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Saint Anselm scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$72,702per year · 2025-2026 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Saint Anselm 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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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. Merit Scholarships & Grants$20,000-$34,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Merit Scholarships & Grants

    $20,000-$34,000

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

    GPA
    Minimum GPA requirements vary by award and are shown in the student's Anselmian Aid Portal (not published publicly)
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Merit Scholarships & Grants

    Who qualifies

    Based on exemplary academic credentials; awarded via the admission application (no separate scholarship application for most)

    How to keep it

    Renewable annually provided you maintain the Cumulative GPA at Saint Anselm and/or other criteria designated by each program; offered for a maximum of four years (8 semesters).

    Worth knowing

    Public page shows only the $20,000-$34,000 range; the per-award criteria and minimum GPA sit behind the Anselmian Aid Portal login, so there is NO public stat grid. Subject to the tuition cap below.

  2. Anselmian Community Commitment (NH free-tuition program)Full tuitionNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Anselmian Community Commitment (NH free-tuition program)

    Full tuition

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

    GPA
    3.25 or higher high school GPA
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Anselmian Community Commitment (NH free-tuition program)

    Who qualifies

    NH resident (student AND parent contributor[s], legal residents of NH for at least one year prior to enrollment); plan to be a residential student; family income of $100,000 or less; file FAFSA by the Feb 15, 2026 priority deadline. Transfer students are NOT eligible.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for four years as long as family income remains under $100,000 and the student maintains a 2.5 GPA; file the FAFSA no later than the April 15 financial aid renewal deadline. If tuition increases, eligible students continue to be tuition-free as long as maintenance requirements are met.

    Worth knowing

    Residency- and income-gated free tuition, not a universal merit award. Requires an application/process plus FAFSA; covers TUITION ONLY (food, housing, fees, etc. are still owed).

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The fine print

Aid capHard $72,702 cost-of-attendance ceiling

Institutional aid at Saint Anselm cannot push the package past $72,702. Big outside wins can mathematically reduce institutional grant once the ceiling is reached.

What makes Saint Anselm different

Saint Anselm offers a holistic $20,000-$34,000 merit range (per-award GPA criteria live behind the Anselmian Aid Portal, no public grid), capped so scholarship+grant can't exceed tuition, plus a free-tuition Anselmian Community Commitment for qualifying NH residents.

Merit tiers2See 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. Saint Anselm states your scholarship/grant is incorporated INTO your total need-based package, not offered in addition to it. Families who file for need may not see merit increase their total aid.

  2. College policy caps scholarship + grant at the cost of TUITION; food, housing, fees, books and personal costs (~$23,700/yr residential) are not covered by merit.

  3. It requires NH residency for both student and parent (1+ year), a 3.25 HS GPA, family income of $100,000 or less, residential enrollment, and a FAFSA by Feb 15, 2026; transfer students are excluded and it covers tuition only.

  4. Merit and non-need awards are offered for a maximum of four years (8 semesters) and require maintaining the program's CGPA; the Anselmian Community Commitment needs a 2.5 GPA and continued income under $100k plus a FAFSA by April 15 each year.

  5. A legacyweb.anselm.edu host serves outdated aid pages that still rank in search; current figures live under www.anselm.edu/admission/tuition-aid/*.

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Who this school may work for

A strong-academic applicant (especially a NH resident under $100k family income who can hit a 3.25 GPA) who wants predictable merit and is comfortable that exact per-award GPA thresholds only appear in their Anselmian Aid Portal offer.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $72,702 for 2025-2026. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Saint Anselm, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$25,143
$30,001–$48,000$26,956
$48,001–$75,000$27,193
$75,001–$110,000$31,710
$110,001+$37,268
All income levels (average)$34,779

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$48,920
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$34,779

That works out to roughly a 48% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $67,213 (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
88%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$27,000 (~$286/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$73,371
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
14%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
69%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Scholarship/grant offers may not exceed the cost of tuition. Non-need-based aid is folded into the need-based package if a student applies for need (not added on top). The four named non-need institutional grants may stack with each other up to $6,000 total.

Per the College Policy Concerning Merit or Non-Need-Based Awards: offers may not exceed the cost of tuition; a student's scholarship/grant is incorporated into the total need-based package, not offered in addition to it. Non-need grants (Bradley, Abbot Dolan OSB, Legacy, Family) may be combined up to $6,000 total. For the Dollars for Scholars matching grant, the College eliminates unmet need, loan and work before adjusting grant aid. Anselmian Community Commitment FAQ states any outside scholarship may be applied to additional (non-tuition) costs.

Source

Other Saint Anselm scholarships worth checking

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

Amountup to $6,000EligibilityNH Catholic high school students (non-need-based institutional grant)

Non-need grants may stack up to $6,000 total combined.

Source

Amountup to $3,000EligibilityCatholic high school students (non-need-based institutional grant)

Source

Amountup to $3,000EligibilityStudents with family/alumni ties (non-need-based institutional grant)

Source

Amountup to $4,000EligibilityStudents with a sibling/family member enrolled (non-need-based institutional grant)

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Saint Anselm merit aid FAQ

  • What is the scholarship deadline?

    Most scholarship applications are due by May 1 or earlier for the following fall semester. The Anselmian Community Commitment has a FAFSA priority deadline of February 15, 2026 (renewal FAFSA due by April 15).

  • Is the merit scholarship renewable?

    Yes — renewable annually if you maintain the program's Cumulative GPA and other criteria, for a maximum of four years (8 semesters).

  • Can outside scholarships be used?

    For the Anselmian Community Commitment, any outside scholarship may be applied to additional (non-tuition) costs like food and housing. For the Dollars for Scholars matching grant, the College eliminates unmet need, loan and work before adjusting grant aid.

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How Saint Anselm compares

  • 235 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use cost-of-attendance cap displacement.

    Saint Anselm is in a recognizable cluster (235 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.

    Saint Anselm 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 Saint Anselm’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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