Butler award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Butler?

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

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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: low

Renewal risk profile

Butler's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

Academic Scholarship Program: See notes
Morton-Finney Scholars Award: See notes
The Compass Center Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
Butler Tuition Guarantee: See notes
Jordan College of the Arts Award: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Scholarship Program
$18,000-$30,000
To keep it: Renewable as long as the student maintains the renewal criteria in the scholarship offer.
Source: https://www.butler.edu/admission-aid/financial-aid-scholarships/first-year/
Morton-Finney Scholars Award
$5,000-Full tuition
To keep it: Renewable with renewal criteria plus Morton-Finney Scholars Program participation (meeting attendance, campus/community engagement, monthly journal reflections).
Source: https://www.butler.edu/admission-aid/financial-aid-scholarships/first-year/
The Compass Center Scholarship
$4,000
To keep it: Renewable for the first four years; students should maintain a 3.0 GPA and participate at least 10 hours/semester of interfaith engagement on campus.
Source: https://www.butler.edu/admission-aid/financial-aid-scholarships/first-year/
Butler Tuition Guarantee
Full tuition (guaranteed when combined with all federal, state, and University scholarships and grants)
To keep it: Renewable with the renewal criteria in the award offer.
Source: https://www.butler.edu/admission-aid/financial-aid-scholarships/first-year/
Jordan College of the Arts Award
Amount not published (varies)
To keep it: Renewal not detailed on the page.
Source: https://www.butler.edu/admission-aid/financial-aid-scholarships/first-year/

How families lose this aid

Missing the separate competitive-scholarship deadlines
Morton-Finney and Compass Center require a SECOND application (by Nov 15 for EA/ED) beyond the Common App, plus interviews — submitting only the Common App forfeits them.

How Butler compares across our verified dataset

665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Butler 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 Butler’s own published materials.

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