Scholarships

Most endowed scholarships are need-based university scholarships and grants awarded to undergraduate students. Recipients are selected based on donor-established criteria, which may include academic major, campus involvement, and academic performance. The Office of University Advancement may contact selected recipients to request a thank-you note to their scholarship donor.

Students must maintain full-time enrollment (12–18 units per semester) to receive these awards. An endowed scholarship may be reduced or canceled if a student receives additional federal, state, or university financial aid, or other resources not reflected on their most recent Financial Aid Offer.

Renewal of university endowed scholarships is not automatic. Students must reapply for financial aid each academic year and maintain a minimum of 2.0 GPA or any higher GPA specified by the donor, as outlined in the individual scholarship criteria below.

FALL 2026

The scholarships listed below are open for Fall 2026 applications. To apply, sign in to Blackbaud Award Management with your MyLMU credentials. Please complete the general application before applying for individual scholarship opportunities.

Alumni Supported Scholarship Opportunities 

Now Open Until October 30, 2026

Loyola Marymount University Financial Aid invites entering undergraduate students to apply for various scholarships made possible through the generous support of LMU alumni. These donor-funded awards recognize students who exemplify academic excellence, leadership, and a dedication to community service. To qualify, students must be enrolled full-time at LMU (minimum of 12 units per semester). All students are welcome to apply, and recipients are selected without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

A single application submission is required to be considered for these various opportunities.

The application must be submitted by October 30, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.

• Full-time undergraduate student.
• Have demonstrated financial need as defined by the FAFSA and LMU Financial Aid.
• Have demonstrated academic merit.
• Have demonstrated community service or challenging or unique life experiences, including, but not limited to, experiences related to family life, employment, civic organizations, K-12 experiences, athletics, or student groups, irrespective of race or background.
• Scholarship renews for up to 4 years (entering freshman) and 3 years (entering transfer) based on student’s tenure and meeting the scholarship criteria for renewal.
• To be eligible for renewal, students must complete a FAFSA and maintain a 2.0 GPA.

In accordance with NCAA regulations, Athletic Grant-In-Aid is designated for student-athletes to assist with college expenses. These awards may be full or partial grants regardless of the student-athlete financial need. Eligibility for Athletic Grant-In-Aid awards is determined by the Athletic Department each year.

Less than full-time enrollment (less than 12 units) will require a reevaluation of the award amount. An athletic grant may be reduced or canceled if you later receive other federal, state, or university awards, or other resources not listed on your most recent Financial Aid Award.

Institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability may be reduced or canceled during the period of the award if the recipient:

• Renders himself or herself ineligible for intercollegiate competition;
• Fraudulently misrepresents any information on an application, letter of intent or financial aid agreement;
• Engages in serious misconduct warranting serious disciplinary penalty; or
• Voluntarily withdraws from the team at any time for personal reasons.

To be considered for a renewal of this award in subsequent years, the student-athlete must remain a member of his/her team in good standing as defined by the NCAA, the WCC (or other athletic conferences as applicable,) LMU, Athletic Department and Team requirements.

If a prospective student-athlete or student-athlete is offered an institutional award that is equal to, or greater than, the athletic grant, but would exceed NCAA scholarship maximums if accepted, the prospective student-athlete or student-athlete may release the institution of its obligation to provide the athletic aid in order to accept the more favorable institutional award without penalty.

If an athletic grant-in-aid is canceled, reduced, or not renewed for any reason, the student-athlete has a right to a financial aid appeal and notice of a hearing opportunity. The student-athlete is solely responsible for contacting LMU Financial Aid in such an instance for details and procedures for an appeal hearing.

LMU Financial Aid is excited to introduce Scholarship Universe, a new tool for LMU students that makes finding and applying for scholarships easier than ever before.        

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What is Scholarship Universe?

Scholarship Universe is a matching system that maximizes scholarship opportunities for students. Scholarship Universe allows students to create an academic profile that enables them to be connected with various outside scholarship opportunities that match their criteria.

How does Scholarship Universe Work?

• Students answer questions that get them matched to scholarship opportunities they are eligible for.
• Students easily apply online to multiple scholarship opportunities through a personalized portal.
• Students can track their application status online via the portal.
• Students are alerted whenever they are matched to a new scholarship opportunity.
• Students receive automated reminders about pending tasks and next steps.

How do I use Scholarship Universe?

