Academic Merit-Based Scholarships

Amounts and criteria for the 2022–2023 school year

Financial Aid > Scholarships Grants > Academic Merit Based

JBU offers two kinds of academic scholarships: merit-based and competitive. For Regular Admission students, merit-based academic scholarships are awarded based on your high school GPA and test scores. For Test-Optional Admission students, merit-based academic scholarships are awarded based solely on your high school GPA.

Award amounts

Trustee's Award: $12,500

Dean's Award: $11,500

Professor's Award: $9,500

Scholar's Award: $7,500

Instructor's Award: $5,500

Eligibility requirements

Regular admission students:

Test-optional admission students:

Chart of freshman requirements for Academic Merit-Based Awards. Chart data can be found in live text below.

Transfer students:

Chart of freshman requirements for Academic Merit-Based Awards. Chart data can be found in live text below.

Trustee's Award: $12,500

Freshman regular admission requirements:

GPA	ACT	SAT	CLT
≤3.7	28+	1310+	86+
3.8–3.9	27+	1280+	84+
4.0	26+	1240+	81+

Freshman test optional admission requirements: 3.8 cumulative HS GPA

Transfer requirements: 3.6 cumulative GPA with 24 transfer hours

Renewal requirements: 3.0 cumulative GPA

Dean's Award: $11,500

Freshman regular admission requirements:

GPA	ACT	SAT	CLT
≤3.5	27+	1280+	84+
3.6–3.7	26+	1240+	81+
3.8–3.9	25+	1200+	78+
4.0	24+	1160+	76+

Freshman test optional admission requirements: 3.7 cumulative HS GPA

Transfer requirements: 3.5 cumulative GPA with 24 transfer hours

Renewal requirements: 3.0 cumulative GPA

Professor's Award: $9,500

Freshman regular admission requirements:

GPA	ACT	SAT	CLT
≤3.6	25+	1200+	78+
3.7	24+	1160+	76+
3.8	23+	1130+	74+
3.9	22+	1100+	72+
4.0	21+	1060+	68+

Freshman test optional admission requirements: 3.6 cumulative HS GPA

Transfer requirements: 3.4 cumulative GPA with 24 transfer hours

Renewal requirements: 3.0 cumulative GPA

Scholar's Award: $7,500

Freshman regular admission requirements:

GPA	ACT	SAT	CLT
≤3.5	23+	1130+	74+
3.6	22+	1100+	72+
3.7	21+	1060+	68+
≥3.8	20+	1030+	66+

Freshman test optional admission requirements: 3.4 cumulative HS GPA

Transfer requirements: 3.3 cumulative GPA with 24 transfer hours

Renewal requirements: 3.0 cumulative GPA

Instructor's Award: $5,500

Freshman regular admission requirements:

GPA	ACT	SAT	CLT
≤3.7	20+	1020+	66+

Freshman test optional admission requirements: 3.2 cumulative HS GPA

Transfer requirements: 3.2 cumulative GPA with 24 transfer hours

Renewal requirements: 3.0 cumulative GPA

National Merit Award: $15,000

Yearly scholarships awarded: Limited

Qualifying criteria: National Merit Finalist or Semi-Finalist

Renewal requirements: 3.0 cumulative GPA

Other details

Acceptance for admission required. Scholarship based on information received by February 15.
For students apply for regular admission, academic awards are based upon ACT / SAT / CLT superscore and GPA.
For students applying for test-optional admissions, academic awards are based upon weighted high school GPA.
JBU does not evaluate the writing portion of the ACT, SAT or CLT when determining scholarship eligibility.
Only one academic scholarship per student.

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