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Keeping Chaminade’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
5 of 5
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
5
Renewal risk profile
low

Renewal risk profile

Chaminade'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.

  • First-Year Merit Scholarship (AY 2026–2027): See notes
  • Transfer Merit Scholarship (AY 2026–2027): See notes
  • Hawai'i Guarantee Scholarship: See notes
  • Chaminade Scholars Program: See notes
  • The Mu'o Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

  • First-Year Merit Scholarship (AY 2026–2027)

    $4,000-$21,000

    Entry requirements: 2.50+ GPA (Leadership) up to 3.75+ GPA (Regents); award tier based on GPA GPA

    To keep it: Valid for a total of four (4) academic years / eight (8) semesters; ceases if additional semesters are required; does not apply to Summer semesters.

    Source: https://chaminade.edu/financial-aid/merit-aid/

  • Transfer Merit Scholarship (AY 2026–2027)

    $4,000-$12,000

    Entry requirements: 2.00+ GPA (Leadership) up to 3.50+ GPA (Regents); award tier based on GPA GPA

    To keep it: Same policy as first-year merit: valid for a total of four (4) academic years / eight (8) semesters; does not apply to Summer semesters.

    Source: https://chaminade.edu/financial-aid/merit-aid/

  • Hawai'i Guarantee Scholarship

    Amount varies (adjusts tuition, after institutional aid, to the in-state undergraduate tuition rate at Hawai'i's public flagship university)

    To keep it: Hawaii Guarantee is renewable for three years; covers up to four years of undergraduate study; students must be continuously enrolled for consecutive semesters or the student returns at Chaminade's posted regular tuition rate; does not apply to Summer Session.

    Source: https://chaminade.edu/financial-aid/hawaii-guarantee/

  • Chaminade Scholars Program

    $2,000

    Entry requirements: Minimum high school GPA of 3.0 GPA

    To keep it: May be renewed a total of four years (eight semesters). Renewal is dependent upon engagement in programming, completion of 15 hours of service each semester, reflection upon that service, and maintaining good academic standing.

    Source: https://chaminade.edu/financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/chaminade-scholars-program/

  • The Mu'o Scholarship

    Full tuition ($102,380 value)

    To keep it: Renews automatically each year as long as the student remains eligible and makes satisfactory academic progress; requires minimum 6 credits per term and good academic standing; covers up to 120 credits for a maximum of five to six years; funding will not extend beyond June 2032.

    Source: https://chaminade.edu/admissions/muo-scholarship/

How families lose this aid

  • Treating the GPA-tier amounts as guaranteed dollar figures.

    Every tier on the merit grid is stated as an 'Up to' amount (e.g., Regents 3.75+ GPA — 'Up to $21,000'), and the page says merit awards 'range from $4,000 to $21,000.' A 3.75 GPA qualifies you for the Regents tier but does not guarantee the full $21,000.

  • Assuming the merit scholarship continues if you take longer than four years, or applies in summer.

    The merit-aid page states awards 'are valid for a total of four (4) academic years / eight (8) semesters' and 'Should a student require additional semesters, the merit scholarship will cease to be applied to the account. Additionally, the merit scholarships do not apply to Summer semesters.'

  • Taking a break from enrollment while on the Hawai'i Guarantee.

    The FAQ warns: 'Students must be continuously enrolled for consecutive semesters to receive the Hawaii Guarantee. If a student takes a break in enrollment without an official leave of absence, the student can return to Chaminade but will need to pay Chaminade's posted regular tuition rate.' It is also only renewable for three years (four years of coverage total) and does not apply to summer.

  • Assuming donor-sponsored scholarships renew each year.

    The scholarships page states: 'Due to the fluctuating nature of these institutional funds, these are one-time only scholarships and not renewed each year.'

  • Chaminade Scholars treating the $2,000 as automatic renewal.

    Renewal 'is dependent upon engagement in programming..., completion of 15 hours of service each semester, in reflection upon that service, and maintaining good academic standing' — miss the service hours and the award can be lost. It is also capped at four years (eight semesters).

How Chaminade compares across our verified dataset

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

    Chaminade 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 Chaminade’s own published materials.

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