What GPA do I need to renew my merit scholarship?

Bentley does not publish a single renewal GPA. You must earn the cumulative GPA stated on the award letter you receive from the Office of Undergraduate Admission, remain enrolled full time (12 credits/semester), and you can hold the scholarship for a maximum of eight semesters.

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Keeping Bentley’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.

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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

Bentley'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.

Bentley Academic (Merit) Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
Center for Women and Business — Women's Leadership Award (CWB Leaders): See notes
Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Transfer Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards: Full-time enrollment
BentleyFirst (first-generation Massachusetts tuition match): See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Bentley Academic (Merit) Scholarship
$10,000 to full tuition per year
To keep it: Renewed each year provided the student earns the cumulative GPA specified on the admission/award letter and remains enrolled full time (12 credits per semester). Available for a maximum of eight semesters. The specific renewal GPA is not published; it is stated only on the individual award letter.
Source: https://www.bentley.edu/undergraduate/tuition-financial-aid/types-aid
Center for Women and Business — Women's Leadership Award (CWB Leaders)
$10,000 per year (totaling $40,000 over four years)
To keep it: Award is $10,000 per year applied toward tuition, totaling $40,000 during the four-year undergraduate experience. Specific renewal GPA not stated on the program page.
Source: https://www.bentley.edu/university-life/diversity-equity-inclusion/womens-leadership-program
Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Transfer Scholarship
$5,000
Entry requirements: 3.0 (to renew) GPA
To keep it: Renewable for a total of six semesters provided recipients maintain a 3.0 GPA and attend Bentley full-time.
Source: https://www.bentley.edu/offices/financial-assistance/options-for-financial-aid
SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards
Up to $20,000, spread equally over 4 years
To keep it: A discount of up to $20,000 spread equally over four years of full-time undergraduate education; each Tuition Rewards Point equals one dollar of guaranteed minimum scholarship (discount).
Source: https://www.bentley.edu/offices/financial-assistance/options-for-financial-aid
BentleyFirst (first-generation Massachusetts tuition match)
Award equal to the Bentley–UMass Amherst (Isenberg) tuition gap — $43,600 for fall 2026 entrants
To keep it: Students must continuously live in on-campus housing and reapply for aid annually (FAFSA plus supporting tax documents). Combined parent income may exceed the $135,000 threshold by up to 20% without losing eligibility. Academic scholarships are added to the BentleyFirst award.
Source: https://www.bentley.edu/undergraduate/tuition-financial-aid/bentleyfirst

How families lose this aid

Assuming there is a published GPA/test cutoff or a separate scholarship application for the main academic scholarship.
Bentley considers every first-year applicant automatically with no separate application, and the exact award amount and renewal GPA are NOT published — they are set at admission and stated only on your individual award letter. The only public figure is the range, '$10,000 to full tuition.'
Thinking the $5,000 PTK award is open to incoming first-year students.
The PTK scholarship is a TRANSFER award for active Phi Theta Kappa members; it is renewable for six semesters at a 3.0 GPA, not the eight semesters that apply to first-year merit awards.

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA do I need to renew my merit scholarship?: Bentley does not publish a single renewal GPA. You must earn the cumulative GPA stated on the award letter you receive from the Office of Undergraduate Admission, remain enrolled full time (12 credits/semester), and you can hold the scholarship for a maximum of eight semesters.

Rules that bite at Bentley

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

renewalBentley Academic (Merit) Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewed each year provided the student earns the cumulative GPA specified on the admission/award letter and remains enrolled full time (12 credits per semester). Available for a maximum of eight semesters. The specific renewal GPA is not published; it is stated only on the individual award letter. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Bentley compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Bentley 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 Bentley’s own published materials.