Automatic Merit Scholarship

School NameAverage Merit Award For Freshman without Financial NEED
Adelphi University$24,808
Adrian College$15,800
Agnes Scott College$31,127
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University$5,035
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health$14,808
Sciences Albany State University$565
Albion College$39,697
Albright College$26,296
Alderson Broaddus University$12,847
Alice Lloyd College$5,037
Allegheny College$35,299
Alma College$29,977
Alvernia University$13,419
Alverno College$18,592
Anderson University$18,633
Andrews University$16,848
Angelo State University$2,988
Anna Maria College$27,111
Antioch College$15,000
Aquinas College$25,516
Arizona State University$9,640
Arkansas State University$4,107
Arkansas Tech University$6,166
Asbury University$20,243
Assumption University$22,813
Auburn University at Montgomery$3,152
Augsburg University$22,468
Augustana College$29,023
Augustana University$24,611
Aurora University$14,303
Austin College$29,983
Austin Peay State University$2,573
Ave Maria University$12,634
Averett University$22,642
Avila University$4,524
Baldwin Wallace University$23,196
Barclay College$17,000
Bard College at Simon's Rock$27,889
Barry University$12,492
Barton College$13,256
Baruch College of the City University of New$657
York Bay Path University$18,052
Bayamv=n Central University
Baylor University$19,148
Belhaven University$17,071
Bellarmine University$29,817
Belmont Abbey College$4,911
Belmont University$9,563
Beloit College$41,660
Benedictine College$15,709
Benedictine University$15,340
Bennington College$29,466
Berry College$20,060
Bethel College$11,565
Bethune-Cookman University$8,707
Biola University$17,968
Birmingham-Southern College$10,585
Blackburn College$13,087
Bluefield College$9,857
Blu on University$21,619
Boise Bible College$4,409
Bowling Green State University$5,395
Bradley University$17,450
Brenau University$11,656
Brescia University$13,091
Brevard College$8,748
Briar Cliff University$1,324
Bryant University$18,997
Buena Vista University$25,115
Bushnell University$13,526
Butler University$21,267
Cabrini University$9,892
Cairn University$17,037
Caldwell University$22,031
California Baptist University$13,212
California College of the Arts$17,559
California Lutheran University$22,570
California University of$2,069
Pennsylvania Calvin University$17,628
Canisius College$15,986
Capital University$24,604
Cardinal Stritch University$22,016
Carlow University$17,609
Carroll College$20,582
Carroll University$20,434
Carthage College$15,183
Case Western Reserve University$24,865
Catawba College$15,911
Cazenovia College$26,917
Cedar Crest College$27,173
Cedarville University$26,306
Centenary College of Louisiana$23,091
Centenary University$11,468
Central Baptist College$8,439
Central Christian College of Kansas$5,039
Central College$7,035
Central Connecticut State University$1,689
Central Methodist University$14,504
Centre College$30,257
Chaminade University of Honolulu$12,560
Champlain College$16,676
Charleston Southern University$14,278
Chestnut Hill College$17,972
Chowan University$8,901
Christian Brothers University$20,765
Claflin University$8,254
Clarion University of Pennsylvania$4,090
Clark University$18,821
Clarke University$28,834
Clarkson College$3,097
Clarkson University$35,794
Cleveland Institute of Music$15,462
Cleveland State University$5,885
Coastal Carolina University$14,894
Coe College$33,182
College of Charleston$12,479
College of Mount Saint Vincent$15,746
College of Saint Benedict$27,672
College of Saint Mary$7,835
College of the Atlantic$12,118
College of the Ozarks$13,732
Colorado Christian University$20,979
Colorado School of Mines$7,517
Colorado State University-Pueblo$5,911
Colorado Technical University Colorado Springs
Columbia College Chicago$8,970
Columbia International University$10,803
Columbus College of Art & Design$13,721
Conception Seminary College$1,500
Concord University$3,955
Concordia College$24,119
Concordia University Chicago$19,891
Concordia University Irvine$17,911
Concordia University St. Paul$8,389
Concordia University Wisconsin$17,085
Connecticut College$24,817
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and$22,930
Art Cornell College$30,950
Cornerstone University$12,437
Covenant College$21,845
Creighton University$22,107
Crown College$11,892
Culver-Stockton College$11,164
Curry College$25,240
Daemen College$11,756
Dakota State University$5,160
Dallas Baptist University$15,836
Dalton State College$750
Davis & Elkins College$4,723
Dean College$19,817
Defiance College$13,407
Delaware Valley University$22,699
Delta State University$3,652
Denison University$18,027
DePaul University$19,255
DeSales University$22,722
Dickinson College$21,941
