MA colleges - hoping people are willing to share how much merit any of these schools offered

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MA colleges - hoping people are willing to share how much merit any of these schools offered, not financial aid. I would totally appreciate it. I know MA schools don’t tend to be as generous and I want my daughter to be realistic. Feel free to give any negative feedback on the schools too (or positive for Salem, the rest I know the positives). Thank you for any help.

Emmanuel College

Endicott College

Assumption University

Salem State University

Merrimack College

Wheaton College (MA)

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I’m not sure you can get a lot of worthwhile info…without folks knowing your kid’s stats…GPA, SAT score, course rigor, etc.

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You should run the NPCs - but don’t forget, merit doesn’t matter - total costs does. Are you in-state?

In-state is $28.5K direct costs and OOS is $36K. They don’t list an exact scholarship range like some publics.

Wheaton is aggressive, based on prior posters. How aggressive? No idea

On the graduated students/results thred, someone noted $46K merit (4.0, 33).

Good luck.

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My son applied to Merrimack, test optional, and got the cost close to $40k a year. Attending Stonehill, which got closer to $35k a year. They are launching a nursing major Fall 2026. Used to transfer those students to Assumption for that degree.

My son had 5 APs, grades in the second decile of his class, and was an Eagle Scout.

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Endicott was the lowest of all her acceptances at 24k/yr for the Presidential Academic scholarship. BUT they were less overall tuition-wise, so there’s that. Mine only applied to Endicott off your list, but all the others were in New England

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“were less” …. I have tried to edit 3x not sure what is going on!

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Most of those schools don’t report the average merit given but I saw Emmanuel has an average merit award of $3700 (14% receive merit) and Wheaton had average merit of $36,000 (24% receive merit). Of your list, Salem State is considered a lower cost option in MA with tuition/fees around $13k in-state (if you live on campus the COA is $28k but most students there are commuters).

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My S25 got merit at Wheaton that brought total costs to about $38k.

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