Will my Champlain scholarship decrease over time?

No — under the Count-On-It Financial Aid Guarantee, your merit scholarship never declines for four years as long as you remain enrolled full-time and maintain a 2.0 GPA (with carve-outs for tuition benefits, Tuition Exchange, Yellow Ribbon, and need-based federal/state-linked funds).

Champlain award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Champlain?

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

Verified Jul 20262 months ago

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.

See every award rule, common mistake, and source

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

Champlain'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: 2.0 GPA
Transfer Merit Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
Leahy Center Scholar Program: See notes
Champlain Visit Scholarship: See notes
FAFSA Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

First-Year Merit Scholarship
$18,000-$34,000 per year
Entry requirements: Holistic — no published stat grid GPA
To keep it: Count-On-It guarantee: renewed annually for four years and never declines as long as the student is enrolled full-time and maintains a 2.0 GPA (prorated for less-than-full-time). First bachelor's degree only; not transferable to online programs.
Source: https://www.champlain.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships/
Transfer Merit Scholarship
$10,000-$25,000 per year
Entry requirements: Holistic — no published grid GPA
To keep it: Count-On-It guarantee applies (full-time + 2.0 GPA).
Source: https://www.champlain.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships/
Leahy Center Scholar Program
$10,000 per year ($40,000 over four years)
To keep it: Renewable four-year program; guaranteed employment in the Leahy Center once certain employment requirements are met.
Source: https://www.champlain.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships/
Champlain Visit Scholarship
$4,000 total ($1,000 per year, applied toward tuition)
To keep it: $1,000 each year you're enrolled.
Source: https://www.champlain.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships/
FAFSA Scholarship
$500 per year
To keep it: Must file the FAFSA each year to continue receiving it.
Source: https://www.champlain.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships/

How families lose this aid

Letting your GPA drop below 2.0 or going part-time
The guarantee holds only while you are enrolled full-time and maintain a 2.0 GPA; Champlain funds are prorated for less-than-full-time enrollment.

Renewal questions families ask

Will my Champlain scholarship decrease over time?: No — under the Count-On-It Financial Aid Guarantee, your merit scholarship never declines for four years as long as you remain enrolled full-time and maintain a 2.0 GPA (with carve-outs for tuition benefits, Tuition Exchange, Yellow Ribbon, and need-based federal/state-linked funds).

Rules that bite at Champlain

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

Renewal ruleFirst-Year Merit Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Count-On-It guarantee: renewed annually for four years and never declines as long as the student is enrolled full-time and maintains a 2.0 GPA (prorated for less-than-full-time). First bachelor's degree only; not transferable to online programs. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Champlain compares across our verified dataset

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

Policy pageChamplain stacking policy
Cost of attendanceChamplain cost-of-attendance worksheet