• Click the “Login” button at the top of this page.
• Enter your LMU ID and password to log in.
• Answer as many questions as you can in order to build your profile and match you to eligible scholarships.
• Click on the “Scholarships” tab and start applying!

Be sure to update your profile frequently. Information such as GPA, number of units taken, class standing, major, minor, etc. will affect scholarship eligibility.

Please email us if you have any questions.

Scholarships and awards from private donors, civic organizations, corporations, foundations, or other groups are considered outside awards. If you receive an outside award, you must notify LMU Financial Aid so that your financial aid award can be adjusted accordingly.

LMU Financial Aid must evaluate and incorporate outside scholarships into a student’s financial aid award package. In rare circumstances, it may be necessary to reduce need-based institutional awards if the total financial aid exceeds the Federally calculated need (SAI), or if the sum of all your scholarships exceeds the universities Cost of Attendance (COA) for your program.

When adjusting a student’s need-based award, an outside scholarship will first reduce or replace the self-help portion of the student's award (need-based loans or federal work awards) before reducing LMU Scholarships or grants. LMU makes every effort to avoid reducing institutional awards, but there are times when it cannot be avoided. 

How to Notify Us

Students should report their outside scholarship by emailing LMU Financial Aid at Finaid@lmu.edu. Include the scholarship name, awarding agency, and amount. You should also send any scholarship award letter you received from the awarding agency.

Crediting Scholarship to Your Student Account

LMU Financial Aid will update the Resource section of your financial aid award with your pending scholarship for the term the scholarship is awarded. When the scholarship check is received, it will be posted to your Student Account within five business days.

Where to Send Scholarship Checks

Scholarship agencies should send scholarship payments directly to LMU Financial Aid using the address below. Checks should be made payable to Loyola Marymount University. Please instruct the scholarship agency to include your full name and university ID number.

LMU Financial Aid

Charles Von Der Ahe Building

Attn: Scholarship Manager

1 LMU Drive, Suite 270

Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659

Please review the following benefits, expectations, and responsibilities, which pertain to recipients of any of the following LMU awards: the Presidential Scholarship, Arrupe Scholarship, Jesuit and Marymount High School Scholarship, Loyola High School Scholarship, Leavey Family Foundation Scholarship, University Hill Foundation, Jesuit Community Scholarship, LMU Transfer Merit Scholarship, LMU Excellence Scholarship, the Chancellor's Annual Scholarship and the LMU Global Scholarship.

• Loyola Marymount University First-Year scholarships are available for up to 4 years (eight semesters) at LMU.

• Loyola Marymount University Transfer scholarships are available for up to 3 years (six semesters) at LMU. 

• Fifty percent of the value of your annual scholarship will be disbursed and credited to your student account during the fall and spring semesters.  Scholarships are only available for the Fall and Spring semesters and will not be offered during the summer.

• Your institutional scholarship does not apply to summer session courses or to non-LMU study abroad programs.

• To maintain eligibility for your scholarship, you must enroll full time (12 units or more) each semester.

• Recipients must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 for the Presidential Scholarship, Arrupe Scholarship, Jesuit and Marymount High School Scholarship, the Loyola High School Scholarship, the Jesuit Community Scholarship, the LMU Transfer Merit Scholarship, the LMU Excellence Scholarship, the Chancellor's Annual Scholarship, and the LMU Global Scholarship.  The Leavey Family Foundation Scholarship and the University Hill Foundation Scholarship require a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average.

• Notify LMU Financial Aid of any other scholarship offers you receive. (Note: scholarship awards may be adjusted to ensure compliance with all institutional, federal, and state regulations).

• Students are eligible for scholarships for up to four years of enrollment or until the students has completed their first bachelor's degree.  Students are not eligible for scholarships after completing their first bachelor's degree regardless if the student graduates before eight semesters of enrollment.

In addition to fulfilling these responsibilities, LMU scholarship recipients are expected to provide leadership and inspiration to other students. Also, only if asked, scholarship recipients will send a letter of appreciation to the generous donor who made your scholarship possible. In that event, the name and address of your benefactor will be provided to you.

Upon accepting your offer of admission to LMU and then accepting this scholarship through your university PROWL account, you confirm that you understand and accept the benefits and responsibilities of this award. You will have to access your PROWL account upon submitting your commitment deposit to LMU. More details about each scholarship program can be found in PROWL.