Loyola University Chicago Catholic Heritage Award
Offered by Loyola University Chicago
About this scholarship
Loyola University Chicago's Catholic Heritage Award is a four-year, tuition-restricted institutional award for a new freshman graduating from a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Chicago or the Diocese of Joliet. Students from a Jesuit high school in Chicago are considered for Loyola's Jesuit Heritage Award instead, so they should not assume the Catholic Heritage label applies. There is no separate scholarship form: the student must complete Loyola's undergraduate admission application, and the university uses the admission record for scholarship consideration. Loyola advises freshmen to submit the admission application by December 1 and to be admitted no later than February 1 for scholarship review. The award applies only during four consecutive years of full-time enrollment and is restricted to tuition. Loyola does not publish one guaranteed Catholic Heritage dollar amount on the current page, so applicants should review the actual financial-aid offer rather than relying on third-party estimates. A prospective student should make the qualifying Catholic high school clear in the admission record and contact Loyola financial aid if the award is not reflected or if the student's school affiliation is ambiguous.
Eligibility
- Apply as a new freshman to Loyola University Chicago
- Graduate from a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Chicago or the Diocese of Joliet
- Not be a Chicago Jesuit high-school graduate assigned to the separate Jesuit Heritage Award
- Complete Loyola's undergraduate admission application; no separate scholarship form is required
- Be admitted no later than February 1 for scholarship consideration
- Enroll full time for each applicable undergraduate year
- Use the award only toward Loyola tuition