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SNHU scholarships and merit aid

The short answer

SNHU 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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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. Campus and Online institutional scholarships (details not published in accessible text)Amount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Campus and Online institutional scholarships (details not published in accessible text)

    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.

    Open award details for Campus and Online institutional scholarships (details not published in accessible text)

    Who qualifies

    SNHU's aid pages list scholarship categories ('Online & Campus Scholarships', 'Online Only', 'Campus Only') in expandable sections whose contents are not rendered in the page's accessible text; no amounts, stat cutoffs, or named-award terms could be read

    Worth knowing

    DRAFT GAP: SNHU's campus 'Grants, Scholarships and Loans' page and the 'Ways to Save' page both present scholarships in interactive accordions whose contents did not render; the named campus awards (e.g., a Presidential Scholarship referenced in search previews) could not be verified on an opened page and are NOT recorded here. Verify directly with Student Financial Services.

  2. International Merit Scholarship (new international master's students)$3,000Not automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    International Merit Scholarship (new international master's students)

    $3,000

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

    GPA
    Minimum undergraduate GPA: 3.3
    Open award details for International Merit Scholarship (new international master's students)

    Who qualifies

    New international master's students only; acceptance to SNHU required; awarded after acceptance

    Renewal terms

    Non-renewable; disbursed over the first two semesters.

    Worth knowing

    Applied to tuition only and non-refundable; all awards subject to availability of funds. Campus international students only.

  3. Athletic ScholarshipsAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Athletic Scholarships

    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.

    Open award details for Athletic Scholarships

    Who qualifies

    Outstanding athletes in basketball, cross-country, lacrosse, soccer (football), tennis, baseball, softball, and volleyball; amounts determined by the coaches

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The fine print

Outside awardsNo published displacement order

SNHU's policy doesn't specify whether outside scholarships hit loans, grants, or only the COA ceiling. Get a written aid-office answer before chasing private awards.

What makes SNHU different

SNHU leads with low sticker price (online tuition $354/credit; '94% of full-time SNHU students were awarded grant or scholarship aid') rather than a published merit grid — campus scholarship details sit behind interactive page sections, and the clearest published merit award is a $3,000 International Merit Scholarship for new international master's students.

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. The campus scholarship listings are in interactive page sections that don't render as accessible text, and no dollar-amount merit grid is published there. Families must contact Student Financial Services (603.645.9640 / SFScampus@snhu.edu) for actual award amounts and renewal terms.

  2. It is explicitly 'non-renewable,' disbursed only over the first two semesters, 'applied to tuition only,' non-refundable, and 'subject to availability of funds.'

  3. The aid page states: 'To demonstrate need and be considered for a federal grant, it's important you submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA)' (typo in original).

  4. The page warns: scholarship funds exceeding tuition and required fees 'may be reported to the IRS on Form 1042-S, and tax may be withheld at a rate of 14% or more depending on visa status,' with withheld tax charged to the student account.

  5. The page cautions that on-campus earnings 'should always be viewed as a supplement and never as being crucial to meeting the expenses of studying in the U.S. due to its unpredictability.'

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Who this school may work for

Price-sensitive students drawn to low base tuition (especially online) and campus students willing to call Student Financial Services for exact scholarship amounts, since SNHU's public pages do not display a dollar-amount merit grid in accessible text.

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at SNHU, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$36,441
$30,001–$48,000$36,536
$48,001–$75,000$36,641
$75,001–$110,000$37,704
$110,001+$38,025
All income levels (average)$36,708

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Total cost of attendance (sticker), AY 2021-22
$40,918
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$17,200
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$36,708

That works out to an average 10% discount off the sticker price above — both figures come from the same federal AY 2021-22 Scorecard report, not a number the school itself published.

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
43%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
61%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$21,082 (~$224/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$50,318
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
60%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
63%
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If your student brings another scholarship

No stacking or outside-scholarship displacement policy was visible on the pages opened. The international scholarship page does note that scholarship funds exceeding tuition and required fees may be taxable for international students.

Pages opened describe aid categories and loans but do not state how institutional, outside, and federal aid combine or which is reduced first. International scholarships are 'applied to tuition only and are non-refundable.'

Source

Other SNHU scholarships worth checking

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

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityGraduate or undergraduate international student(s) studying on the Manchester campus

For currently enrolled students.

Source

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityGraduate School of Business students; preference to International Business or Finance majors using standard need and academic criteria

May be awarded to other Graduate School of Business students if no qualifying majors in a given year.

Source

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityInternational and U.S. undergraduate or graduate students who demonstrate commitment to helping new students adjust to the University

Memorial fund; service-oriented criteria.

Source

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityCampus students (normally after first year); requires living in a residence hall and assisting students

RA awards include a scholarship, a stipend, and a reduced rate on a single room accommodation.

Source

SNHU merit aid FAQ

  • Does SNHU publish an automatic merit-scholarship grid?

    Not in accessible text on the pages reviewed. Scholarship categories ('Online & Campus', 'Campus Only') are listed, but amounts and criteria are not displayed; contact Student Financial Services for campus merit award specifics.

  • What merit aid is clearly published?

    The International Merit Scholarship: $3,000, non-renewable, for new international master's students with a minimum 3.3 undergraduate GPA, disbursed over the first two semesters and applied to tuition only.

  • How do I find scholarships at SNHU?

    SNHU provides access to Scholarship Universe (snhu.scholarshipuniverse.com), 'a tool that creates a customized list of scholarships you could be qualified for,' plus need- and non-need-based grants and scholarships.

  • How much can transfer credit save?

    SNHU accepts up to 90 transfer credits toward a bachelor's degree; at the online rate of $354/credit, entering with 90 credits cuts the online bachelor's total to $10,620 per SNHU's published chart.

  • What share of students get aid?

    SNHU's campus tuition page states that 94% of full-time SNHU students were awarded grant or scholarship aid; the campus financial aid section says more than 90% of students receive financial aid.

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How SNHU compares

  • 133 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.

    SNHU is in a recognizable cluster (133 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.

  • 133 of 749 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.

    SNHU is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.

  • 132 of 749 verified schools publish a dedicated National Merit Finalist package.

    SNHU 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.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against SNHU’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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