Centenary College of Louisiana: merit scholarships by ACT score
Centenary College of Louisiana awards automatic merit aid from a published grid crossing ACT score with GPA. Awards start at an ACT of 22 and reach $30,000 a year. Because the bands are steps rather than a slope, one point is worth nothing inside a band and the whole step at the edge of one.
Enter a score and a GPA below to see which band it actually lands in, what that band pays, and exactly how many points the next one needs.
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Every amount is a "starts at" floor, not a flat award. Two official Centenary pages publish different cutoffs — the freshman aid page uses 3.8/30, 3.4/26 and 3.0/22, while the institutional-scholarships policy page uses a weighted core 3.7 with a 28 and a 3.4 with a 25. The bands here follow the student-facing freshman page. The GPA is recalculated by the college on core courses only, so it will not match a transcript.
Unweighted, as the school asks for it.
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Example — an ACT 29 with a 3.60 GPA
Dean's Scholarship
Starts at $25,000 a year / year
About $100,000 over four years, if it renews.
There is no higher band to reach at this GPA — more points would not change the award here. They may still matter for admission, for honours programmes, or at other schools on the list.
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The published Centenary merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from Centenary College of Louisiana’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.
Freshman merit scholarships
Read against a GPA Centenary recalculates on core courses only. Renewable for three additional years.
Starts at $30,000 a year
President's Scholarship
ACT 30–36 · 3.80+
Starts at $25,000 a year
Dean's Scholarship
ACT 26–36 · 3.40+
Starts at $20,000 a year
Trustee's Scholarship
ACT 22–36 · 3.00+
| Award | With a score | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| President's Scholarship | ACT 30–36 · 3.80+ | Starts at $30,000 a year |
| Dean's Scholarship | ACT 26–36 · 3.40+ | Starts at $25,000 a year |
| Trustee's Scholarship | ACT 22–36 · 3.00+ | Starts at $20,000 a year |
Source: Freshman tuition and aid · verified 2026-10-24
Does Centenary superscore for scholarships?
Yes. Stated for scholarships specifically, not just admission, so the best section scores across sittings are what the grid reads.
“accepts the superscore for ACT and SAT for admission and scholarship consideration”
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.
Centenary scholarship deadlines
| Entry term | Due |
|---|---|
| Priority scholarship | November 15 |
| Early action | December 1 |
| Regular decision | February 15 |
| Enrollment deposit | May 1 |
Scores take roughly two to four weeks to arrive, and official reports sent to schools can take longer, so the last useful test date is several weeks before the printed deadline. Check which test dates still make it.
Where these numbers came from
Every figure on this page was read from Centenary College of Louisiana’s own published pages, linked below with the date we last confirmed them. We do not estimate a missing band or interpolate a value.
- Freshman tuition and aidverified 2026-10-24
- Institutional scholarships policyverified 2026-10-24
- How to applyverified 2026-10-24
- All three amounts are floors — "starts at" is Centenary's own wording, and the actual offer can be higher.
- A 22 with a 3.0 starts at $20,000 a year, which is the highest entry-level published award in Louisiana in this dataset.
- The step from a 25 to a 26 is worth at least $5,000 a year on the student-facing grid.
- Two official Centenary pages print different cutoffs; the policy page's 28 and 25 thresholds are stricter than the freshman page's 30 and 26.
- The GPA is recalculated on core courses only, so it is computed by the college rather than read off a transcript.
- No renewal GPA is published for these awards, which is unusual.
- Scholars Weekend — for President's-eligible students accepted before December 1 — is competitive and is not a band here.
- The $1,000 campus-visit and $1,000 FAFSA-incentive awards may stack on top.
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 Centenary College of Louisiana.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at Centenary?
Automatic merit aid at Centenary College of Louisiana starts at an ACT composite of 22, alongside the published GPA minimum, and reaches $30,000 a year at the top. The bands are steps rather than a slope, so the only score that matters is the next threshold above where you are now.
Is Centenary test-optional?
A test-optional applicant needs a 3.5 core GPA and a letter of recommendation. The typo is Centenary's. For merit aid the answer is different: the grid prints ACT floors and the policy page says GPA and test together, but no Centenary page says how a test-optional applicant is placed on these three rows — so a student applying without a score should ask which award they land on. Being admitted without a score and qualifying for money without a score are two separate questions.
How much is a 30 on the ACT worth at Centenary?
On Centenary's published grid for the current cycle, an ACT of 30 with a 3.6 GPA qualifies for Dean's Scholarship at $25,000 a year, about $100,000 over four years if it renews.
How much is one more ACT point worth at Centenary?
The most valuable single point on Centenary's published grid is 25 to 26, at a 3.4 GPA: it moves the award by $5,000 a year, or $20,000 across a four-year degree. The same point is worth less at other GPAs, and most points move nothing at all — the grid steps rather than slopes, which is why the only score worth aiming at is the next threshold.
Does Centenary superscore the ACT for scholarships?
Yes. Stated for scholarships specifically, not just admission, so the best section scores across sittings are what the grid reads. accepts the superscore for ACT and SAT for admission and scholarship consideration
When are Centenary scholarship deadlines?
Priority scholarship: November 15. Early action: December 1. Regular decision: February 15. Enrollment deposit: May 1. The application and the official score report are both due by that date, and ACT scores take roughly two to four weeks to arrive — so the last useful test date is several weeks earlier than the deadline suggests.
Is this Centenary scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from Centenary College of Louisiana's own published pages and last verified on 2026-10-24. 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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