Skip to content

Campbellsville· Renewal Rules

Keeping Campbellsville’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 20264 days ago· COWORK

At a glance

Renewable tiers
6 of 7
One-time tiers
1
Tiers with published renewal terms
5
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Campbellsville'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.

  • Merit Scholarships (Trustees / Provost / Dean / Founders): See notes
  • Transfer Scholarship: See notes
  • Presidential Scholarship: See notes
  • CU Bluegrass Guarantee: 2.0 GPA
  • KEES Across Kentucky (KEES Matching): 2.5 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

  • Merit Scholarships (Trustees / Provost / Dean / Founders)

    $13,500-$16,500 (Up to, by tier)

    Entry requirements: Based on cumulative high school GPA at the time of acceptance (tier-to-GPA mapping not published on the page) GPA

    To keep it: Merit scholarships are awarded for up to four years, with a cumulative GPA of a minimum of 2.0.

    Source: https://www.campbellsville.edu/admission-and-aid/scholarships-and-grants/index.html

  • Transfer Scholarship

    $9,000-$12,000 (Up to, by GPA band)

    Entry requirements: 3.5-4.000 GPA: up to $12,000; 2.5-3.499 GPA: up to $10,000; 2.0-2.499 GPA: up to $9,000 (cumulative GPA of all colleges attended) GPA

    To keep it: Can be renewed annually for three years with a required GPA of 2.0.

    Source: https://www.campbellsville.edu/admission-and-aid/scholarships-and-grants/index.html

  • Presidential Scholarship

    Full tuition, housing, and books

    Entry requirements: 3.5 or above (one of three qualifying criteria) GPA · 1200 (or 25 ACT) — one of three qualifying criteria SAT · 25 (or 1200 SAT) — one of three qualifying criteria ACT

    To keep it: Recipients are required to fulfill service-learning opportunities throughout their time at Campbellsville University (renewal GPA not stated on this page).

    Source: https://www.campbellsville.edu/admission-and-aid/scholarships-and-grants/index.html

  • CU Bluegrass Guarantee

    Full tuition (last-dollar)

    Entry requirements: 3.0 cumulative unweighted high school GPA at the point of acceptance GPA

    To keep it: Renewable for up to 3 years (6 academic semesters); must maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA, remain full-time (part-time enrollment or stopping out forfeits the scholarship), file the FAFSA each year, and be Pell Grant eligible each and every year.

    Source: https://www.campbellsville.edu/guarantee.html

  • KEES Across Kentucky (KEES Matching)

    $2,000 (Up to; freshmen) / $1,500 (Up to; transfers)

    Entry requirements: 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher GPA

    To keep it: Renewable to students up to 3 years (8 semesters of eligibility) based upon KEES renewable eligibility of a 2.5 GPA and on track to graduate.

    Source: https://www.campbellsville.edu/admission-and-aid/scholarships-and-grants/index.html

How families lose this aid

  • Treating the Bluegrass Guarantee as a full ride or a stackable bonus.

    It is last-dollar TUITION-ONLY: federal/state grants and institutional scholarships apply first, and 'Room, board, textbooks and fees are not included.' You must also stay Pell-eligible EVERY year and full-time — dropping to part-time or stopping out forfeits it, and it lasts only 6 semesters (not 8).

  • Assuming the published merit-tier dollar figures are guaranteed amounts.

    Every tier is an 'Up to' figure, and the Financial Aid Committee 'reserves the right to expand, reduce, or adjust financial aid programs and funds awarded.' The GPA-to-tier mapping is not published — ask admissions which tier your GPA earns.

  • Transfer students expecting four years of renewal.

    Freshman merit renews 'up to four years,' but the Transfer Scholarship 'can be renewed annually for three years' — both at a 2.0 GPA.

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA do I need for each merit tier?
CU publishes the tier amounts (Trustees up to $16,500, Provost up to $15,500, Dean up to $14,500, Founders up to $13,500) but not the GPA bands for each tier — ask admissions which tier your GPA earns. Renewal requires a 2.0 cumulative GPA, for up to four years.
Is the CU Bluegrass Guarantee free tuition?
Yes, for KY residents who are Pell-eligible with a 3.0 unweighted HS GPA, attending in person at Campbellsville or Harrodsburg — but it's last-dollar (other aid applies first), covers tuition only (no room, board, books, fees), requires annual FAFSA and Pell eligibility every year, and renews at most 3 years/6 semesters with a 2.0 GPA and full-time enrollment.

Rules that bite at Campbellsville

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

  • renewalCU Bluegrass Guarantee: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Renewable for up to 3 years (6 academic semesters); must maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA, remain full-time (part-time enrollment or stopping out forfeits the scholarship), file the FAFSA each year, and be Pell Grant eligible each and every year. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Campbellsville compares across our verified dataset

  • 669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Campbellsville 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 Campbellsville’s own published materials.

More on Campbellsville merit aid