DigiPen Institute of Technology$6,219
Dillard University$10,403
Dominican College$14,040
Dominican University of California$18,899
Dordt University$17,869
Drake University$26,402
Drew University$23,027
Drexel University$20,783
Drury University$16,810
Duquesne University$18,335
Earlham College$21,742
East Tennessee State University$8,769
East Texas Baptist University$14,605
Eastern Connecticut State$7,081
University Eastern Illinois$4,574
University$6,423
Eastern Kentucky University$25,761
Eastern Mennonite University$6,016
Eastern Michigan University$9,100
Eastern Nazarene College$10,109
Edgewood College$15,463
Elizabethtown College$20,539
Elms College$23,917
Emerson College$14,600
Emmanuel College$3,703
Emory & Henry College$18,167
Emporia State University$2,225
Endicott College$12,762
Erskine College$10,621
Eureka College$11,856
Evangel University$10,438
Fairfield University$19,474
Fairleigh Dickinson University$15,603
Faulkner University$8,805
Ferris State University$4,220
Fisher College$17,604
Five Towns College$11,937
Flagler College$3,808
Florida Institute of Technology$16,431
Florida Polytechnic University$4,747
Florida Southern College$25,999
Fontbonne University$15,036
Fordham University (Domestic and International$20,142
Students) Francis Marion University$6,341
Franciscan University of Steubenville$10,706
Franklin College$19,727
Franklin Pierce University$20,784
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering$27,912
Freed-Hardeman University$9,612
Fresno Pacific University$13,121
Friends University$15,364
Frostburg State University$4,147
Furman University$26,412
Gardner-Webb University$13,787
George Fox University$19,057
Georgian Court University$17,023
Gettysburg College$20,321
Gonzaga University$20,989
Gordon College$12,984
Goshen College$15,799
Goucher College$27,392
Grace Christian University$4,636
Grand Valley State University$3,924
Grand View University$11,537
Greenville University$20,693
Grinnell College$18,688
Gwynedd Mercy University$20,531
Hamline University$22,364
Hampden-Sydney College$26,627
Hampshire College$18,489
Hanover College$27,239
Hardin-Simmons University$20,940
Harding University$10,210
Harrisburg University of Science and$15,060
Technology Hartwick College$31,823
Hawaii Pacific University$13,961
Heidelberg University$28,741
Hellenic College$17,000
Henderson State University$7,185
Hendrix College$25,771
High Point University$10,305
Hilbert College$7,729
Hillsdale College$20,224
Hiram College$10,663
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$28,631
Hofstra University$25,310
Hollins University$30,658
Holy Family University$16,074
Hood College$29,953
Hope College$15,674
Houston Baptist University$18,122
Howard Payne University$12,793
Howard University$14,632
Huntingdon College$13,413
Husson University$7,336
Illinois College$19,767
Illinois Institute of Technology$30,031
Illinois State University$4,114
Illinois Wesleyan University$30,636
Immaculata University$13,048
Indiana Tech$11,953
Indiana University Northwest$553
Indiana University-Purdue University$5,062
Indianapolis Indiana Wesleyan University$11,045
Iona College$26,376
Iowa State University of Science and Technology$5,183
Ithaca College$19,045
Jacksonville University$21,988
John Carroll University$25,816
Johnson & Wales University$17,468
Johnson C. Smith University$10,762
Kalamazoo College$32,970
Kansas City Art Institute$21,642
Kean University$3,206
Keene State College$3,523
Kent State University$5,233
Kent State University at Stark$1,302
Kentucky State University$3,100
Kenyon College$17,142
Kettering University$19,949
Keuka College$20,250
King University$11,193
King's College$20,371
Knox College$27,272
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania$2,019
Kuyper College$8,400
La Salle University$13,114
La Sierra University$12,223
LaGrange College$15,605
Lake Erie College$14,077
Lake Forest College$31,278
Lake Superior State University$4,425
Lakeland University$6,142
Lancaster Bible College$12,168
Lander University$2,665
Langston University$7,879
Lasell University$23,237
Lawrence Technological University$14,791
Lawrence University$31,503
Le Moyne College$21,627
Lebanon Valley College$32,257
Lee University$6,405
Lenoir-Rhyne University$23,364
LeTourneau University$17,381
Lewis & Clark College$26,699
Lewis University$16,636
Lewis-Clark State College$3,118
Liberty University$8,843
Limestone University$7,804
Lincoln Christian University$1,394
Lindenwood University$8,492
Linfield University$22,928
Lipscomb University$18,451
Livingstone College$13,468
Lock Haven University of$1,693
Pennsylvania Logan University$1,950
Longwood University$3,942
Loras College$20,912
Louisiana College$7,921
Louisiana Tech University$4,348
