Will you get a merit scholarship?

It’s college application season. The decisions are rolling in. If you are **not** a poor, will you get any merit money?

Villanova: NO ☠️

Using 2024-2025 data

- Number of first year students **not** eligible for need based aid: 978

- Number of first year students ineligible for need based aid who got merit money: 84

- % receiving money: 8.6%

- Average award: $32.1k (not bad!)

- Note: excludes athletic scholarships