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Aquinas award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Aquinas?

We pulled the school’s grade, credit, and time limits into one place so you can see what it takes to keep the award.

Verified Jul 20262 months ago

The short answer

5 of 5 published awards are listed as renewable.

The exact rule can change by award. Check the award your student may receive before you count on the same amount every year.

What to do

Find the award name in the full research below. Save its grade, credit, and deadline rules with your college plan.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers
5 of 5
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
5
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Aquinas'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.

  • The Aquinas College Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • Jerome C. Byrne Full-Tuition and Standard Room Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • St. Albertus Magnus Scholarships: Full-time enrollment
  • Aquinas Assurance: See notes
  • Aquinas College Scholarship (Transfer Students): Full-time enrollment

Renewal terms by tier

  • The Aquinas College Scholarship

    $15,000-$25,000

    Entry requirements: Award amount is based on academic performance (incoming GPA) and residency status; the exact GPA-to-dollar grid is published only in an interactive 'Scholarship Calculator' (JavaScript widget that did not render to static text), not on a static page. GPA

    To keep it: Institutional aid awarded upon acceptance renews for traditional students up to 5 years or a bachelor's degree provided the student is enrolled full-time (minimum 12 credits) and maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).

    Source: https://www.aquinas.edu/cost-aid/scholarships/first-year-scholarships.html

  • Jerome C. Byrne Full-Tuition and Standard Room Scholarship

    Full tuition and standard room

    To keep it: Renewable by maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) and full-time enrollment each semester.

    Source: https://www.aquinas.edu/cost-aid/scholarships/first-year-scholarships.html

  • St. Albertus Magnus Scholarships

    $500

    To keep it: Renews annually by maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) and full-time enrollment each semester.

    Source: https://www.aquinas.edu/cost-aid/scholarships/first-year-scholarships.html

  • Aquinas Assurance

    Full tuition

    To keep it: To maintain eligibility for all four years, students must enroll in and carry at least 12 credits each semester in a traditional Bachelor's Degree program with Standard Academic Progress and remain eligible for the full Pell and state of Michigan funding grants.

    Source: https://www.aquinas.edu/cost-aid/aquinas-assurance.html

  • Aquinas College Scholarship (Transfer Students)

    Amount not published

    To keep it: Institutional aid awarded upon acceptance renews for traditional students up to 5 years or a bachelor's degree provided full-time enrollment (minimum 12 credits) and SAP (general institutional renewal policy).

    Source: https://www.aquinas.edu/cost-aid/scholarships/index.html

How families lose this aid

  • Dropping below 12 credits or letting GPA slip below SAP standards and expecting the scholarship to continue.

    Institutional aid renews 'up to 5 years or a bachelor's degree provided the student is enrolled full-time (minimum 12 credits) and maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).' SAP for a bachelor's degree requires a cumulative Aquinas GPA of 1.80 after 12 credits, 1.90 after 36, 2.00 after 60, plus a 67% completion pace; students below standards for two consecutive semesters 'will have all financial aid canceled.'

  • Counting on an endowed scholarship to renew automatically.

    The 2026-27 package page cautions: 'Some endowed scholarships are one-time only — check your award details.'

Renewal questions families ask

How much merit aid will I get?
All incoming traditional-aged first-year undergraduates receive the Aquinas College Scholarship of $15,000-$25,000 per year, 'based on academic performance and residency status.' The exact GPA-to-dollar amounts are shown only in the school's online Scholarship Calculator.
Is my scholarship renewable, and what do I have to do to keep it?
Yes — institutional aid 'will renew for traditional students up to 5 years or a bachelor's degree provided the student is enrolled full-time (minimum 12 credits) and maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).'

Rules that bite at Aquinas

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

  • Renewal ruleThe Aquinas College Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Institutional aid awarded upon acceptance renews for traditional students up to 5 years or a bachelor's degree provided the student is enrolled full-time (minimum 12 credits) and maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Aquinas compares across our verified dataset

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Aquinas is one of them. The cohort minority (84 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 Aquinas’s own published materials.

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