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Xavier (OH) scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$74,523per year · 2026-2027 · On-campus
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Xavier (OH) is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 2 published awards, and 2 are based on those numbers.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jul 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. Academic Scholarships and Awards$23,000–$33,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Academic Scholarships and Awards

    $23,000–$33,000 per year

    Published rangeAll 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 Academic Scholarships and Awards

    Who qualifies

    Any student who applies for admission is automatically evaluated; no separate application and test scores are not required. Xavier does not publish GPA or test-score cutoffs mapping to a specific award amount within the range.

    How to keep it

    Renewable for a total of four years or eight semesters of full-time undergraduate enrollment.

  2. Musketeer Forever ScholarsAt least $30,000 per yearAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Musketeer Forever Scholars

    At least $30,000 per year

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

    GPA
    3.5
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Musketeer Forever Scholars

    Who qualifies

    For high-achieving Ohio and Greater Cincinnati high school graduates with at least a 3.5 GPA. Awarded as at least $30,000 in annual scholarships.

    How to keep it

    Renews under the same four-year / eight-semester full-time enrollment framework as Xavier's academic awards.

Lights up against Xavier (OH)'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 ruleAcademic Scholarships and Awards: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

Renewable for a total of four years or eight semesters of full-time undergraduate enrollment. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

Aid capHard $74,523 cost-of-attendance ceiling

Institutional aid at Xavier (OH) cannot push the package past $74,523. Big outside wins can mathematically reduce institutional grant once the ceiling is reached.

What makes Xavier (OH) different

Cincinnati Jesuit private whose automatic academic awards run $23,000 to $33,000 a year for any admitted student, with a small slate of competitive flagship awards (St. Francis Xavier, Brueggeman Fellows) sitting above the automatic grid.

Merit tiers22 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJul 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. Xavier states the academic awards 'range from $23,000 to $33,000 annually' and that every applicant is 'automatically evaluated,' but it does not publish a stat-banded ladder. Where a given student lands in the range is decided in the admission review, not by a public GPA or test cutoff.

  2. Above the automatic grid sit competitive flagships — the St. Francis Xavier Scholarship and the Brueggeman Fellows Program (up to 8 students per year) — that can add meaningfully to the package. These require selection beyond the standard application, so top applicants should pursue them rather than settling for the automatic award.

  3. Xavier's public undergraduate scholarship pages do not document whether an outside award reduces loans first or offsets the institutional academic scholarship. Because the automatic award is already large relative to tuition, an outside tuition award may displace institutional aid. Confirm with Student Financial Services before assuming dollars stack.

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Xavier academic awards — $23,000 to $33,000 a year, automatic and test-optional

Xavier's core merit aid is fully automatic: 'Any student who applies for admission is automatically evaluated for one of these awards,' and the awards 'range from $23,000 to $33,000 annually' for Fall 2025. Test scores are not required for consideration. The awards are 'renewable for a total of four years or eight semesters of full-time undergraduate enrollment.' Against 2025-26 tuition of $52,430, the top automatic award covers roughly 63% of tuition. Xavier does not publish a stat-banded GPA/test ladder mapping a number to a specific award; placement is decided in the admission review. Above this automatic grid sit a few competitive flagships — including the St. Francis Xavier Scholarship and the Brueggeman Fellows Program (up to 8 students per year) — that require selection beyond the standard application.

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Who this school may work for

Students who want a mid-size Catholic university where a strong application automatically earns a sizable, test-optional academic award. Top applicants who interview well should also chase the competitive flagship and fellowship programs that sit above the automatic grid.

Cost of attendance$74,523 for 2026-2027Each bar is the full published cost for that scenario, sized against the highest figure so totals compare at a glance.
On-campus$74,523
  • Tuition & fees
  • Housing & food
  • Books
  • Personal
  • Travel
  • Loan fees

Input year was 2025-2026 (total $52,430 = tuition only); official COA page now publishes 2026-2027 figures, so using the newer official year. Fees combine student activity + ID ($310) and orientation ($305).

Xavier (OH) cost-of-attendance source

Cost and graduation facts

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

Average annual net price by family income at Xavier (OH), academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$26,728
$30,001–$48,000$28,201
$48,001–$75,000$32,175
$75,001–$110,000$33,824
$110,001+$35,451
All income levels (average)$32,997

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$50,640
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$32,997

That works out to roughly a 50% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $65,476 (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
69%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
77%
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)
$64,873
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
23%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
63%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Previously awarded federal or institutional aid (or the outside scholarship itself) is reduced only when adding the new scholarship would cause total aid to exceed cost of attendance, or when accepting it would violate the outside provider's own award terms; the published policy does not describe different treatment by aid type or program at Xavier.

Verified policy language (2026-07-02): Depending upon the awarding guidelines established by the outside scholarship provider, the scholarship or some other piece of previously awarded federal or institutional aid may have to be reduced if the scholarship causes the COA to be exceeded, or if the awarding of the scholarship causes any of the provider’s terms to be violated.

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Other Xavier (OH) scholarships worth checking

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

Amount$3,000 (awarded annually)EligibilityAwarded annually to four incoming first-year students in the Williams College of Business.

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Amount$2,500 per year (up to $10,000 over four years)EligibilityRenewable special scholarship; $2,500 per award renewable for up to a total of $10,000 over four years.

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Amount$2,000 per semesterEligibilitySpecial scholarship awarded at $2,000 per semester.

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AmountCompetitive fellowship (value not published verbatim)EligibilityOffers up to 8 students each year the chance to combine a year of intensive independent study with an international immersion experience; competitive selection beyond the standard application.

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Xavier (OH) merit aid FAQ

  • Do I need a separate application for Xavier's academic scholarship?

    No. Xavier states 'Any student who applies for admission is automatically evaluated for one of these awards.' The automatic academic awards range from $23,000 to $33,000 a year, and test scores are not required for consideration.

  • How much is Xavier's automatic academic award and how long does it last?

    For Fall 2025 the awards 'range from $23,000 to $33,000 annually' and are 'renewable for a total of four years or eight semesters of full-time undergraduate enrollment.' Against 2025-26 tuition of $52,430, the top award covers roughly 63% of tuition.

  • Is there a full-tuition or competitive scholarship above the automatic grid?

    Yes. Xavier names competitive flagship awards — including the St. Francis Xavier Scholarship and the Brueggeman Fellows Program (up to 8 students per year) — that sit above the automatic academic grid and require selection beyond the standard application. Confirm current values and deadlines directly with admission, as Xavier's public pages do not publish a fixed dollar figure for the St. Francis Xavier award.

  • What is the Musketeer Forever Scholars award?

    It offers at least $30,000 in annual scholarships to high-achieving Ohio and Greater Cincinnati high school graduates with at least a 3.5 GPA, layered onto Xavier's automatic academic award framework.

  • Will an outside scholarship reduce my Xavier award?

    Xavier maintains an Institutional Aid Awarding Policy, but its public undergraduate scholarship pages do not state whether outside awards reduce loans first or offset institutional aid. Confirm the reduction order with Student Financial Services (513-745-3142) before counting on stacking.

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How Xavier (OH) compares

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

    Xavier (OH) 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.

    Xavier (OH) 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 Xavier (OH)’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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