Mississippi Christian University may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.
Published rules, with the school sources close at hand. Confirm the details before you count on an award.
The award collection
These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
Amount not published
Published award termsNot 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.
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Selection beyond grades and scores
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.
Look for the school's stated criteria and whether an additional application is needed.
Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.
Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.
The fine print / Three questions to carry forward
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.
Straight from the aid office
Per the Undergraduate Admissions Office, Mississippi Christian University, August 2026. How we verify
Is there a minimum GPA/test score guarantee for a first-year academic award without using the calculator?
All students admitted to MC receive an academic scholarship offer, and admission requires at least an 18 superscored ACT (or equivalent SAT/CLT), using the highest score for admission and scholarship purposes.
“All students admitted to MC will receive an academic scholarship offer. To be considered for admission to the university, a student must have at least an 18 superscored on the ACT (or the equivalent SAT or CLT; we use the highest test score for admission and scholarship purposes).”
What are the dollar amounts for the Stackable Merit awards (Beacon, Legacy, National Merit, Truth and Virtue, etc.)?
For fall 2026, on-campus students received $1,000 for the Beacon of Excellence Scholarship, $1,000 for the Campus Visit Scholarship, and $500 for the other named scholarships; amounts vary by on- or off-campus residency.
“These amounts vary based on if a student lives on or off campus. For fall 2026, the amounts were $1,000 for the Beacon of Excellence Scholarship and $1,000 the Campus Visit Scholarship for students living on campus. It was $500 for the others you named for students living on campus.”
What GPA and enrollment status are required to keep academic/merit scholarships each year?
Academic and merit scholarships renew yearly if the student maintains a 2.0 GPA and stays enrolled full-time.
“All academic and merit scholarships are renewable yearly, provided that the student maintains the institution's GPA requirement of 2.0 and stays enrolled in full-time hours.”
If a student gets an outside scholarship exceeding cost of attendance, what happens to their merit aid?
If an outside scholarship exceeds the cost of attendance, academic or merit scholarships may be reduced.
“If a student gets an outside scholarship that exceeds the COA, the academic or merit scholarships may be reduced.”
If a student already took federal loans and then gets an outside scholarship, what happens?
If a student has already taken federal loans and then receives an outside scholarship exceeding their balance, the office discusses reducing the loans or possibly eliminating the need for them.
“If a student has taken out their federal loans and then receives an outside scholarship that exceeds their balance, we discuss that the student reduces the loans they're taking out or in some cases, might not need the loans anymore.”
Do outside scholarships affect federal Pell Grant or Mississippi state aid?
Outside scholarships do not affect the amount of federal Pell Grant or Mississippi state aid a student receives.
“Outside scholarships do not impact the amount of federal PELL grant or MS state aid a student receives.”
Students rooted in Christian values and active service will discover a welcoming community with meaningful scholarship support. Transfer students and those with scouting or ministry backgrounds are especially well-positioned here.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $46,491 for 2026-2027. Source
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Mississippi Christian University, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
| Family income | Average net price paid |
|---|---|
| $0–$30,000 | $25,984 |
| $30,001–$48,000 | $25,743 |
| $48,001–$75,000 | $27,601 |
| $75,001–$110,000 | $29,083 |
| $110,001+ | $29,757 |
| All income levels (average) | $27,712 |
That works out to roughly a 33% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $41,214 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
Mississippi Christian University is one of them. NMF packages typically carry their own stacking and renewal carve-outs separate from the standard automatic merit ladder; confirm those before assuming the headline NMF value is final.
Every claim is checked against Mississippi Christian University’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
