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Scranton scholarships and merit aid

The short answer

Scranton awards automatic merit on admission. Scranton does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jun 2026
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Published rules, with the school sources close at hand. Confirm the details before you count on an award.

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. Presidential ScholarshipFull tuitionAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Presidential Scholarship

    Full tuition

    Published coverage or packageAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    Not published
    SAT
    Test optional
    ACT
    Test optional
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Presidential Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Automatic from the completed Admissions application; no separate application; recipients notified in acceptance letter

    How to keep it

    Renewal terms are not published; mark needs_confirmation.

    Worth knowing

    Full TUITION only — not full cost of attendance; housing and food (~$17,858) are not covered.

  2. Dean's Scholarship$33,000 average awardAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Dean's Scholarship

    $33,000 average award

    Published award termsAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    Not published
    SAT
    Test optional
    ACT
    Test optional
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Dean's Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Automatic from Admissions application

    How to keep it

    Renewal terms not published; needs_confirmation.

    Worth knowing

    'Average award' — individual amounts vary; no published GPA/test grid.

  3. Loyola Scholarship$31,500 average awardAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Loyola Scholarship

    $31,500 average award

    Published award termsAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    Not published
    SAT
    Test optional
    ACT
    Test optional
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Loyola Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Automatic from Admissions application

    How to keep it

    Renewal terms not published; needs_confirmation.

    Worth knowing

    'Average award' — individual amounts vary.

  4. Faber Scholarship$28,000 average awardAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Faber Scholarship

    $28,000 average award

    Published award termsAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    Not published
    SAT
    Test optional
    ACT
    Test optional
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Faber Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    Automatic from Admissions application

    How to keep it

    Renewal terms not published; needs_confirmation.

    Worth knowing

    'Average award' — individual amounts vary.

Lights up against Scranton's published cutoffs. Not an award offer; confirm with the financial aid office. Award terms and residency rules change; some awards differ for in-state and out-of-state students. Always confirm at the school’s source page.

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What makes Scranton different

Scranton automatically awards one of four named merit scholarships (Presidential full-tuition down to Faber ~$28,000), but publishes NO GPA/test cutoffs or renewal terms — and 'full-tuition' means tuition, not the ~$18K of housing and food.

Merit tiers44 based on grades or scores
First-year students with school awards21%First-year students, CDS 2024-2025
Research checkedJun 2026By our research team

Published academic criteria

Start with the thresholds.

These awards are recorded as automatic on academic criteria. Match the published grades and scores, then check residency, entering year and every additional condition.

  1. Match the published criteria

    Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.

  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 Presidential Scholarship covers full TUITION only. Housing and food (~$17,858 for 2025-26) are not covered, so families still owe the room-and-board portion of the cost.

  2. Scranton publishes the award amounts (and 'average' amounts) but NOT the qualifying GPA/test thresholds or renewal terms anywhere public. You can't predict your tier from the website — ask admissions or use the net price calculator.

  3. These are stated as 'average award' figures ($33,000 / $31,500 / $28,000) — individual offers vary around those averages.

  4. The tuition page lists a Total Direct Cost of $73,296 (Tuition+Fees $55,438 + Housing & Food $17,858); this excludes books, transportation, and personal expenses, so the full COA is higher.

  5. Scranton's outside-scholarship / stacking policy is not stated on the accessible undergraduate pages — confirm with the Financial Aid Office before counting on stacking an outside award on top of your merit scholarship.

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Who this school may work for

Strong-stats, test-optional applicants who want a large automatic award; because the qualifying GPA/test thresholds aren't published, applicants should run the net price calculator or ask admissions to estimate which tier they'd land.

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Scranton, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$23,896
$30,001–$48,000$23,407
$48,001–$75,000$23,912
$75,001–$110,000$29,482
$110,001+$39,348
All income levels (average)$32,568

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Total cost of attendance (sticker), AY 2021-22
$69,552
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$53,983
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$32,568

That works out to an average 53% 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
80%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
85%
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)
$74,652
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
27%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
65%
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More school data

From the Scranton Common Data Set 2024-2025:

Merit penetrationHow likely is merit aid here?From Scranton’s Common Data Set: the share of first-year students who receive institutional merit and the average dollar amount when they do.
21%of admitsget merit
Average award$30,036

At Scranton, roughly 1 in 5 first-year admits receive institutional merit aid. The average award is $30,036.

As filed in Scranton's CDS Section H2A: of 872 first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen, 186 had no financial need and received institutional merit (non-need) scholarship or grant aid, averaging $30,036. Across all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates: 780 of 3,488, averaging $26,900. Athletic awards are excluded per the CDS definition.

Receive institutional merit21%First-year students, Common Data Set 2024-2025
Average merit award$30,036Across recipients, Common Data Set 2024-2025

Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025 (verified 2026-07-23)

Other Scranton scholarships worth checking

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

AmountAmount not published (need-based)EligibilityDemonstrated financial need; FAFSA required

Renewal contingent on continued need, 2.00 cumulative GPA, and maintaining PACE

Source

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilitySee Tuition Reduction page

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Source

Scranton merit aid FAQ

  • Do I need a separate application for merit scholarships?

    No. All accepted applicants are automatically evaluated for merit aid based on the completed Admissions application, and recipients are notified in their acceptance letters. Scranton is test-optional.

  • What does the Presidential Scholarship cover?

    Full tuition. It does not cover housing and food (~$17,858 for 2025-26) or other indirect costs.

  • What GPA do I need, and what are the renewal requirements?

    Scranton does not publish the qualifying GPA/test thresholds or the renewal terms for its merit scholarships — contact the Financial Aid Office (finaid@scranton.edu) to confirm.

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How Scranton compares

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

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

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