The starting point
Cedar Crest publishes a clean five-band GPA merit grid ($21,000-$25,000) plus a STAR program that matches your state flagship's in-state tuition rate for students with a 3.25+ GPA.
Selection beyond grades and scores. These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.
Awards to discuss
First 3 of 4 recorded awards, in chapter display order. This is a selection, not a ranking. Read the full chapter for all awards. Amounts retain the original units and conditions; confirm the entering year with the school.
Merit Scholarships (First-Year Grid: Presidential / Trustee / Founders / Dean's / Fellows)
$21,000-$25,000 · Published range
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
GPA: Presidential 3.9+; Trustee 3.6-3.8; Founders 3.4-3.5; Dean's 3.1-3.3; Fellows below 3.0
Eligibility: Traditional, full-time first-year students; based on academic criteria including but not limited to high school GPA, SAT or ACT scores and class rank
Renewal: They must also remain in good academic standing for renewal of any scholarships and awards received.
Other terms: Page does not state the word 'automatic' for first-year awards (transfer awards are described as automatically renewed), so automaticOnStats is conservatively false. Students may hold a merit scholarship plus only two additional scholarships.
https://www.cedarcrest.edu/admissions-and-aid/scholarships/
Cedar Crest Trailblazer Award
Full tuition · Published coverage or package
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: One first-year traditional student from Pennsylvania's Lehigh or Northampton County; nominated by a counselor or teacher; must be invited, admitted, and already hold a Presidential, Trustee or Founder's Scholarship; must attend and win the Trailblazer Scholarship Competition
Renewal: 3.0 GPA required for renewal
Other terms: Listed as $45,664 per year based on annual full-time tuition. Covers tuition MINUS any additional grants or outside scholarships and supersedes any other Cedar Crest money. Additional scholarship money awarded to finalists.
https://www.cedarcrest.edu/admissions-and-aid/scholarships/
STAR – State Tuition Access Rate
Amount not published · Published award terms
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
GPA: 3.25 unweighted high school GPA (first-year) or 3.25 cumulative college GPA (transfer)
Eligibility: First-year: never attended college as degree-seeking; full-time traditional student beginning Fall 2026. Transfer: full-time traditional transfer beginning Fall 2026.
Renewal: Fixed at the 2025-2026 rate for four years (8 fall and spring semesters) provided the recipient remains enrolled full-time and maintains a 2.5 GPA; must also maintain academic and judicial standing.
Other terms: Tuition is matched to the in-state tuition+fees of the student's state flagship (per College Board, as published for 2025-2026); per-state amounts shown in an embedded chart not readable as text. Effectively a tuition-rate program rather than a fixed scholarship.
https://www.cedarcrest.edu/admissions-and-aid/tuition-fees/state-tuition-access-rate/
