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St. Thomas (MN) scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$77,772per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

St. Thomas (MN) awards automatic merit on admission. St. Thomas (MN) does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jul 2026
3 school sources to explore

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. St. Thomas ScholarshipUp to $34,000AutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    St. Thomas Scholarship

    Up to $34,000

    Variable or qualified amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for St. Thomas Scholarship

    Who qualifies

    All first-time, first-year students are automatically offered a St. Thomas Scholarship (100%); no separate application. Award amount varies up to the $34,000 ceiling.

    How to keep it

    Not reduced during the undergraduate program for up to eight semesters as long as the student is consecutively enrolled full-time, degree-seeking, making Satisfactory Academic Progress, and total St. Thomas + outside aid does not exceed the cost of attendance.

    Worth knowing

    Merit-based ceiling of $34,000/year; can be used toward any cost of attendance. Per-tier GPA-keyed amounts are on the JS-rendered /scholarships/ page that did not render via fetch (see Section C) — not fabricated here.

  2. Dease Scholarship ProgramFull tuitionNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Dease Scholarship 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.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Dease Scholarship Program

    Who qualifies

    Ten first-year students with high financial need who demonstrate academic excellence, leadership, and community commitment. Competitive (separate application + interview). NOT open to international students.

    How to keep it

    Scholars must participate in program activities for all 4 years and the Emerging Scholars LLC in the first year.

    Worth knowing

    Covers FULL TUITION only — not room and board (federal/state grants may help with room/board). Deadline Feb 9, 2026; FAFSA/MN Dream Act recommended by Feb 1, 2026.

Lights up against St. Thomas (MN)'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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The fine print

Renewal ruleSt. Thomas Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

Not reduced during the undergraduate program for up to eight semesters as long as the student is consecutively enrolled full-time, degree-seeking, making Satisfactory Academic Progress, and total St. Thomas + outside aid does not exceed the cost of attendance. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

Aid capHard $77,772 cost-of-attendance ceiling

Institutional aid at St. Thomas (MN) cannot push the package past $77,772. Big outside wins can mathematically reduce institutional grant once the ceiling is reached.

What makes St. Thomas (MN) different

Every first-time first-year is automatically offered a St. Thomas Scholarship of up to $34,000/year, and — unusually favorably — outside aid does not reduce it for most students, with the award protected for eight semesters up to the cost of attendance.

Merit tiers21 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team

More than one award path

Separate the two paths.

Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.

  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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Straight from the aid office

What St. Thomas (MN)'s aid office says

Per the Office of Admissions, University of St. Thomas, August 2026. How we verify

Merit scholarship range and duration

How much is the merit scholarship and how long does it last?

All admitted students receive a merit scholarship; last year it ranged from $27K-$35K/year, and it would be renewable for all 4 years.

“Part 1 is the merit scholarship all our admitted students receive.”
GPA used for merit scholarships

Is the GPA used for scholarships weighted or unweighted?

The highest GPA listed on the transcript is used, whether weighted or unweighted.

“The GPA used for admission and merit scholarships is the highest one listed on the transcript, weighted or unweighted. We’ll use the highest!”
Departmental scholarships impact

Can departmental scholarships stack with the merit award?

Departmental scholarships vary in amount, so their impact on a financial aid offer is undetermined.

“These scholarships vary in their amounts, so the impact they would have on a financial aid offer is TBD.”

What families often miss

  1. 100% of first-year students are OFFERED a St. Thomas scholarship, but $34,000 is the ceiling ('up to $34,000'); the actual amount varies by student.

  2. Outside aid does not reduce the St. Thomas scholarship for MOST students — note the 'most.' If total St. Thomas plus outside aid exceeds your cost of attendance, awards can be reduced.

  3. The scholarship is protected for up to eight semesters only while you are consecutively enrolled full-time, degree-seeking, and making Satisfactory Academic Progress.

  4. The Dease Scholarship covers full tuition only, not room and board; federal or state grants (not the Dease award) would cover housing/food.

  5. The Dease Scholarship is explicitly not open to international students.

  6. University of St. Thomas (stthomas.edu) is in St. Paul, Minnesota — not the University of St. Thomas in Houston (stthom.edu) or St. Thomas University in Florida (stu.edu).

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Who this school may work for

Any admitted first-year (100% are offered a St. Thomas Scholarship up to $34,000); high-need, high-achieving students — especially domestic students — can compete for full-tuition named awards like the Dease Scholarship.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $77,772 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at St. Thomas (MN), academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$28,131
$30,001–$48,000$26,820
$48,001–$75,000$24,357
$75,001–$110,000$25,363
$110,001+$33,232
All income levels (average)$29,155

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$54,398
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$29,155

That works out to roughly a 56% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $66,116 (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
76%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
88%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$23,250 (~$246/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$73,739
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
29%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
46%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Favorable but qualified: outside aid does NOT reduce the St. Thomas scholarship for most students, and the merit award is protected for up to eight semesters — unless total St. Thomas plus outside aid exceeds the cost of attendance (a COA cap).

'Outside aid does not reduce the St. Thomas scholarship for most students.' The merit award is not reduced during the program (up to 8 semesters) as long as the student stays consecutively full-time, degree-seeking, makes SAP, and St. Thomas + outside aid does not exceed cost of attendance. St. Thomas must consider all outside scholarships/grants when calculating the aid package.

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Other St. Thomas (MN) scholarships worth checking

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

AmountFull tuitionEligibilityNamed full-tuition scholarship (Opus College of Business); see dedicated page for criteria.

Listed by the financial-aid landing page as a full-tuition scholarship; dedicated page not opened for this extraction.

Source

AmountFull tuitionEligibilityNamed full-tuition scholarship (Schulze School of Entrepreneurship); see dedicated page for criteria.

Listed by the financial-aid landing page as a full-tuition scholarship; dedicated page not opened for this extraction.

Source

Amount50% tuition discountEligibilitySummer session and January term (J-term) courses.

Not a merit award but a standing discount families miss.

Source

St. Thomas (MN) merit aid FAQ

  • Do I have to apply for the St. Thomas Scholarship?

    No. 100% of first-time, first-year students are automatically offered a St. Thomas merit scholarship of up to $34,000 per year; no separate application is required.

  • Will an outside scholarship reduce my St. Thomas scholarship?

    For most students, no — outside aid does not reduce the St. Thomas scholarship, unless your total St. Thomas plus outside aid exceeds your cost of attendance.

  • How long does the merit scholarship last?

    Up to eight semesters, not reduced as long as you remain consecutively enrolled full-time, degree-seeking, and making Satisfactory Academic Progress.

  • What is the Dease Scholarship deadline?

    February 9, 2026 (with the FAFSA or MN Dream Act recommended by February 1, 2026). It is a competitive full-tuition award for ten domestic first-year students with high need.

  • What does St. Thomas cost for 2026-2027?

    The total estimated cost of attendance is $77,772 (tuition $56,856 + required fees $1,742 + housing, food, and indirect costs).

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How St. Thomas (MN) compares

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

    St. Thomas (MN) 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.

    St. Thomas (MN) 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

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