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William Jewell scholarships and merit aid

William Jewell awards an automatic GPA-based Academic Scholarship of $3,000-$5,000/year to first-year students with a 3.25+ HS GPA, with a stackable test-score Achiever award of $1,000-$2,000/year for an ACT 24+/SAT 1160+ — small dollar amounts, but on a low private-college sticker (~$22K tuition) after Jewell's 2021 tuition reset.

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The short answer

Is William Jewell worth a closer look?

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

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Research checkedJun 2026By our research team

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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.

$3,000-$5,000 per year

First-Year Academic Scholarship (Jewell / Trustee / Presidential Scholar)

Based on grades or scoresCan continue
GPA
Minimum 3.25 cumulative HS GPA. Jewell Scholar 3.25-3.49 = $3,000; Trustee Scholar 3.50-3.74 = $4,000; Presidential Scholar 3.75 and above = $5,000.
See who qualifies and how to keep it
Who qualifies

Entering from high school. Most awards available to applicants admitted before Dec. 1; funds may become limited due to demand.

How to keep it

Renewable for four years (eight full-time semesters). Recipients must maintain a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA in order to renew, and complete a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester.

Notes

Awarded automatically based on the cumulative high school GPA grid. Cannot be combined with athletic grants and scholarships. A strong ACT/SAT adds a separate stackable Achiever award (see next tier).

Source

$1,000-$2,000 per year

Achiever Scholarship (test-score award)

Based on grades or scoresCan continue
SAT
SAT 1160-1290 = $1,000; SAT 1300+ = $2,000
ACT
ACT 24-27 = $1,000; ACT 28+ = $2,000
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Who qualifies

Test scores must be provided by Feb. 1 (last day to provide test scores for Achiever Scholarships).

How to keep it

Listed among institutional scholarships requiring a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 to renew; same 12-credit-hour / 2.0 cumulative GPA renewal rule as other institutional aid.

Notes

Stacks on top of the GPA-based Academic Scholarship ('Your test score can take your total award to the next level'). The page presents this as a separate test-score award alongside the First-Year Academic Scholarship grid. Test-score awards begin at a 24 ACT / 1170 SAT in the eligibility paragraph; the published grid rows read ACT 24-27 / SAT 1160-1290 = $1,000 and ACT 28+ / SAT 1300+ = $2,000 (a minor 1160 vs 1170 SAT-floor discrepancy on the same page — see Section C).

Source

$2,000-$4,000 per year

Transfer Academic Scholarship (Jewell / Trustee / Presidential Scholar)

Based on grades or scoresCan continue
GPA
Minimum 3.25 cumulative college GPA. Jewell Scholar 3.25-3.49 = $2,000; Trustee Scholar 3.50-3.74 = $3,000; Presidential Scholar 3.75 and above = $4,000.
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Who qualifies

Students transferring from another college or university.

How to keep it

Transfer Academic Scholarships are renewable for two years (four full-time semesters). Recipients must maintain a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA in order to renew.

Notes

Automatic on transfer GPA. Cannot be combined with athletic grants and scholarships. (Phi Theta Kappa transfers can instead take a $5,000/yr award, but it may not be combined with a merit scholarship — see lesser-known scholarships.)

Source

$3,000 per year

A+ Scholarship (Missouri A+ Program)

Apply separatelyCan continue
GPA
Cumulative unweighted high school GPA of 3.0 or higher on the 6th or 7th semester transcript
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Who qualifies

Eligible Missouri students in the State of Missouri A+ Program who have not yet graduated from high school; confirmed by the school A+ program coordinator to be in good standing. Jewell application by Feb. 1.

How to keep it

Replaces an equal-or-lesser first-year Academic Scholarship; renewal not separately stated on the page.

Notes

Replaces (does not stack with) any equal or lesser value first-year Academic Scholarship — so it raises the floor for A+ students but does not add to a higher academic award. Missouri-only.

Source

$3,000 per year

Heritage (Alumni Legacy) Scholarship

Apply separatelyCan continue
See who qualifies
Who qualifies

Children of alumni, siblings of alumni, or siblings of current students. Legacy status verified after applying. Deadline Feb. 1.

