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Marist scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$76,865per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Marist may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jul 2026
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Published rules, with the school sources close at hand. Confirm the details before you count on an award.

The award collection

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.

Where does your student land?

  1. Presidential Scholarship (Academic Merit)$22,000-$30,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Presidential Scholarship (Academic Merit)

    $22,000-$30,000

    Published rangeNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    Superior academic performance across the full high school career; committee recalculates GPA using core subjects (English, Math, History/Social Studies, Science, Foreign Language)
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Presidential Scholarship (Academic Merit)

    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.

    Worth knowing

    Top of the two academic merit tiers, effective Fall 2026. Discretionary committee award; financial need not required.

  2. Marist Scholarship (Academic Merit)$10,000-$20,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Marist Scholarship (Academic Merit)

    $10,000-$20,000

    Published rangeNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    Demonstrated superior academic performance; core-subject GPA recalculated by committee
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Marist Scholarship (Academic Merit)

    Who qualifies

    Automatic consideration upon acceptance; no separate application; no guaranteed-amount stats grid

    How to keep it

    Renewable for four years; 2.850 cumulative GPA after the second semester of the first year. Fall and spring terms only.

    Worth knowing

    Second academic merit tier, effective Fall 2026. Only one merit award per student (Presidential OR Marist Scholarship, not both).

  3. Alumni Scholarship (legacy)$5,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Alumni Scholarship (legacy)

    $5,000

    Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Alumni Scholarship (legacy)

    Who qualifies

    All children of alumni who enroll full-time at Marist (effective Fall 2021)

    How to keep it

    Each year for up to four years.

    Worth knowing

    $5,000/year legacy award. The page does not state whether it counts against the one-merit-award rule (confirm with the office).

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What makes Marist different

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.

Merit tiers3See who qualifies
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.

  1. Read the selection rules

    Look for the school's stated criteria and whether an additional application is needed.

  2. Check the application dates

    Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.

  3. 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.

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What families often miss

  1. Marist explicitly awards no more than ONE merit scholarship per student — the two academic tiers are mutually exclusive.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 incomeAverage 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)

Source

Other Marist scholarships worth checking

These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.

Amount$5,000/yearEligibilityTransfer students who are PTK honor-society members at their community college

Requires proof of membership; renewal needs a 2.85 cumulative GPA as a full-time (12+ credit) student.

Source

Amount$2,500EligibilityTalent and technical merit; open by audition (instrumental or vocal)

An award offer does not constitute an offer of admission.

Source

Amount$2,500 renewableEligibilityIncoming first-years accepted to Marist who complete the application requirements

Several renewable awards available each year.

Source

AmountUp to $500 per recipientEligibilityRecipients of a Citizens Scholarship Foundation of America (CSFA) Dollars for Scholars award

Marist commits a maximum $10,000 pool, first-come, first-served.

Source

Marist merit aid FAQ

  • 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.

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