Does Baylor publish a chart showing GPA or test scores to merit dollars?

No. Baylor's merit-based scholarship pages state only that scholarships range from $1,000 to full cost of attendance and that all admitted students receive a full comprehensive review. There is no public stats-to-dollars table for the 2026-2027 cycle, which is a real difference from peers like SMU that do publish named tiers.

What GPA do I need to keep my Baylor merit scholarship?

A Baylor cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. If your cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 but stays at or above 2.0 at the end of your first year, your scholarship continues on probation for one more year. Merit scholarships are renewable up to 8 terms.

What is the Baylor Benefit Scholarship and how does it relate to merit aid?

The Baylor Benefit Scholarship covers full tuition for a select number of incoming freshmen with adjusted gross income under $50,000. If awarded, your tuition is covered by a combination of the Benefit Scholarship plus your Baylor Distinction Award (the automatic merit component), federal grants, state grants, and Baylor need-based grants. It requires FAFSA and CSS Profile by February 1, a separate application between February 1 and March 1, 2026, and a 2.5 cumulative GPA to maintain. Housing, meals, and other fees are not covered.

Baylor· Renewal Rules

Keeping Baylor’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 May 202610 days ago· PT

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 8 of 8
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 7
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Baylor'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.

Baylor Merit-Based Scholarship (internally the Baylor Distinction Award): See notes
Carr P. Collins Scholars Program: 3.0 GPA
Getterman Scholars Program: 3.5 GPA
Distinguished Scholars Day: See notes
Invitation to Excellence (I2E): See notes
Baylor to Baylor Medical Program: See notes
Baylor Benefit Scholarship (need-based, full tuition): 2.5 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

Baylor Merit-Based Scholarship (internally the Baylor Distinction Award)
Ranges from $1,000 to full cost of attendance
To keep it: Renewable up to 8 terms with a Baylor cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. A student whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 but stays at or above 2.0 at the end of the first year is renewed on probation for one additional year.
Source: https://admissions.web.baylor.edu/costs-aid/scholarships-aid/merit-based-scholarships
Carr P. Collins Scholars Program
Minimum $6,850 in the freshman year, renewable for three additional years
Entry requirements: 1310+ SAT · 28+ ACT
To keep it: Four-year award. Renewal requires a 3.0 GPA, satisfactory academic progress, attendance at the annual Collins Scholars dinner, and participation in an approved service program for one semester each year.
Source: https://admissions.web.baylor.edu/costs-aid/scholarships-aid/carr-p-collins-scholars-program
Getterman Scholars Program
Full tuition, fees, books, room, and board, plus one Baylor study abroad, one mission trip, and one research or internship field opportunity over the four undergraduate years
To keep it: Eight semesters. Requires a cumulative 3.5 GPA and continued active residence in the Honors Residential College; leaving HRC forfeits the room and board portion of the award.
Source: https://honors.baylor.edu/getterman
Distinguished Scholars Day
$12,000 scholarship ($3,000 per year for four years)
Entry requirements: 1260-1390 SAT · 27-31 ACT
To keep it: Four-year award at $3,000 per year.
Source: https://admissions.web.baylor.edu/costs-aid/scholarship-programs/distinguished-scholars-day
Invitation to Excellence (I2E)
Amount for 2026-2027 not published on a retrievable baylor.edu page
To keep it: Renewal terms for 2026-2027 are not publicly documented. Prior-cycle third-party references describe a four-year renewable award, but the entry writer should confirm directly with Baylor admissions.
Source: https://admissions.web.baylor.edu/costs-aid/freshman-scholarship-events
Baylor to Baylor Medical Program
Scholarship ranges between $12,000 and $80,000. Two of six selected receive $40,000 ($10,000 per year across four undergraduate years), four of six receive $12,000 ($3,000 per year), and two of the six are eligible to earn an additional $40,000 during medical school at Baylor College of Medicine.
Entry requirements: 3.7+ GPA · 1430+ SAT · 32+ ACT
To keep it: Four undergraduate years, plus up to four medical school years for the top two awardees. Requires a 3.5 cumulative and science GPA and an MCAT of at least 508 with no section below 125.
Source: https://admissions.web.baylor.edu/costs-aid/scholarship-programs/baylor2baylor-medical-program-0
Baylor Benefit Scholarship (need-based, full tuition)
Full tuition coverage for a select number of incoming freshmen, delivered through a combination of the Baylor Benefit Scholarship, the Baylor Distinction Award (merit), federal grants, state grants, and Baylor need-based grants
To keep it: Up to 8 semesters with a 2.5 cumulative GPA, notably lower than the 3.0 merit renewal threshold.
Source: https://admissions.web.baylor.edu/costs-aid/scholarships-aid/baylor-benefit-scholarship

