Chaminade University of Honolulu: merit scholarships by GPA
Chaminade University of Honolulu awards automatic merit aid from a published grid keyed to GPA — the ACT is not used. Awards start at a 2.5 GPA and reach $21,000 a year. 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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Chaminade is TEST BLIND for institutional scholarships — it says it awards them without knowledge or consideration of test scores — so a score cannot affect any of these tiers even incidentally. Every figure is published as "up to", so each is a ceiling, and the tiers are for day undergraduate students.
Unweighted, as the school asks for it.
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Example — a 3.60 GPA
Presidential Scholarship
Up to $19,000 a year / year
About $76,000 over four years, if it renews.
Chaminade 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 Chaminade merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from Chaminade University of Honolulu’s own pages for 2026-27 entry. Nothing here is estimated: where the school states a benefit rather than a figure, that is what the table says.
Institutional merit scholarships
Considered automatically at the time of admission with no separate application. Five open floors, so a student receives the best they clear.
Up to $21,000 a year
Regents Scholarship
No score needed
Up to $19,000 a year
Presidential Scholarship
No score needed
Up to $14,000 a year
Chancellor Scholarship
No score needed
Up to $11,000 a year
Dean Scholarship
No score needed
Up to $8,000 a year
Leadership Scholarship
No score needed
| Award | With a score | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Regents Scholarship | — | Up to $21,000 a year |
| Presidential Scholarship | — | Up to $19,000 a year |
| Chancellor Scholarship | — | Up to $14,000 a year |
| Dean Scholarship | — | Up to $11,000 a year |
| Leadership Scholarship | — | Up to $8,000 a year |
Source: Merit aid — 2026-27 scholarship tiers · verified 2026-10-24
Does Chaminade superscore for scholarships?
No. No, and there is nothing for it to apply to. Chaminade awards institutional scholarships without knowledge or consideration of test scores, so no composite is read at all.
“Institutional scholarships will take a test blind approach, and award scholarships without knowledge or consideration of test scores.”
This matters more than it sounds. A student whose superscore crosses a band but whose best single sitting does not will be paid on the lower band. Look up your best single sitting in the grid above, then find what is costing you points on one test.
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 Chaminade University of Honolulu’s own published pages, linked below with the date we last confirmed them. We do not estimate a missing band or interpolate a value.
- Merit aid — 2026-27 scholarship tiersverified 2026-10-24
- Test-optional FAQs — the test-blind statementverified 2026-10-24
- Chaminade is test blind for institutional scholarships and uses that phrase, which is stronger than test-optional.
- The five thresholds are open floors, so a 3.9 clears all of them and receives the Regents tier.
- The steepest step is 3.49 to 3.50, worth $5,000 a year.
- Every figure is "up to", so each is a ceiling rather than a promise.
- The tiers are for day undergraduate students.
- Below a 2.50 the page publishes no award.
- A search summary quoted the range as starting at $4,000; the published tiers start at $8,000, and the tiers are what is modelled.
- The awards run four academic years and do not apply to summer.
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 Chaminade University of Honolulu.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at Chaminade?
Chaminade University of Honolulu publishes a merit aid grid keyed to ACT score and GPA. See the tables on this page for the current bands.
Is Chaminade test-optional?
Chaminade takes a test-blind approach to institutional scholarships, awarding them without knowledge or consideration of test scores. For merit aid the answer is different: chaminade is test blind for institutional scholarships — it says it awards them without knowledge or consideration of scores. So an ACT cannot help here even incidentally, and a student with no score reaches the $21,000 Regents tier at a 3.75 exactly as one with a 36 would. 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 Chaminade?
On Chaminade's published grid for 2026-27 entry, an ACT of 30 with a 3.6 GPA qualifies for Presidential Scholarship at $19,000 a year, about $76,000 over four years if it renews.
Does Chaminade superscore the ACT for scholarships?
No. No, and there is nothing for it to apply to. Chaminade awards institutional scholarships without knowledge or consideration of test scores, so no composite is read at all. Institutional scholarships will take a test blind approach, and award scholarships without knowledge or consideration of test scores.
Is this Chaminade scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from Chaminade University of Honolulu'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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