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STU (Miami) scholarships and merit aid

The short answer

STU (Miami) 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.

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  1. Catholic High School/Dual Enrollment ScholarshipUp to $14,000/yearNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Catholic High School/Dual Enrollment Scholarship

    Up to $14,000/year

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

    GPA
    2.5+
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Catholic High School/Dual Enrollment Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Guaranteed to all freshmen who graduate from a U.S. private Catholic high school or were an STU Dual Enrollment student.

    How to keep it

    Academic scholarships renew for four years with SAP (or an approved probation).

    Worth knowing

    'These awards cannot be combined with each other or additional academic scholarships.'

  2. Presidential ScholarshipUp to $13,000/yearNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Presidential Scholarship

    Up to $13,000/year

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

    GPA
    3.6 or higher (U.S. high school GPA)
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Presidential Scholarship

    How to keep it

    Renewable for four years with SAP (or approved probation).

  3. Dean's ScholarshipUp to $11,000/yearNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Dean's Scholarship

    Up to $11,000/year

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

    GPA
    3.0 or higher (U.S. high school GPA)
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Dean's Scholarship

    How to keep it

    Renewable for four years with SAP (or approved probation).

  4. STU AwardUp to $9,000/yearNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    STU Award

    Up to $9,000/year

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

    GPA
    2.5 or higher (U.S. high school GPA)
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for STU Award

    How to keep it

    Renewable for four years with SAP (or approved probation).

  5. STU Bright FuturesUp to 100% of tuitionNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    STU Bright Futures

    Up to 100% of tuition

    Variable or qualified 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 STU Bright Futures

    Who qualifies

    Must be receiving a Florida Academic Scholarship or Florida Medallion Scholarship through Florida Bright Futures, be approved by the Florida DOE, and appear on STU's Bright Futures roster; FAFSA and STU/Common App application required.

    How to keep it

    Renewable up to four years of full-time undergraduate study with good academic standing at STU and with the Bright Futures program.

    Worth knowing

    Last-dollar top-up: amount 'is determined after subtracting federal, state, and institutional aid from the cost of tuition.' Covers tuition only — not fees, housing, or meal plans.

  6. Campus Visit Award$4,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Campus Visit Award

    $4,000

    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 Campus Visit Award

    Who qualifies

    Schedule and attend an in-person campus tour (only certain admissions events count); complete the free application and be admitted. An athletic scholarship may already include this award.

    How to keep it

    Renewable up to four years of study ($1,000 per year) for full-time traditional undergraduates who maintain on-campus enrollment.

  7. International ScholarshipsUp to $9,000-$13,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    International Scholarships

    Up to $9,000-$13,000

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

    GPA
    Tiered: 3.6+ / 3.0-3.59 / 2.99 or below
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for International Scholarships

    Who qualifies

    New undergraduate international students, based on high school GPA.

    How to keep it

    Academic scholarships renew for four years with SAP.

  8. Villanova AwardAmount not publishedNot automatic
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Villanova Award

    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 Villanova Award

    Who qualifies

    Based on financial need, leadership, extracurricular involvement, service, and institutional aid; priority to students admitted and deposited before May 1.

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The fine print

Renewal ruleSTU Bright Futures: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

Renewable up to four years of full-time undergraduate study with good academic standing at STU and with the Bright Futures program. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

What makes STU (Miami) different

Miami Gardens' Catholic university posts simple GPA tiers (up to $13,000 at 3.6+, $9,000 at just 2.5+), guarantees up to $14,000 for Catholic-high-school grads, and tops Bright Futures recipients to 100% of tuition — but multiple institutional awards never stack: you get the single highest one.

Merit tiers8See 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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Straight from the aid office

What STU (Miami)'s aid office says

Per the Enrollment Operations Office, St. Thomas University, August 2026. How we verify

Stacking of multiple merit scholarships

If a student qualifies for more than one merit scholarship, do the amounts combine?

If an applicant is eligible for multiple merit scholarships, they receive only the one with the maximum value; the scholarships do not stack.

“If an applicant is eligible for multiple merit scholarships, they would receive whatever one has the maximum value -- they do not "stack".”
Merit scholarship combined with other aid

Can a merit scholarship be combined with need-based, athletic, or extracurricular scholarships?

The student is guaranteed to receive the merit scholarship amount in addition to any other scholarships they may receive, such as need-based, athletic, or extracurricular awards.

