Goldey-Beacom College: merit scholarships by GPA
Goldey-Beacom College 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 $7,000 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.
Read this first
Goldey-Beacom posts two grids side by side and states that the $2,500 bottom rung will not be available for 2027-2028, so a student at a 2.5 to 2.9 should check which cycle they are applying to. The printed windows also leave holes at 3.51–3.59 and 2.91–2.99 with no rounding rule, so the lower rungs are extended upward here and the top rung left open. The page never says the awards are automatic, though the grid is a plain GPA lookup with no application step.
Unweighted, as the school asks for it.
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Example — a 3.60 GPA
Joseph West Jones Scholarship
$7,000 a year / year
About $28,000 over four years, if it renews.
Goldey-Beacom 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.
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The published Goldey-Beacom merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from Goldey-Beacom College’s own pages for 2027-28 entry. Nothing here is estimated: where the school states a benefit rather than a figure, that is what the table says.
2027-28 entry — two rungs
The $2,500 GBC Scholarship is stated as unavailable for this year, so below a 3.0 nothing is published.
$7,000 a year
Joseph West Jones Scholarship
No score needed
$4,000 a year
GBC Academic Recognition Scholarship
No score needed
| Award | With a score | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph West Jones Scholarship | — | $7,000 a year |
| GBC Academic Recognition Scholarship | — | $4,000 a year |
Source: Scholarships — 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 grids · verified 2026-10-24
2026-27 entry — three rungs
The only cycle with a published award below a 3.0.
$7,000 a year
Joseph West Jones Scholarship
No score needed
$4,000 a year
GBC Academic Recognition Scholarship
No score needed
$2,500 a year
GBC Scholarship
No score needed
| Award | With a score | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph West Jones Scholarship | — | $7,000 a year |
| GBC Academic Recognition Scholarship | — | $4,000 a year |
| GBC Scholarship | — | $2,500 a year |
Source: Scholarships — 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 grids · verified 2026-10-24
Does Goldey-Beacom superscore for scholarships?
Not stated. Since a score can raise the award, a student with two sittings should ask which composite is read.
With nothing published, plan for the stricter reading: look up your best single sitting in the grid above, work out your superscore as well, and ask Goldey-Beacom’s financial aid office which one they read before you count on the higher band.
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 Goldey-Beacom 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.
- The $2,500 bottom rung is stated as unavailable for 2027-28, so a 2.5 to 2.9 transcript is worth $2,500 a year in one cycle and nothing in the next.
- The 3.5-to-3.6 step is worth $3,000 a year, $12,000 across four.
- Goldey-Beacom's printed windows leave 3.51–3.59 and 2.91–2.99 uncovered; the lower rungs are extended upward here.
- A submitted ACT can raise the award, with no published threshold or amount.
- The amounts carry no "up to" wording, so they read as fixed.
- Whether the GPA is weighted is not stated.
- Goldey-Beacom publishes no renewal condition for these awards.
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 Goldey-Beacom College.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at Goldey-Beacom?
Goldey-Beacom College publishes a merit aid grid keyed to ACT score and GPA. See the tables on this page for the current bands.
Is Goldey-Beacom test-optional?
Goldey-Beacom pairs that with a direct statement that a score can raise the scholarship. For merit aid the answer is different: a submitted score can raise the award, but Goldey-Beacom publishes no threshold and no amount for it — so sending a reasonable score is worth doing and its effect cannot be predicted from the page. 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 Goldey-Beacom?
On Goldey-Beacom's published grid for 2027-28 entry, an ACT of 30 with a 3.6 GPA qualifies for 2027-28 entry — two rungs — Joseph West Jones Scholarship at $7,000 a year, about $28,000 over four years if it renews; 2026-27 entry — three rungs — Joseph West Jones Scholarship at $7,000 a year, about $28,000 over four years if it renews.
Does Goldey-Beacom superscore the ACT for scholarships?
Not stated. Since a score can raise the award, a student with two sittings should ask which composite is read.
Is this Goldey-Beacom scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from Goldey-Beacom College'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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