Loyola Marymount University$11,616
Loyola University Chicago$21,493
Loyola University Maryland$22,895
Loyola University New Orleans$23,781
Luther College$28,490
Lycoming College$30,445
Lynn University$15,521
Lyon College$15,523
Macalester College$19,055
Madonna University$2,298
Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts$8,000
Manchester University$20,484
Manhattan Christian College$4,500
Manhattanville College$21,771
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania$4,914
Maranatha Baptist University$3,461
Marian University$17,250
Marietta College$26,528
Marist College$16,590
Marquette University$19,611
Marshall University$3,339
Martin Luther College$2,435
Mary Baldwin University$17,358
Marymount California University$12,681
Marymount Manhattan College$17,696
Marymount University$22,388
Maryville College$22,370
Maryville University of Saint Louis$16,849
Marywood University$21,331
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts$3,105
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health$5,888
Sciences McDaniel College$28,675
McPherson College$19,960
Menlo College$13,330
Mercer University$23,219
Mercyhurst University$14,324
Meredith College$21,186
Merrimack College$19,976
Messiah University$19,679
Methodist University$21,249
Miami University$12,845
Miami University Hamilton$11,330
Miami University Middletown$11,330
Michigan Technological University$8,277
Mid-America Christian University$4,132
MidAmerica Nazarene University$11,349
Middle Tennessee State University$9,354
Miles College$976
Milligan University$13,253
Millikin University$17,869
Millsaps College$29,591
Milwaukee School of Engineering$21,696
Minneapolis College of Art and Design$16,859
Misericordia University$18,308
Mississippi College$9,383
Mississippi University for Women$8,685
Missouri Baptist University$3,859
Missouri Southern State University$4,092
Missouri State University$4,204
Missouri University of Science and$15,939
Technology Missouri Western State University$3,109
Molloy College$15,325
Monmouth College$26,700
Monmouth University$15,534
Moody Bible Institute$10,396
Morehead State University$7,224
Morningside College$15,810
Mount Aloysius College$13,547
Mount Mary University$20,286
Mount Saint Mary College$18,234
Mount Saint Mary's University$15,903
Mount St. Joseph University$19,505
Mount St. Mary's University$24,321
Mount Vernon Nazarene University$17,135
Murray State University$10,334
Muskingum University$17,226
Naropa University$9,000
Nazareth College of Rochester$24,470
Nebraska Wesleyan University$22,255
Neumann University$20,689
New College of Florida$3,223
New England College$23,278
New England Conservatory of Music$20,350
New Jersey Institute of Technology$14,023
New Mexico State University$7,370
New Saint Andrews College$1,437
New York Institute of Technology$20,794
New York School of Interior Design$11,000
Newberry College$12,043
Newman University$15,410
NewSchool of Architecture and$7,046
Design Niagara University$19,858
North Central College$27,687
North Park University$2,559
Northeastern University$18,639
Northern Arizona University$7,900
Northern Illinois University$5,372
Northern Kentucky University$7,629
Northern State University$2,834
Northern Vermont University-Lyndon$1,913
Northland College$19,477
Northwest Nazarene University$16,586
Northwest University$12,734
Norwich University$26,254
Notre Dame of Maryland University$18,367
Nova Southeastern University$17,376
Oakland University$4,108
Oberlin College$21,288
Oglethorpe University$30,101
Ohio Christian University
Ohio Northern University$17,977
Ohio Wesleyan University$30,854
Oklahoma Baptist University$12,894
Oklahoma City University$17,623
Oklahoma State University$7,696
Oklahoma Wesleyan University$6,803
Olivet Nazarene University$19,545
Oral Roberts University$19,048
Oregon Institute of Technology$4,183
Oregon State University$7,776
Ouachita Baptist University$16,415
Our Lady of the Lake University$14,552
Pace University$24,996
Pacific University$25,732
Palm Beach Atlantic University$15,801
Park University$4,070
Penn State Beaver$3,844
Penn State New Kensington$2,958
Penn State Schuylkill$4,035
Penn State Shenango$3,802
Penn State Wilkes-Barre$3,180
Pennsylvania College of Art &$3,267
Design Pepperdine University$17,200
Philander Smith College$12,302
Piedmont College$14,760
Piedmont International University$2,708
Plymouth State University$5,168
Point Loma Nazarene University$13,820
Point Park University$14,723
Pratt Institute$21,982
Presbyterian College$19,660
Prescott College$20,458
Presentation College$2,878
Purdue University Fort Wayne$2,336
Radford University$3,687
Randolph College$12,878
Regent University$9,239
Regis University$16,350
Reinhardt University$8,251