“But they would be guaranteed to receive the amount of the merit scholarship, in addition to any other scholarships they may receive -- need, athletics, extracurricular, etc.”

What families often miss

  1. 'Recipients of multiple institutional awards, including tuition discounts, are eligible to receive the highest individual award only,' and the Catholic HS/Dual Enrollment award 'cannot be combined with each other or additional academic scholarships.'

  2. STU 'reserves the right to review and adjust original financial aid award packages, including university-funded scholarships and/or grants received as additional funding from federal, state, or private source.'

  3. It is last-dollar and tuition-only: the amount is 'determined after subtracting federal, state, and institutional aid from the cost of tuition' and 'does not cover fees, housing, or meal plans.'

  4. Every academic tier is 'Up to' ($14,000/$13,000/$11,000/$9,000) — the exact award can be lower.

  5. The $4,000 Campus Visit Award requires attending an in-person tour (only certain events count), and the FAFSA (code 001468) is the stated first step to a full aid offer — it also triggers the automatic $3,500/yr EASE grant for Florida residents.

  6. 'Academic scholarships are renewable for four years of study, as long as students continue to make satisfactory academic progress (SAP), or a probation is approved.'

See costs and school data

Who this school may work for

Florida students who can layer state money (Bright Futures top-up to full tuition, automatic $3,500 EASE) under one institutional award; Catholic-high-school and dual-enrollment grads get the largest guaranteed tier at only a 2.5 GPA.

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at STU (Miami), academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$24,657
$30,001–$48,000$26,101
$48,001–$75,000$27,122
$75,001–$110,000$29,081
$110,001+$30,098
All income levels (average)$26,312

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Total cost of attendance (sticker), AY 2021-22
$51,205
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$34,770
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$26,312

That works out to an average 49% 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
48%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
57%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$19,125 (~$203/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$54,272
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
68%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
72%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Outside scholarships only trigger an aid adjustment if total aid would exceed the cost of attendance (or the student's aid eligibility cap); below that ceiling, awards are not displaced.

Verified policy language (2026-07-02): You must notify the Office of Financial Aid if you are awarded any of these scholarships to avoid being over met on your Cost of Attendance.

Source

Other STU (Miami) scholarships worth checking

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

AmountUp to 45% of tuitionEligibilityStudents whose family member graduated from STU

Subject to the highest-single-award rule.

Source

AmountUp to 50% of tuitionEligibilityStudents whose sibling attended STU

Subject to the highest-single-award rule.

Source

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityCatholic students with 2.8+ GPA and demonstrated community-service commitment

Requires ongoing service and Campus Ministry Leadership Team involvement while enrolled.

Source

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityRecruited by a program director; indicate the activity on the application

Source

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityRecruited by a coach; list the sport on the application

May already include the Campus Visit Award.

Source

Amount$3,500/yrEligibilityAll Florida students after submitting the FAFSA; proof of parent residency at enrollment

State grant, automatic with FAFSA.

Source

STU (Miami) merit aid FAQ

  • What is the scholarship deadline?

    No hard scholarship deadline is published. The Villanova Award gives priority to students 'admitted and deposited before May 1'; other awards are tied to admission, the FAFSA, and (for the Campus Visit Award) attending a tour.

  • How much merit aid can a freshman get?

    Up to $14,000/yr (Catholic HS or STU Dual Enrollment grad, 2.5+ GPA), up to $13,000/yr Presidential (3.6+), up to $11,000/yr Dean's (3.0+), or up to $9,000/yr STU Award (2.5+) — but only the highest single institutional award applies.

  • Does Bright Futures really cover all my tuition at STU?

    If you hold a Florida Academic or Medallion Scholarship and appear on STU's roster, the STU Bright Futures award guarantees 100% of tuition after federal, state, and institutional aid — but it never covers fees, housing, or meal plans.

  • How do scholarships renew?

    Academic scholarships renew for four years with satisfactory academic progress (or an approved probation). The Campus Visit Award renews at $1,000/yr for on-campus full-time students; Bright Futures renews with good standing in both STU and the state program.

  • Are international students eligible?

    Yes — tiered academic awards by high school GPA: up to $13,000 (3.6+), $11,000 (3.0-3.59), $9,000 (2.99 or below).

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How STU (Miami) compares

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

    STU (Miami) 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.

    STU (Miami) 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 STU (Miami)’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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