Augustana (IL)· Renewal Rules

Keeping Augustana (IL)’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 2026today· COWORK

At a glance

Renewable tiers
4 of 4
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
4
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Augustana (IL)'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.

  • Academic Merit Grid — High School (Presidential / Dean's / Founders): Full-time enrollment
  • Transfer Merit Grid (Bell Tower / Blue and Gold / Denkmann / Carlsson) + PTK: Full-time enrollment
  • Quad City Promise: See notes
  • Out-of-State Award: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

  • Academic Merit Grid — High School (Presidential / Dean's / Founders)

    $28,000-$32,000

    Entry requirements: Presidential ~3.8+ (top 10%); Dean's ~3.5+ (top 20%); Founders ~3.2+ (top third), recalculated GPA · Presidential 1300+; Dean's 1200-1300; Founders 1130-1190 (historical) SAT · Presidential 28+; Dean's 25-27; Founders 23-24 (historical, test-optional) ACT

    To keep it: Renewal requires full-time enrollment and an Augustana cumulative GPA: Presidential 3.0, Dean's 2.75, Founders 2.5. Students who miss the renewal GPA may receive a LOWER scholarship; awards never exceed the first-year amount in later years (no growth).

    Source: https://www.augustana.edu/admissions/scholarships

  • Transfer Merit Grid (Bell Tower / Blue and Gold / Denkmann / Carlsson) + PTK

    $22,000-$29,000

    Entry requirements: Bell Tower 3.6+; Blue and Gold 3.3+; Denkmann 3.0+; Carlsson 2.75+ (transferable college GPA); minimum 2.75 to qualify GPA

    To keep it: Renewal requires full-time enrollment and Augustana cumulative GPA: Bell Tower 3.0, Blue and Gold 2.75, Denkmann 2.5, Carlsson 2.0. PTK ($3,500) renewal requires 3.0.

    Source: https://www.augustana.edu/admissions/scholarships

  • Quad City Promise

    $2,000

    To keep it: Renewable for up to four years.

    Source: https://www.augustana.edu/admissions/scholarships

  • Out-of-State Award

    $1,000-$4,000

    To keep it: $1,000 per year (up to $4,000 over four years).

    Source: https://www.augustana.edu/admissions/scholarships

How families lose this aid

  • Expecting your merit award to grow as your college GPA rises

    Regardless of Augustana cumulative GPA, scholarships will NOT exceed the first-year awarded amount in later years — the award is capped at its initial value (no growth/erosion against rising costs).

  • Assuming the renewal GPA is the same for every tier

    Renewal floors are tiered: Presidential 3.0, Dean's 2.75, Founders 2.5 (transfer: Bell Tower 3.0, Blue and Gold 2.75, Denkmann 2.5, Carlsson 2.0). Missing your tier's floor can drop you to a lower scholarship amount.

  • Misreading the historical test scores as current requirements

    Augustana is test-optional; the SAT/ACT ranges are described as 'in past admissions cycles' / 'typically' — recalculated GPA and class rank drive the award, not a hard test cutoff.

Renewal questions families ask

What are the renewal requirements?
Full-time enrollment plus a tier-specific Augustana cumulative GPA: Presidential 3.0, Dean's 2.75, Founders 2.5 (transfer: Bell Tower 3.0, Blue and Gold 2.75, Denkmann 2.5, Carlsson 2.0). Missing the floor can lower your award.
Will my scholarship increase over time?
No. Scholarships will not exceed the first-year awarded amount in subsequent years, regardless of your Augustana GPA.

Rules that bite at Augustana (IL)

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

  • renewalAcademic Merit Grid — High School (Presidential / Dean's / Founders): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Renewal requires full-time enrollment and an Augustana cumulative GPA: Presidential 3.0, Dean's 2.75, Founders 2.5. Students who miss the renewal GPA may receive a LOWER scholarship; awards never exceed the first-year amount in later years (no growth). A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Augustana (IL) compares across our verified dataset

  • 247 of 272 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Augustana (IL) is one of them. The cohort minority (25 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 Augustana (IL)’s own published materials.

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