Marist (rebranded Marist University in 2025) automatically considers every admit for one of two holistic academic merit tiers — Presidential ($22,000-$30,000) or Marist Scholarship ($10,000-$20,000) — but only ONE merit award per student and no published GPA/test grid guarantees an amount.
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The short answer
Is Marist worth a closer look?
Marist may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.
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Published scholarships
These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.
$22,000-$30,000
Presidential Scholarship (Academic Merit)
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GPA
Superior academic performance across the full high school career; committee recalculates GPA using core subjects (English, Math, History/Social Studies, Science, Foreign Language)
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Who qualifies
Automatic consideration upon acceptance; no separate application. There are no set 'numbers' (GPA/class rank) that guarantee a scholarship or amount.
How to keep it
Renewable for four years; after the second semester of the first year, renewal is contingent on a 2.850 cumulative GPA. Awarded for fall and spring terms only.
Notes
Top of the two academic merit tiers, effective Fall 2026. Discretionary committee award; financial need not required.
Marist explicitly awards no more than ONE merit scholarship per student — the two academic tiers are mutually exclusive.
Marist states there are no set 'numbers' (GPA, class rank) that guarantee a scholarship or amount; awards are discretionary and the committee recalculates GPA using only core subjects.
After the second semester of the first year, keeping the merit award requires a 2.850 cumulative GPA, maintained across all four years of full-time study.
The bare marist.edu/financial-aid path redirects to an HEOP-program subpage, not a general aid landing — use the /financial-aid/freshman/types-of-aid hub instead.
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Who this school may work for
A strong, rigorous-curriculum applicant who wants automatic consideration (no extra application) and can hold a 2.850 GPA — knowing the committee decides amounts holistically, there's no stats grid, and only one merit award is given.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $76,865 for 2026-2027. Source
Cost and graduation facts
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Marist, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
Average annual net price by family income at Marist, academic year 2021-22
Family income
Average net price paid
$0–$30,000
$26,083
$30,001–$48,000
$27,200
$48,001–$75,000
$36,178
$75,001–$110,000
$42,001
$110,001+
$45,643
All income levels (average)
$41,544
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$47,750
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$41,544
That works out to roughly a 39% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $67,574 (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
80%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
86%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$25,000 (~$265/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$77,819
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
17%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
54%
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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): All outside awards, scholarships, grant assistance, and employer tuition reimbursement must be reported to the Office of Student Financial Services, and may impact the student's financial aid eligibility. Marist will first apply these awards to the demonstrated need and where necessary to comply with federal law, will adjust Campus Work Study and/or educational loans. In a case where need is exceeded, any grants based on need may also have to be adjusted. Separately, the school's own award-stacking rules: No more than one merit-based award is given to each student. (per https://www.marist.edu/financial-aid/freshman/types-of-aid/scholarships)
Is there a separate scholarship application or deadline?
No separate application for the academic merit scholarships — you are automatically considered upon applying for admission. Talent awards (Fusco Music, Theatre) require a separate audition/application, and PTK transfers must show proof of membership.
Can I receive more than one merit scholarship?
No — no more than one merit scholarship is awarded to each student.
What is the cost of attendance?
First-year resident estimated COA is $76,865 (tuition $50,760; activity fee $420; health services $520; orientation $200; housing $12,430; food $7,700; books $2,425; transportation $1,120; personal $1,200; loan fees $90). Commuter-at-home is $63,385 and off-campus is $79,385.
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How Marist compares
145 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use loan-first displacement.
Marist 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.
Marist 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 Marist’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
