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Montreat College · North Carolina

Montreat College scholarships and merit aid

A Christ-centered community where faith and learning connect, with merit aid for strong students.

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Is Montreat College worth a closer look?

Montreat College 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

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$2,000

Compass Scholarship

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$10,000

Homeschool Scholarship

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$4,000

Ministers Child Scholarship

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Amount not published

Athletic Scholarships

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$52,800

Korean Christian Heritage Scholarship

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Up to $1,000

Church Matching Grant

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$4,000

Sibling Discount

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$10,000

Evangelical Presbyterian Church Epc Scholarship

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$4,000

Alumni Referral Or Child Of Alumni

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Up to $2,000

Ncasfaa Benefiting Students Scholarship

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Who this school may work for

Students seeking a faith-integrated education will find both merit scholarships and program-specific awards in areas like STEM, music, and cybersecurity.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $58,086 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Montreat College, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Montreat College, academic year 2021-22
Family income	Average net price paid
$0–$30,000	$23,261
$30,001–$48,000	$24,904
$48,001–$75,000	$25,075
$75,001–$110,000	$25,700
$110,001+	$30,607
All income levels (average)	$27,061

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23: $36,450
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22: $27,061

That works out to roughly a 43% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $47,133 (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: 50%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort: 59%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers: $25,813 (~$274/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21): $45,151
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22: 44%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22: 70%

How to read these numbers

Net price reflects only first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who received federal Title IV financial aid — not Montreat College's full student body.
Published tuition is the catalog sticker price for all students, not a Title IV-only figure.
Graduation rate reflects the entire first-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort — not only students who received Title IV aid.
Retention rate reflects all first-time, full-time, bachelor's-seeking students — not only Title IV aid recipients.
Median debt reflects only completers who took out federal student loans — not Montreat College's full graduating class, and not limited to first-time, full-time students.
Median earnings reflect Title IV aid recipients who entered college and were working (not enrolled) roughly a decade later — not necessarily the graduating cohort, and not a recent graduate's paycheck.
Pell grant and federal loan participation covers first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students only.
Net price blends need-based aid and merit aid together — it is not a merit-specific estimate. It shows what similar-income families actually paid on average after every kind of aid, not what a strong-stats student could win in merit dollars alone. Treat it as cost context, not a merit forecast — a MeritPlaybook models merit aid specifically for your student’s own stats, which this net-price figure cannot do.

None of this is current-year data — the U.S. Department of Education reports it on a delay, and different figures below come from different reporting years. Net price is an academic year 2021-22 figure. Published tuition reflects the 2022-23 academic year. Graduation rate reflects the Fall 2016 entering, full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking cohort; completion measured within 150% of normal time (~6 years for a bachelor's degree). IPEDS Graduation Rates component (C150_4). Retention reflects the Fall 2021 full-time, first-time, bachelor's-seeking cohort retained into the following fall. IPEDS Fall Enrollment component (RET_FT4). Median debt reflects the NSLDS FY2020 and FY2021 pooled completer cohorts (GRAD_DEBT_MDN, GRAD_DEBT_MDN10YR_SUPP). Median earnings reflect the Treasury-matched cohort entering college in AY2009-10 or AY2010-11, earnings measured 10 years later in calendar years 2020 and 2021, inflation-adjusted to 2022 dollars (MD_EARN_WNE_P10).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard.

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Other Montreat College scholarships worth checking

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

Music Scholarships

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityMusically talented students, both music and non-music majors, are eligible for scholarships to participate in Montreat's ensembles.

Stem Research Scholarship

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityStudents are eligible for a scholarship supporting undergraduate research and faculty-mentored projects in STEM-related fields; the scholarship is open to all majors but is not stackable with athletics.

Psychology Research Scholarship

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityIncoming Psychology and Human Services majors with an interest in undergraduate research may be eligible for the Psychology Research Scholarship.

Cybersecurity Scholarship

Amount$8,000EligibilityNew and transfer students accepted into the Cybersecurity Program are eligible for an $8,000 scholarship, paid as $2,000 per year for four years.

Outdoor Recreation Studies Scholarship

Amount$2,000EligibilityIncoming Outdoor Recreation Studies majors may qualify for a $2,000 award in their first year, paid as $1,000 per semester.

Scholarship

AmountFull tuitionEligibilityStudents accepted into the Honors Program are eligible for a competitive scholarship package that includes limited full-tuition awards.

Nsca Criminal Justice Scholarship

Amount$8,000EligibilityStudents pursuing Criminal Justice may be eligible for an $8,000 scholarship, paid as $2,000 annually for four years, through the NC Sheriff's Association.

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How Montreat College compares

665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Montreat College 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 Montreat College’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

Cost of attendanceMontreat College cost-of-attendance worksheet
Merit tiersCompass Scholarship

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