Mount St. Joseph University: merit scholarships by GPA
Mount St. Joseph University awards automatic merit aid from a published grid keyed to GPA — the ACT is not used. Awards start at a 2.8 GPA and reach $26,000 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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Mount St. Joseph states that ACT and SAT scores will not be required OR considered, so a score cannot affect this award at all. The amounts are large because they are discounts against a private sticker price; the spread across the whole ladder is $6,000 a year. No renewal condition is published for the freshman grid.
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Example — a 3.60 GPA
Merit Scholarship
$24,000 a year / year
About $96,000 over four years, if it renews.
Mount St. Joseph 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 Mount St. Joseph merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from Mount St. Joseph University’s own pages for Fall 2027 entry. Nothing here is estimated: where the school states a benefit rather than a figure, that is what the table says.
Traditional student merit scholarships
No separate application, awarded on a rolling basis. The page also prints a four-year total alongside each annual figure.
$26,000 a year
Merit Scholarship
No score needed
$24,000 a year
Merit Scholarship
No score needed
$22,000 a year
Merit Scholarship
No score needed
$20,000 a year
Merit Scholarship
No score needed
| Award | With a score | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Scholarship | — | $26,000 a year |
| Merit Scholarship | — | $24,000 a year |
| Merit Scholarship | — | $22,000 a year |
| Merit Scholarship | — | $20,000 a year |
Source: Scholarships — traditional student merit grid · verified 2026-10-24
Does Mount St. Joseph superscore for scholarships?
No. No — and nothing for it to apply to. Mount St. Joseph states scores will not be considered at all, so no composite of any kind is read for this award.
“ACT/SAT test scores will not be required or considered”
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.
Mount St. Joseph scholarship deadlines
| Entry term | Due |
|---|---|
| Competitive President's and Dean's Scholarship — admitted by | December 1, 2026 |
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 Mount St. Joseph University’s own published pages, linked below with the date we last confirmed them. We do not estimate a missing band or interpolate a value.
- Scholarships — traditional student merit gridverified 2026-10-24
- First-year admissions — test policyverified 2026-10-24
- Mount St. Joseph says scores will not be required or considered — a definite no rather than an optional yes.
- The whole ladder spans $6,000 a year, from $20,000 at a 2.80 to $26,000 at a 3.95.
- These are discounts against a private sticker price rather than cash.
- Every admitted student above a 2.80 reaches a rung, and below it the page publishes nothing.
- Awards are made on a rolling basis with no separate application.
- The page prints a four-year total alongside each annual figure.
- Separate competitive President's and Dean's Scholarships require admission by December 1, so they are not bands.
- No renewal condition is published for the freshman grid.
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 Mount St. Joseph University.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at Mount St. Joseph?
Mount St. Joseph University publishes a merit aid grid keyed to ACT score and GPA. See the tables on this page for the current bands.
Is Mount St. Joseph test-optional?
Incoming freshmen may apply test-optional, and Mount St. Joseph states that scores will not be required or considered. For merit aid the answer is different: mount St. Joseph says test scores will not be considered — the stronger form of test-optional. Every rung is keyed to GPA, so a student with no ACT reaches the $26,000 top rung at a 3.95 exactly as a student 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 Mount St. Joseph?
On Mount St. Joseph's published grid for Fall 2027 entry, an ACT of 30 with a 3.6 GPA qualifies for Merit Scholarship at $24,000 a year, about $96,000 over four years if it renews.
Does Mount St. Joseph superscore the ACT for scholarships?
No. No — and nothing for it to apply to. Mount St. Joseph states scores will not be considered at all, so no composite of any kind is read for this award. ACT/SAT test scores will not be required or considered
When are Mount St. Joseph scholarship deadlines?
Competitive President's and Dean's Scholarship — admitted by: December 1, 2026. 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 Mount St. Joseph scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from Mount St. Joseph University'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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