How to keep it

Awarded per year; subject to the standard institutional 12-credit-hour / 2.0 cumulative GPA renewal rule.

Notes

Automatically included in the aid package once legacy status is verified. Not need-based.

Source

$2,500 per academic year

Marionetta Snyder Scholarship

Apply separatelyCan continue
See who qualifies
Who qualifies

A prospective female student (one award).

How to keep it

One scholarship per academic year; multi-year renewal not stated on the page.

Notes

Single award designated for a prospective female student.

Source

$1,000 per year

First-Generation Scholarship

Apply separatelyCan continue
See who qualifies
Who qualifies

First college student in the family. Automatically included in the aid package after applying.

How to keep it

Awarded per year; multi-year renewal not separately stated. Subject to standard institutional renewal rule.

Notes

New for students entering 2024-2025. Automatically added once you apply.

Source

$1,000 per year

Military Recognition Scholarship

Apply separatelyCan continue
See who qualifies
Who qualifies

Verify military affiliation status after applying.

How to keep it

Awarded per year; subject to standard institutional renewal rule.

Notes

Added to the package after military affiliation is verified.

Source

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Rules that could change the answer

These are the rules we would flag for your family. Each comes from William Jewell's published information.

  • Renewal ruleFirst-Year Academic Scholarship (Jewell / Trustee / Presidential Scholar): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Renewable for four years (eight full-time semesters). Recipients must maintain a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA in order to renew, and complete a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

  • Aid capHard $36,982 cost-of-attendance ceiling

    Institutional aid at William Jewell cannot push the package past $36,982. Big outside wins can mathematically reduce institutional grant once the ceiling is reached.

What families often miss

  1. After Jewell's 2021 ~45% tuition reset, both sticker tuition (~$22,160 for 2026-27) and the merit awards were scaled down. The top automatic Academic Scholarship is $5,000/year (Presidential, 3.75+ GPA) plus up to $2,000/year for test scores — modest in dollars, but against a low private-college price.

  2. Feb. 1 is the last day to provide test scores for Achiever Scholarships. Miss it and you keep the GPA-based Academic Scholarship but forfeit the $1,000-$2,000/year test-score add-on.

  3. Academic awards 'cannot be combined with athletic grants and scholarships.' Recruited athletes have to choose the larger of the two paths, not add them.

  4. The A+ Scholarship 'replaces any equal or lesser value first-year Academic Scholarship award' — it raises a low award to $3,000 but does not stack on a higher one.

  5. The $5,000/year PTK award 'may not be combined with a merit scholarship,' so a transfer takes whichever single award is larger.

  6. Jewell's Oxbridge Honors Program page states it is 'not accepting new Oxbridge Honors students for fall 2025.' Older figures (e.g., $26,000/year) circulating online come from a 2020 student-newspaper article, not a current official aid page.

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Who this school may work for

Cost-conscious students with a 3.25+ high school GPA (ideally with an ACT 24+/SAT 1160+) who want a predictable, automatic merit award at a small, historically Baptist-affiliated liberal-arts college near Kansas City; transfer students with a 3.25+ GPA also qualify for an automatic award.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $36,982 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at William Jewell, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$12,909
$30,001–$48,000$4,356
$48,001–$75,000$12,869
$75,001–$110,000$16,624
$110,001+$23,901
All income levels (average)$17,562

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$20,610
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$17,562

That works out to roughly a 51% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $35,785 (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
68%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
74%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$24,498 (~$260/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$59,268
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
36%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
87%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Stacking at Jewell is category-gated, with a full-tuition cap on several awards. Academic awards cannot be combined with athletic grants/scholarships. The test-score Achiever award stacks on the GPA-based Academic Scholarship. The Hispanic Development Fund (HDF) match is applied after academic merit awards but cannot combine with athletic or performing-arts scholarships. Christian Fellows (Faith & Culture) awards cannot stack with another Faith & Culture, talent, or athletic scholarship, but may combine with need-based grants or merit scholarships 'not in excess of full tuition.' Phi Theta Kappa transfer ($5,000) may not be combined with a merit scholarship. No published policy was found describing how third-party OUTSIDE/private scholarships displace institutional aid (the Private Scholarships page only lists outside entities).

