Beloit College: merit scholarships by GPA
Beloit College awards automatic merit aid from a published grid keyed to GPA — the ACT is not used. Awards start at a 3.0 GPA. Because the bands are steps rather than a slope, a hundredth of a GPA point is worth nothing inside a band and the whole step at the edge of one.
Enter a GPA below to see which band it actually lands in, what that band pays, and what the next band needs.
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Every band is a range of up to $6,000 a year and Beloit never says what positions a student inside it. Combined merit awards are also capped at a maximum of $55,000 annually, so these figures cannot simply be added to other Beloit money. The GPA is the unweighted reported figure, the lowest band has no printed floor, and Beloit states no separate merit deadline.
Unweighted, as the school asks for it.
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Example — a 3.60 GPA
The Presidential Scholarship
$46,000-50,000 a year
Beloit awards this on GPA alone, so an ACT score does not change it. A higher score can still matter for admission, for honours programmes, and at other schools on the list — but not for this award.
The ACT doesn't move the money here — but it still decides admission, honours eligibility, and what they is worth at the other schools on the list, where most awards are score-keyed.
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The published Beloit merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from Beloit College’s own pages for the current cycle. Nothing here is estimated: where the school states a benefit rather than a figure, that is what the table says.
Academic merit scholarships
All first-year applicants are considered automatically. Read on the unweighted reported GPA, and renewed on satisfactory academic progress.
$46,000-50,000 a year
The Presidential Scholarship
No score needed · GPA 3.50
$39,000-45,000 a year
The Eaton Scholarship
No score needed · GPA 3.00
$34,000-38,000 a year
The Deans' Award
No score needed · GPA 0.00
| Award | With a score | No score | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Presidential Scholarship | — | GPA 3.50 | $46,000-50,000 a year |
| The Eaton Scholarship | — | GPA 3.00 | $39,000-45,000 a year |
| The Deans' Award | — | GPA 0.00 | $34,000-38,000 a year |
Source: Scholarships · verified 2026-10-25
Does Beloit superscore for scholarships?
Yes. Beloit combines best subscores across sittings when a score is sent, even though its merit bands read GPA alone.
“We will consider your highest subscores from multiple test dates.”
So the number that matters here is your superscore, not your best single test. Work out your superscore and look that score up in the grid above — it may sit a band higher than the one you have been planning around.
Comparing schools? See which colleges superscore for scholarships — 66 of 501 commit to it, 52 say they do not, and the rest never say.
Where these numbers came from
Every figure on this page was read from Beloit College’s own published pages, linked below with the date we last confirmed them. We do not estimate a missing band or interpolate a value.
- Beloit calls itself "unabashedly test-optional" for admission and for merit consideration.
- A GPA below 3.0 still reaches $34,000 to $38,000 a year — more than the top award at most private colleges in this dataset.
- Every band is a range of up to $6,000 a year, and Beloit never says what decides the position inside it.
- Combined merit awards are capped at $55,000 a year.
- The GPA is the unweighted reported figure, so honours coursework is not read.
- The lowest band has no printed floor.
- Beloit superscores submitted subscores across test dates even though no band reads a score.
- Beloit publishes no separate merit deadline.
- International students have a separate statement of up to $50,000.
Check before you rely on it. Grids change by entry year and schools update them without notice. This page is a reproduction with a date on it, not a guarantee, and it is not financial aid advice. ClutchACT is not affiliated with Beloit College.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at Beloit?
Beloit College publishes a merit aid grid keyed to ACT score and GPA. See the tables on this page for the current bands.
Is Beloit test-optional?
Stated with unusual conviction, and the merit grid names no score anywhere. For merit aid the answer is different: a student with no ACT reaches the $46,000-to-$50,000 band at a 3.5 exactly as a 36 would. Beloit does superscore submitted scores, but no band reads one. Being admitted without a score and qualifying for money without a score are two separate questions.
Does Beloit superscore the ACT for scholarships?
Yes. Beloit combines best subscores across sittings when a score is sent, even though its merit bands read GPA alone. We will consider your highest subscores from multiple test dates.
Is this Beloit scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from Beloit College's own published pages and last verified on 2026-10-25. The sources are linked at the bottom of the page with that date. Grids change by entry year, so check the source before relying on a figure for a decision.
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