University of La Verne: merit scholarships by GPA
University of La Verne awards automatic merit aid from a published grid keyed to GPA — the ACT is not used. Awards start at a 3.0 GPA and reach $30,000 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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This table is published on La Verne's international scholarships page, which states that American students and permanent residents living abroad are eligible; the domestic scholarship page walls automated requests, so a US applicant should expect this shape and confirm their own rung. La Verne also describes merit awards as ranging from $3,000 upward while the lowest printed rung is $11,000, so rungs exist below a 3.0 that are not published. Test scores are named among the criteria with no ranges given.
Unweighted, as the school asks for it.
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Example — a 3.60 GPA
Merit Scholarship
$17,500 a year / year
About $70,000 over four years, if it renews.
La Verne 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 La Verne merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from University of La Verne’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.
Merit scholarships
No separate application — every applicant is considered on a completed and timely application, and students are told their award in the admission letter. Read on the GPA and scores held on the day of admission.
$30,000 a year
Merit Scholarship
No score needed
$27,000 a year
Merit Scholarship
No score needed
$17,500 a year
Merit Scholarship
No score needed
$13,500 a year
Merit Scholarship
No score needed
$11,000 a year
Merit Scholarship
No score needed
| Award | With a score | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Scholarship | — | $30,000 a year |
| Merit Scholarship | — | $27,000 a year |
| Merit Scholarship | — | $17,500 a year |
| Merit Scholarship | — | $13,500 a year |
| Merit Scholarship | — | $11,000 a year |
Source: International scholarship and aid — the page carrying the published table · verified 2026-10-24
Does La Verne superscore for scholarships?
Not stated. Since scores count but are never quantified, a student with two sittings should ask how they are 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 La Verne’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 University of La Verne’s own published pages, linked below with the date we last confirmed them. We do not estimate a missing band or interpolate a value.
- International scholarship and aid — the page carrying the published tableverified 2026-10-24
- Financial aid policy (catalog)verified 2026-10-24
- The 3.74-to-3.75 step is worth $9,500 a year, $38,000 across four — the steepest single hundredth in this dataset.
- Every other step on the ladder is $2,500 or $3,000.
- The printed rungs stop at a 3.0, while La Verne describes awards ranging down to $3,000 — so lower rungs exist unpublished.
- The deciding GPA is the one held on the day of admission, so later grades cannot move it.
- Test scores are named among the criteria with no ranges published.
- A student may receive only one merit scholarship, and it cannot be combined with other La Verne merit programs.
- Performance Scholarships need an audition or application, so they are not bands here.
- Whether the GPA is weighted is not stated.
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 University of La Verne.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at La Verne?
University of La Verne publishes a merit aid grid keyed to ACT score and GPA. See the tables on this page for the current bands.
Is La Verne test-optional?
La Verne has reported the SAT and ACT as optional since 2020. Its own test-optional page walls automated requests, so the wording is not quoted here. For merit aid the answer is different: a score is part of the criteria and no ACT range is published anywhere, so its effect is real and unquantified. Every printed rung is reachable on GPA alone. 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 La Verne?
On La Verne's published grid for the current cycle, an ACT of 30 with a 3.6 GPA qualifies for Merit Scholarship at $17,500 a year, about $70,000 over four years if it renews.
Does La Verne superscore the ACT for scholarships?
Not stated. Since scores count but are never quantified, a student with two sittings should ask how they are read.
Is this La Verne scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from University of La Verne'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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