How families lose this aid

Assuming Baylor publishes named merit tiers like President's Gold or Provost's Gold with GPA and test-score thresholds.
Historical Baylor catalogs from prior decades did list named tiers, and third-party aggregators still reference them with stats bands. Baylor's current 2026-2027 admissions pages do not publish any tier names or thresholds for the automatic merit award. Families who calibrate expectations to aggregator tables often end up confused by the actual offer, which is a single holistic award between $1,000 and full cost of attendance.
Missing the November 1 deadline for competitive scholarship programs.
Automatic merit review works with the February 1 priority deadline for any complete admission file. Every competitive scholarship program (Carr P. Collins, Getterman Scholars, Distinguished Scholars Day, Invitation to Excellence, Baylor to Baylor Medical, Baylor to Baylor Law) requires a completed Baylor application by November 1 and a separate Scholarship Program Application by November 11. Applicants who submit on the February deadline still get automatic merit review but forfeit the competitive layer entirely.

Renewal questions families ask

Does Baylor publish a chart showing GPA or test scores to merit dollars?: No. Baylor's merit-based scholarship pages state only that scholarships range from $1,000 to full cost of attendance and that all admitted students receive a full comprehensive review. There is no public stats-to-dollars table for the 2026-2027 cycle, which is a real difference from peers like SMU that do publish named tiers.
What GPA do I need to keep my Baylor merit scholarship?: A Baylor cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. If your cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 but stays at or above 2.0 at the end of your first year, your scholarship continues on probation for one more year. Merit scholarships are renewable up to 8 terms.
What is the Baylor Benefit Scholarship and how does it relate to merit aid?: The Baylor Benefit Scholarship covers full tuition for a select number of incoming freshmen with adjusted gross income under $50,000. If awarded, your tuition is covered by a combination of the Benefit Scholarship plus your Baylor Distinction Award (the automatic merit component), federal grants, state grants, and Baylor need-based grants. It requires FAFSA and CSS Profile by February 1, a separate application between February 1 and March 1, 2026, and a 2.5 cumulative GPA to maintain. Housing, meals, and other fees are not covered.

Rules that bite at Baylor

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

renewalGetterman Scholars Program: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Eight semesters. Requires a cumulative 3.5 GPA and continued active residence in the Honors Residential College; leaving HRC forfeits the room and board portion of the award. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Baylor compares across our verified dataset

8 of 78 verified schools publish a top renewal tier requiring 3.5+ GPA or major-GPA gating.
Baylor is one of them. Calibrate year-one academic load against the renewal floor, not just freshman survival.
70 of 78 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Baylor is one of them. The cohort minority (8 schools) only awards one-year scholarships — meaning the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
38 of 78 verified schools publish a dedicated National Merit Finalist package.
Baylor is one of them. NMF packages typically carry their own stacking and renewal carve-outs separate from the standard automatic merit ladder — confirm those before assuming the headline NMF value is final.

Sources used on this page

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

policyBaylor stacking policy
cdsBaylor Common Data Set
coaBaylor cost-of-attendance worksheet
tierBaylor Merit-Based Scholarship (internally the Baylor Distinction Award)
tierCarr P. Collins Scholars Program
tierGetterman Scholars Program
tierDistinguished Scholars Day
tierInvitation to Excellence (I2E)
tierBaylor to Baylor Medical Program
tierNational Merit Finalist package
tierBaylor Benefit Scholarship (need-based, full tuition)
scholarshipBaylor Ministry Scholarship
scholarshipBGCT Ministry Scholarship
scholarshipBusiness Fellows Carlton and Getterman Scholarships