How much is the merit scholarship?

Up to $20,000 per year, renewable for up to four years with satisfactory academics. The Presidential Scholarship (≈5 students/year) instead covers full tuition plus on-campus housing and meals.

Clark· Renewal Rules

Keeping Clark’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 2026today· COWORK

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 2 of 2
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 2
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Clark'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.

Clark Merit Scholarships: See notes
Presidential Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Clark Merit Scholarships
Up to $20,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for up to four years as long as you maintain certain academic standards. All Clark merit + need-based aid is limited to eight semesters.
Source: https://www.clarku.edu/financial-aid/prospective-students/us-students/faqs/
Presidential Scholarship
Full tuition, on-campus housing and meals (all four years)
To keep it: Covers full tuition, housing, and meals for all four years of undergraduate study.
Source: https://www.clarku.edu/financial-aid/types/scholarships/

How families lose this aid

Planning a 5th year on Clark scholarship.
Students are limited to eight semesters of Clark-sponsored need-based aid and merit scholarships; from the ninth semester only federal loans may be available.

Renewal questions families ask

How much is the merit scholarship?: Up to $20,000 per year, renewable for up to four years with satisfactory academics. The Presidential Scholarship (≈5 students/year) instead covers full tuition plus on-campus housing and meals.

How Clark compares across our verified dataset

247 of 272 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Clark is one of them. The cohort minority (25 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 Clark’s own published materials.