stats)
To keep it: Renewable for four years or eight academic semesters per the published scholarship page.
Source: https://www.loyno.edu/admissions/tuition-financial-aid/scholarships
Ignatian Scholarship
Full tuition and fees plus on-campus housing and meal plan allowance
Entry requirements: 3.75+ weighted or unweighted GPA GPA · 30+ ACT (or 1360+ SAT) ACT
To keep it: Four-year award with service expectations and continued academic standing.
Source: https://www.loyno.edu/admissions/tuition-financial-aid/scholarships

How families lose this aid

Skipping the Ignatian Scholarship application because the automatic merit award feels sufficient.
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.

Renewal questions families ask

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.

How Loyola New Orleans compares across our verified dataset

133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Loyola New Orleans is one of them. The cohort minority (17 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 renewal claim is checked against Loyola New Orleans’s own published materials.