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$26,168
Rhodes College$27,640
Rider University$19,133
Ringling College of Art and Design$9,211
Ripon College$30,216
Rivier University$5,518
Roanoke College$26,225
Robert Morris University$14,405
Robert Morris University Illinois$18,239
Roberts Wesleyan College$16,782
Rochester Institute of Technology$17,264
Rockford University$21,561
Rockhurst University$21,323
Roger Williams University$17,255
Rollins College$25,414
Rose-Hulman Institute of$24,155
Technology Rosemont College$8,604
Rowan University$7,263
Russell Sage College$10,833
Rust College$3,898
Sacred Heart University$16,915
Saginaw Valley State University$6,820
Saint Anselm College$23,346
Saint Augustine's University$3,154
Saint Elizabeth University
Saint Francis University$16,320
Saint John's University$26,367
Saint Joseph's University$20,890
Saint Leo University$13,161
Saint Louis Christian College$2,500
Saint Louis University$24,052
Saint Mary's College$25,788
Saint Mary's College of California$24,882
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$25,041
Saint Michael's College$27,290
Saint Peter's University$22,969
Saint Vincent College$26,736
Saint Xavier University$20,389
Salisbury University$3,441
Salve Regina University$23,450
Samford University$15,607
Savannah College of Art and Design$9,841
Schreiner University$17,795
Seattle Pacific University$26,626
Seton Hill University$21,393
Shaw University$8,993
Shepherd University$7,094
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania$5,068
Shorter University$8,961
Siena College$18,800
Simmons University$24,704
Simpson College$32,534
Simpson University$11,624
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania$2,492
Soka University of America$8,916
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology$3,544
Southeast Missouri State University$5,436
Southeastern University$12,929
Southern Adventist University$8,593
Southern California Institute of Architecture$24,479
Southern Illinois University Carbondale$5,583
Southern Methodist University$28,950
Southern New Hampshire University$9,188
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical$2,980
College Southern Utah University$6,053
Southern Virginia University$5,874
Southwest Baptist University$4,526
Southwestern Assemblies of God University
Southwestern Christian College$11,974
Southwestern Christian University$1,750
Southwestern University$26,609
Springfield College$23,801
St. Ambrose University$18,733
St. Bonaventure University$18,145
St. Catherine University$32,101
St. John Fisher College$17,345
St. John's University$24,876
St. Joseph's College Long Island Campus$15,369
St. Joseph's College New York$16,210
St. Lawrence University$26,537
St. Mary's College of Maryland$5,316
St. Mary's University$22,797
St. Norbert College$19,461
St. Olaf College$20,783
St. Thomas Aquinas College$14,018
State University of New York at Fredonia$4,517
State University of New York at Oswego$2,673
State University of New York at Plattsburgh$4,407
State University of New York College at Potsdam$3,900
State University of New York College of Agriculture & Technology at$3,047
Morrisville State University of New York Polytechnic Institute$3,942
Sterling College$15,559
Stetson University$25,244
Stevens Institute of Technology$22,265
Stevenson University$24,018
Stonehill College$21,379
Suffolk University$16,592
Susquehanna University$36,317
Sweet Briar College$14,389
Taylor University$17,954
Tennessee Technological University$9,004
Texas A&M International University$3,418
Texas Christian University$19,405
Texas Lutheran University$18,431
Texas Wesleyan University$11,953
The Catholic University of America$26,285
The Citadel The Military College of South Carolina$9,052
The College of Idaho$20,809
The College of Saint Rose$18,534
The College of St. Scholastica$25,396
The College of Wooster$33,902
The Juilliard School$20,300
The University of Akron$4,646
The University of Alabama$15,587
The University of Alabama at Birmingham$10,079
The University of Alabama in Huntsville$7,969
The University of Arizona$12,252
The University of Findlay$26,610
The University of Scranton$20,294
The University of Tennessee$6,657
The University of Tennessee at Martin$2,070
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$2,801
The University of the South$22,527
The University of Toledo$5,931
The University of Virginia's College at Wise$6,989
Thiel College$13,096
Thomas College$14,492
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts$33,300
Thomas More University$17,724
Thomas University$3,834
Toccoa Falls College$7,763
Touro College$8,617
Transylvania University$23,354
Trine University$15,185
Trinity College of Florida$625
Trinity Washington University$10,658
