If you're in the hunt for merit scholarships, be sure to stay on top of explicit deadlines a school on your list might have.
In some cases, like Boston University and the University of Richmond, it's a hard deadline that you have to meet in order for you to be considered at all. In others, like Indiana University and many other public institutions, it's a "priority" deadline that maximizes your chances of merit aid before the money runs out. Either way, merit aid continues to be an excellent way for good students to defray the cost of an education.
We've compiled a list of schools in our coverage universe with explicit deadlines, along with some stats to help you gauge the size and breadth of the institution's merit offerings. We've also included links to each school's scholarship page for easy access to the details.
Most of these schools automatically consider you for merit scholarships without the need for an additional application.
Click on Continue Reading below for the list.
Class of 2020 Merit Scholarship Deadlines
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Institution | Merit Deadline | Awarded Merit | Average Award | Link |
Adelphi University |
12/1 |
21% |
$12,698 |
|
Agnes Scott College |
1/15 |
22% |
$22,131 |
|
Arizona State University |
2/1 |
19% |
$7,688 |
|
Austin College |
1/15 |
12% |
$19,297 |
|
Boston University |
12/1 |
8% |
$17,594 |
|
Claremont McKenna College |
12/1 |
6% |
$15,732 |
|
Clemson University |
12/1 |
22% |
$6,167 |
|
Colorado School of Mines |
1/15 |
25% |
$7,391 |
|
Cornell College |
12/1 |
19% |
$16,199 |
|
Creighton University |
12/1 |
36% |
$14,200 |
|
DePaul University |
11/15 |
14% |
$10,011 |
|
George Mason University |
11/1 |
3% |
$6,936 |
|
Georgia Institute of Technology |
10/15 |
7% |
$4,367 |
|
Grinnell College |
12/1 |
15% |
$16,968 |
|
Guilford College |
1/15 |
9% |
$11,897 |
|
Indiana University |
11/1 |
27% |
$5,446 |
|
Iowa State University |
5/1 |
31% |
$2,916 |
|
Ithaca College |
1/2 |
22% |
$13,029 |
|
Loyola University Maryland |
11/15 |
15% |
$14,960 |
|
Miami University - Oxford |
12/1 |
31% |
$7,043 |
|
Michigan State University |
11/1 |
7% |
$8,241 |
|
North Carolina State |
10/15 |
4% |
$6,531 |
|
Ohio State University - Columbus |
11/1 |
17% |
$6,418 |
|
Ohio University |
12/1 |
3% |
$2,942 |
|
Oregon State University |
2/1 |
13% |
$4,123 |
|
Purdue University |
11/1 |
11% |
$6,697 |
|
Saint Michaels College |
11/1 |
28% |
$14,525 |
|
Southwestern University |
11/15 |
35% |
$18,514 |
|
Texas Christian University |
11/1 |
25% |
$14,330 |
|
Texas Tech University |
2/1 |
10% |
$3,289 |
|
The College of New Jersey |
12/1 |
8% |
$5,330 |
|
Tulane University |
11/15 |
33% |
$21,325 |
|
University of Alabama |
12/15 |
22% |
$12,209 |
|
University of Cincinnati |
12/1 |
15% |
$5,026 |
|
University of Connecticut - Storrs |
11/1 |
11% |
$6,519 |
|
University of Delaware |
1/15 |
20% |
$6,762 |
|
University of Florida |
11/1 |
5% |
$2,437 |
|
University of Georgia |
12/15 |
7% |
$2,161 |
|
University of Houston |
12/1 |
3% |
$5,075 |
|
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign |
11/1 |
12% |
$4,736 |
|
University of Iowa |
12/1 |
16% |
$4,739 |
|
University of Kentucky |
12/1 |
20% |
$7,487 |
|
University of Maine |
12/15 |
7% |
$4,679 |
|
University of Maryland - College Park |
11/1 |
13% |
$6,657 |
|
University of Massachusetts - Lowell |
11/1 |
7% |
$4,286 |
|
University of Miami |
11/1 |
23% |
$18,846 |
|
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor |
11/1 |
16% |
$7,536 |
|
University of Minnesota |
12/15 |
7% |
$4,992 |
|
University of Missouri |
12/1 |
17% |
$5,065 |
|
University of Nebraska |
1/15 |
6% |
$6,399 |
|
University of Nevada - Reno |
2/1 |
24% |
$2,569 |
|
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
10/15 |
5% |
$6,784 |
|
University of Pittsburgh |
1/15 |
3% |
$11,460 |
|
University of Rhode Island |
12/1 |
7% |
$6,564 |
|
University of Richmond |
12/1 |
15% |
$23,692 |
|
University of Tennessee - Knoxville |
11/1 |
12% |
$3,685 |
|
University of Utah |
12/1 |
8% |
$4,661 |
|
University of Washington |
12/1 |
4% |
$5,800 |
|
Vanderbilt University |
12/1 |
10% |
$22,372 |
|
Villanova University |
12/1 |
7% |
$14,067 |
|
Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
12/15 |
12% |
$3,526 |
|
Wake Forest University |
12/1 |
6% |
$16,055 |
|
Washington State University |
1/31 |
2% |
$3,229 |
|
Wittenberg University |
12/1 |
20% |
$18,495 |
|