What is the scholarship deadline?

No deadline is published for the merit-based scholarships on the scholarships page. The exception: esports scholarship applications must be submitted before starting classes. For federal/state aid (Pell, FSEOG, TAP, ETA) you must file the FAFSA, and FSEOG requires Pell eligibility and at least 6 credit hours.

Is there transfer merit aid?

Yes — a published three-tier grid by transfer GPA: 3.0 = Felician Grant ($12,000/yr), 2.5 = Franciscan Grant ($10,000/yr), 2.0 = Founders Grant ($8,000/yr), all for full-time transfer students.

What does Villa Maria cost?

Fall 2026 & Spring 2027 full-time tuition is $13,765 per semester ($27,530/yr); part-time is $915/credit hour. Full-time fees include registration ($285), orientation ($50), and student activity ($260). The College does not publish a single all-in cost-of-attendance total on its tuition page; 99% of students receive some form of aid and 96% receive Villa-funded grants and scholarships.

What state aid can New York residents add?

TAP (up to $5,165/yr, up to four years for full-time study) and the Enhanced Tuition Award, under which recipients receive $6,000 through a combination of TAP, the ETA award, and a match from the college.

Villa Maria· Renewal Rules

Keeping Villa Maria’s Merit Aid for Four Years

What the financial-aid office actually requires after freshman year: minimum GPA, credit-hour pace, and the cliffs that quietly downgrade families mid-degree.

Verified Jun 20264 days ago· COWORK

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 3 of 7
One-time tiers: 4
Tiers with published renewal terms: 3
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Villa Maria's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

Villa Honors Scholarship: See notes
Presidential Scholarship: See notes
Villa Merit Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Villa Honors Scholarship
Up to $12,000
Entry requirements: High school average of 90 and above (100-point scale) GPA
To keep it: A GPA of 3.0 is required to maintain this award in subsequent years.
Source: https://www.villa.edu/admissions/financial-aid/scholarships/
Presidential Scholarship
Up to $10,000
Entry requirements: High school average between 85 and 89 (100-point scale) GPA
To keep it: Described as an annual award; renewal GPA/criteria not published on the page — confirm with the aid office.
Source: https://www.villa.edu/admissions/financial-aid/scholarships/
Villa Merit Scholarship
Up to $8,000
Entry requirements: High school average between 80 and 84 (100-point scale) GPA
To keep it: Described as annual; renewal GPA/criteria not published — confirm with the aid office.
Source: https://www.villa.edu/admissions/financial-aid/scholarships/

How families lose this aid

Ignoring the 3.0 renewal cliff on the Villa Honors Scholarship.
The top award requires 'A GPA of 3.0... to maintain this award in subsequent years.' Renewal criteria for the Presidential and Villa Merit tiers are NOT published — families should ask whether the same 3.0 applies before assuming an easier threshold.
Dropping to part-time while holding a merit award.
Every published merit tier (freshman and transfer) is explicitly for 'full-time' students. Part-time tuition is also billed differently ($915/credit hour vs. $13,765/semester full-time).
Transfer students not realizing small GPA differences change the award by thousands.
The transfer grid jumps $2,000/yr at each cutoff: 2.0 GPA = $8,000 (Founders), 2.5 = $10,000 (Franciscan), 3.0 = $12,000 (Felician). A transfer GPA of 2.9 vs 3.0 is a $2,000-per-year difference.
Missing the esports scholarship's pre-enrollment deadline.
'Applications for the esports scholarship must be submitted before starting classes' — unlike the merit awards, this one closes once you enroll.
Budgeting from tuition alone without a published full cost of attendance.
Villa publishes Fall 2026 & Spring 2027 tuition of $13,765/semester ($27,530/yr) plus fees (registration $285, orientation $50, student activity $260 full-time), but no total cost-of-attendance figure including housing and food on the tuition page. Costs are marked 'subject to change.' Use the net price calculator and ask for the official COA.

Renewal questions families ask

What is the scholarship deadline?: No deadline is published for the merit-based scholarships on the scholarships page. The exception: esports scholarship applications must be submitted before starting classes. For federal/state aid (Pell, FSEOG, TAP, ETA) you must file the FAFSA, and FSEOG requires Pell eligibility and at least 6 credit hours.
Is there transfer merit aid?: Yes — a published three-tier grid by transfer GPA: 3.0 = Felician Grant ($12,000/yr), 2.5 = Franciscan Grant ($10,000/yr), 2.0 = Founders Grant ($8,000/yr), all for full-time transfer students.
What does Villa Maria cost?: Fall 2026 & Spring 2027 full-time tuition is $13,765 per semester ($27,530/yr); part-time is $915/credit hour. Full-time fees include registration ($285), orientation ($50), and student activity ($260). The College does not publish a single all-in cost-of-attendance total on its tuition page; 99% of students receive some form of aid and 96% receive Villa-funded grants and scholarships.
What state aid can New York residents add?: TAP (up to $5,165/yr, up to four years for full-time study) and the Enhanced Tuition Award, under which recipients receive $6,000 through a combination of TAP, the ETA award, and a match from the college.

How Villa Maria compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Villa Maria is one of them. The cohort minority (82 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 renewal claim is checked against Villa Maria’s own published materials.

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