Thomas College: merit scholarships by GPA
Thomas College awards automatic merit aid from a published grid keyed to GPA — the ACT is not used. Awards start at a 2.1 GPA and reach $18,000 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
The amount depends on housing, and Thomas does not define resident or commuter on the scholarship page. The top rung is printed as a closed 3.80-to-4.00 range and is modelled open here, so a weighted transcript above 4.00 still clears it. The page prints no entry year.
Unweighted, as the school asks for it.
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Example — a 3.60 GPA
Summa Cum Laude Scholarship
$16,000 a year / year
About $64,000 over four years, if it renews.
Thomas 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 Thomas merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from Thomas 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.
Living on campus
No additional application, and renewable every year on basic criteria. Keyed to high school GPA alone.
$18,000 a year
Presidential Academic Achievement Scholarship
No score needed
$16,000 a year
Summa Cum Laude Scholarship
No score needed
$14,000 a year
Magna Cum Laude Scholarship
No score needed
$11,000 a year
Cum Laude Scholarship
No score needed
$5,000 a year
Thomas Achievement Award
No score needed
| Award | With a score | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Presidential Academic Achievement Scholarship | — | $18,000 a year |
| Summa Cum Laude Scholarship | — | $16,000 a year |
| Magna Cum Laude Scholarship | — | $14,000 a year |
| Cum Laude Scholarship | — | $11,000 a year |
| Thomas Achievement Award | — | $5,000 a year |
Source: Scholarships — the resident and commuter merit table · verified 2026-10-24
Commuting
The same rungs paid lower, with the gap widest at the top — $5,000 a year there against $2,000 at the bottom.
$13,000 a year
Presidential Academic Achievement Scholarship
No score needed
$11,000 a year
Summa Cum Laude Scholarship
No score needed
$10,000 a year
Magna Cum Laude Scholarship
No score needed
$8,000 a year
Cum Laude Scholarship
No score needed
$3,000 a year
Thomas Achievement Award
No score needed
| Award | With a score | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Presidential Academic Achievement Scholarship | — | $13,000 a year |
| Summa Cum Laude Scholarship | — | $11,000 a year |
| Magna Cum Laude Scholarship | — | $10,000 a year |
| Cum Laude Scholarship | — | $8,000 a year |
| Thomas Achievement Award | — | $3,000 a year |
Source: Scholarships — the resident and commuter merit table · verified 2026-10-24
Does Thomas superscore for scholarships?
No. No. Thomas reviews the highest COMPOSITE score — the best single sitting rather than the best sections combined across sittings — so a retake only helps if the whole composite improves. It makes no difference to this grid, which reads no score, but it is a clearer statement than most schools give.
“in the case of ACT scores, Thomas will review the highest Composite Score”
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 Thomas 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.
- Scholarships — the resident and commuter merit tableverified 2026-10-24
- 2025-26 catalog — test and composite policyverified 2026-10-24
- Living on campus is worth $5,000 a year at the top rung and $2,000 at the bottom, so housing matters most to the strongest transcripts.
- That is the reverse of Keene State's split, where the non-resident premium is largest for the weakest transcripts.
- The bottom rung reaches down to a 2.10, lower than almost any other grid in this dataset.
- Thomas reviews the highest single ACT composite rather than a superscore.
- The top rung is printed as a closed 3.80-to-4.00 range and is modelled open here.
- The page does not define what counts as resident or commuter.
- No test score appears anywhere in the merit criteria.
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 Thomas College.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at Thomas?
Thomas College publishes a merit aid grid keyed to ACT score and GPA. See the tables on this page for the current bands.
Is Thomas test-optional?
Thomas does not require an SAT or ACT score for admission. For merit aid the answer is different: the merit table names no test score — eligibility is on high school GPA — so a score cannot move either ladder. A student with no ACT reaches the $18,000 top rung as a resident at a 3.80 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 Thomas?
On Thomas's published grid for the current cycle, an ACT of 30 with a 3.6 GPA qualifies for Living on campus — Summa Cum Laude Scholarship at $16,000 a year, about $64,000 over four years if it renews; Commuting — Summa Cum Laude Scholarship at $11,000 a year, about $44,000 over four years if it renews.
Does Thomas superscore the ACT for scholarships?
No. No. Thomas reviews the highest COMPOSITE score — the best single sitting rather than the best sections combined across sittings — so a retake only helps if the whole composite improves. It makes no difference to this grid, which reads no score, but it is a clearer statement than most schools give. in the case of ACT scores, Thomas will review the highest Composite Score
Is this Thomas scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from Thomas 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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