Multiple explicit no-combine rules between categories (academic vs. athletic; Faith & Culture vs. talent/athletic; PTK vs. merit), plus an explicit 'not in excess of full tuition' cap on Faith & Culture stacking. Test-score award is additive to academic. Outside/private scholarship displacement is not published; ask the aid office.

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Other William Jewell scholarships worth checking

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

Amount$5,000 per yearEligibilityTransfer students accepted to Jewell who verify Phi Theta Kappa membership.

May not be combined with a merit scholarship — a transfer chooses this OR the GPA-based Transfer Academic Scholarship, whichever is larger.

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Amount$1,000-$5,000 (Jewell match; $1,000 base for non-finalists)EligibilityAmerican Legion Oratorical contest placers (1st $5,000 / 2nd $2,500 / 3rd $2,250 / 4th $2,000), each matched by Jewell; any non-finalist competitor receives Jewell's $1,000 American Legion Scholarship.

Stackable with academic scholarships and renewable for up to 4 years. American Legion awards themselves are one-time.

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Amount100% match up to full cost of tuitionEligibilityStudents admitted to Jewell who receive an HDF scholarship.

Applied after all appropriate academic merit awards; cannot be combined with Jewell athletic or performing arts scholarships.

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Amount$1,000EligibilityRegularly admissible applicants who completed a CAPS Network program in high school, on a Jewell admission counselor recommendation by Feb. 1.

Limited award.

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Amount$1,000EligibilityRegularly admissible applicants who completed two PLTW courses, on a Jewell admission counselor recommendation by Feb. 1.

Limited award.

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Amount$500EligibilityRegularly admissible applicants who are citizens in Missouri Boys State or Missouri Girls State programs.

Missouri program participants.

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AmountUp to an additional $1,000EligibilityStudents awarded a school-district-based future-teacher / grow-your-own scholarship and/or loan-forgiveness program.

Match added on top of district award.

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AmountAmount not published on pageEligibilityAdmitted; submit FAFSA or CSS Profile; Christian Fellows application by June 1 (priority by Feb. 15); faith-leader recommendation.

Cannot stack with another Faith & Culture, talent, or athletic scholarship; may combine with need-based grants or merit scholarships but not in excess of full tuition. No dollar figure shown on the page — confirm with the Center for Faith and Culture.

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AmountProjected $3,000 (state-funded)EligibilityGraduating Missouri high school seniors scoring in the top 3% of Missouri ACT/SAT takers.

State award, not institutional; funded by the State of Missouri (figure from Jewell's Grants page, 2021-2022 projection — confirm current amount).

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William Jewell merit aid FAQ

  • Is the Academic Scholarship automatic?

    Yes for admitted first-year students with a minimum 3.25 cumulative high school GPA: Jewell Scholar (3.25-3.49) = $3,000, Trustee Scholar (3.50-3.74) = $4,000, Presidential Scholar (3.75+) = $5,000 per year, awarded on the GPA grid. A strong ACT/SAT adds a separate $1,000-$2,000/year Achiever award.

  • What are the deadlines?

    Most awards are available to applicants admitted before Dec. 1 (funds can run limited due to demand). Feb. 1 is the last day to provide test scores for the Achiever Scholarship, and the deadline for several specialized awards (A+, Heritage, CAPS, PLTW).

  • How do I renew my scholarship?

    Complete a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0. First-Year Academic Scholarships renew for four years (eight semesters); Transfer Academic Scholarships renew for two years (four semesters). Renewal is reviewed at the end of the academic year.

  • Can I combine Jewell scholarships?

    Sometimes. The test-score Achiever award stacks on the GPA-based Academic Scholarship. But academic awards cannot combine with athletic aid; Christian Fellows awards cannot combine with another Faith & Culture, talent, or athletic award (and Faith & Culture combined with need/merit cannot exceed full tuition); the Phi Theta Kappa $5,000 transfer award cannot combine with a merit scholarship; and the A+ award replaces rather than adds to an equal-or-lesser academic award.

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How William Jewell compares

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

    William Jewell 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.

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

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