Truett McConnell University$7,032
Truman State University$6,750
Union College (KY)$16,350
Union College (NE)$10,280
Union College (NY)$20,039
Union University$19,227
Unity College$10,555
University at Albany State University of New$4,685
York University of Central Missouri$4,239
University of Colorado Boulder$9,333
University of Dallas$22,370
University of Dayton$22,665
University of Denver$20,559
University of Detroit Mercy$15,677
University of Dubuque$20,574
University of Evansville$25,902
University of Hartford$22,194
University of Hawaii at Manoa$13,042
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St.$12,649
Louis University of Idaho$5,451
University of Illinois Springfield$8,839
University of Indianapolis$15,095
University of Jamestown$7,122
University of Kentucky$9,408
University of La Verne$21,193
University of Louisiana at Monroe$7,668
University of Louisville$8,295
University of Maine at Farmington$2,529
University of Maine at Machias$4,706
University of Maine at Presque Isle$4,173
University of Mary$8,627
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor$9,575
University of Mary Washington$4,000
University of Maryland Baltimore County$6,785
University of Maryland Eastern Shore$2,868
University of Massachusetts Amherst$6,943
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth$5,178
University of Memphis$6,450
University of Miami$23,386
University of Michigan-Dearborn$7,801
University of Minnesota Morris$4,396
University of Mississippi$11,545
University of Missouri$8,733
University of Montevallo$13,691
University of Mount Union$18,404
University of Nebraska at Kearney$6,664
University of Nebraska-Lincoln$6,941
University of New Hampshire$6,973
University of New Hampshire at Manchester$5,404
University of North Carolina Asheville$2,859
University of Northern Colorado$3,827
University of Northern Iowa$4,395
University of Northwestern-St. Paul$14,049
University of Portland$22,929
University of Puget Sound$25,379
University of Redlands$18,075
University of Rhode Island$7,034
University of Saint Francis$18,456
University of Saint Katherine$3,725
University of Saint Mary$12,725
University of San Francisco$19,678
University of Sioux Falls$5,612
University of South Alabama$4,890
University of South Carolina$6,337
University of South Dakota$2,082
University of South Florida$1,979
University of Southern Indiana$4,109
University of Southern Maine$4,678
University of Southern Mississippi$6,960
University of St. Francis$17,469
University of the Cumberlands$9,691
University of the Incarnate Word$13,191
University of the Ozarks$13,938
University of the Pacific$22,784
University of the Southwest$7,500
University of Utah$7,835
University of Valley Forge$9,428
University of Vermont$16,722
University of Wisconsin-River Falls$2,655
University of Wyoming$3,917
Ursinus College$33,247
Ursuline College$19,333
Utica College$6,370
Valley City State University$2,935
Valparaiso University$25,127
VanderCook College of Music$9,030
Vanguard University of Southern California$19,241
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology$4,265
Villa Maria College$9,500
Virginia Wesleyan University$21,120
Wabash College$31,853
Wagner College$19,298
Waldorf University$6,798
Walla Walla University$12,024
Walsh University$16,092
Warren Wilson College$10,994
Wartburg College$28,727
Washburn University$3,004
Washington & Jefferson College$34,857
Washington Adventist University$7,000
Washington College$33,834
Washington State University$5,196
Wayne State College$6,060
Waynesburg University$12,720
Webb Institute$52,620
Webber International University$3,620
Wells College$14,425
Wentworth Institute of Technology$11,838
Wesleyan College$18,330
West Texas A&M University$3,709
West Virginia Wesleyan College$17,789
Western Colorado University$5,776
Western Kentucky University$5,914
Western Michigan University$3,433
Western New England University$22,611
Western New Mexico University$4,435
Westminster College$15,396
Westmont College$26,965
Wheaton College (IL)$14,200
Wheeling University$12,850
Whitman College$16,880
Whittier College$30,466
Whitworth University$30,430
Widener University$31,300
Wilkes University$22,716
Willamette University$16,190
William Peace University$13,724
Wilson College$9,299
Wingate University$29,714
Winona State University$3,107
Winthrop University$3,619
Wisconsin Lutheran College$15,696
Wittenberg University$26,709
Wofford College$22,322
Woodbury University$13,612
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$18,314
Wright State University$2,813
Wright State University-Lake$1,982
Campus Xavier University$25,962
Yeshiva University$20,387
York College$4,875
York College of Pennsylvania$8,088
Young Harris College$14,064
Youngstown State University$4,660