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Keeping Albertus Magnus’s Merit Aid for Four Years

What the financial-aid office actually requires after freshman year: minimum GPA, credit-hour pace, and the cliffs that quietly downgrade families mid-degree.

Verified Jun 20264 days ago· COWORK

At a glance

Renewable tiers
8 of 8
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
8
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Albertus Magnus's renewal bar is achievable for steady students but isn't generous. Most awards require a cumulative GPA in the 3.0–3.4 band plus full-time enrollment. Audit the strictest tier on this school's list before assuming the four-year value is locked in.

  • Presidential Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • Mohun Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • Devaney Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • Promise Award: Full-time enrollment
  • Transfer Student Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • St. Catherine of Siena Award: Full-time enrollment
  • The Catherine DeRicci Honors Program Award: 3.5 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

  • Presidential Scholarship

    $33,000

    To keep it: All scholarships are renewable provided the student maintains the minimum cumulative GPA required of the scholarship offered (specific GPA not published) and full-time status (minimum 12 credit hours per semester); merit scholarships are awarded for up to eight consecutive semesters only.

    Source: https://www.albertus.edu/40/

  • Mohun Scholarship

    $31,000

    To keep it: All scholarships are renewable provided the student maintains the minimum cumulative GPA required of the scholarship offered (specific GPA not published) and full-time status (minimum 12 credit hours per semester); up to eight consecutive semesters only.

    Source: https://www.albertus.edu/40/

  • Devaney Scholarship

    $29,000

    To keep it: All scholarships are renewable provided the student maintains the minimum cumulative GPA required of the scholarship offered (specific GPA not published) and full-time status (minimum 12 credit hours per semester); up to eight consecutive semesters only.

    Source: https://www.albertus.edu/40/

  • St. Thomas Aquinas Scholarship

    $25,000

    To keep it: All scholarships are renewable provided the student maintains the minimum cumulative GPA required of the scholarship offered (specific GPA not published) and full-time status (minimum 12 credit hours per semester); up to eight consecutive semesters only.

    Source: https://www.albertus.edu/40/

  • Promise Award

    $20,000

    To keep it: All scholarships are renewable provided the student maintains the minimum cumulative GPA required of the scholarship offered (specific GPA not published) and full-time status (minimum 12 credit hours per semester); up to eight consecutive semesters only.

    Source: https://www.albertus.edu/40/

  • Transfer Student Scholarship

    $10,000-$27,000

    To keep it: Catalog renewal rules apply to all merit scholarships: maintain the minimum cumulative GPA required of the scholarship offered (specific GPA not published) and full-time status (12+ credit hours per semester); up to eight consecutive semesters only. Students must be enrolled full-time for consecutive terms and remain in good academic standing.

    Source: https://catalog.albertus.edu/undergraduate/financial-aid/merit-scholarships.php

  • St. Catherine of Siena Award

    $4,000

    To keep it: Listed as an annual award; general rule on the same page: 'Students must be enrolled full-time for consecutive terms and remain in good academic standing to be eligible to receive any annual scholarship.'

    Source: https://www.albertus.edu/40/

  • The Catherine DeRicci Honors Program Award

    $2,000

    To keep it: Listed as an annual Select Award; general rule: students must be enrolled full-time for consecutive terms and remain in good academic standing. Honors Program admission as an incoming freshman is by invitation; continuing eligibility for the Honors Program requires a 3.5 cumulative GPA per the honors page.

    Source: https://www.albertus.edu/40/

How families lose this aid

  • Not asking what cumulative GPA is required to keep the specific scholarship you were offered.

    The catalog says scholarships are renewable 'provided the student maintains the minimum cumulative grade point average (G.P.A.) required of the scholarship that has been offered' — but no page publishes the actual GPA number for any tier. Families should get the renewal GPA for their specific award in writing from the aid office.

  • Planning on merit aid for a ninth semester or after dropping to part-time.

    The catalog caps merit aid: 'Merit scholarships are awarded for up to eight consecutive semesters only,' and requires 'full-time status in the Traditional Undergraduate Program, with a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester.' The scholarships page adds students 'must be enrolled full-time for consecutive terms' — a gap semester or part-time term can end the award.

  • Assuming your self-reported high school GPA secures a specific tier.

    The catalog warns: 'high school grade point averages are subject to recalculation by the Office of Admission at the time of admission' — the recalculated GPA, not your transcript GPA, drives the holistic award decision, and no GPA/test grid is published.

Renewal questions families ask

Is there a GPA or test-score chart that tells me which scholarship I'll get?
No. Albertus publishes only the tier names and amounts and says scholarships 'are awarded yearly to students of exceptional academic promise,' with recipients selected holistically by the Office of Admission. High school GPAs are subject to recalculation by the Office of Admission.
What is the Albertus Guarantee?
The financial aid landing page advertises: 'The Albertus Guarantee — Receive a minimum of $40,000 in scholarships. Guaranteed.' The page does not state whether that figure is per year or over four years; the lowest published first-year award is the $20,000/year Promise Award. Ask the aid office exactly how the $40,000 guarantee is calculated.
Can I keep my scholarship all four years?
Yes, if you meet the renewal terms: maintain the minimum cumulative GPA required of your specific scholarship (number not published), stay enrolled full-time (12+ credits per semester) in the Traditional Undergraduate Program for consecutive terms, and remain in good academic standing. Merit scholarships are awarded for up to eight consecutive semesters only.

Rules that bite at Albertus Magnus

The renewal trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook, derived from Albertus Magnus's own tier rules and not generic advice.

  • renewalPresidential Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    All scholarships are renewable provided the student maintains the minimum cumulative GPA required of the scholarship offered (specific GPA not published) and full-time status (minimum 12 credit hours per semester); merit scholarships are awarded for up to eight consecutive semesters only. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Albertus Magnus compares across our verified dataset

  • 69 of 751 verified schools publish a top renewal tier requiring 3.5+ GPA or major-GPA gating.

    Albertus Magnus is one of them. Calibrate year-one academic load against the renewal floor, not just freshman survival.

  • 669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Albertus Magnus is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against Albertus Magnus’s own published materials.

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