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Keeping Coastal Carolina’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 20268 days ago· CC

At a glance

Renewable tiers
10 of 10
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
10
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Coastal Carolina'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.

  • Presidential Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • President's Scholar Award: Full-time enrollment
  • Provost's Scholar Award: Full-time enrollment
  • Coastal Scholar Award: Full-time enrollment
  • Teal Scholar Award: Full-time enrollment
  • South Carolina Scholar Award: Full-time enrollment
  • Visual and Performing Arts Award: Full-time enrollment
  • PGA Golf Management Trustee Award: Full-time enrollment
  • PGA Golf Management University Award: Full-time enrollment
  • PGA Golf Management Wall Award: Full-time enrollment

Renewal terms by tier

  • Presidential Scholarship

    $6,000 per year (in-state) / $19,662 per year (out-of-state)

    Entry requirements: minimum 3.75 CORE GPA GPA · 1390+ SAT · 31+ ACT

    To keep it: Renewable up to four continuous years of enrollment (a total of eight semesters); recipients must meet annual renewal requirements defined as 30 credits and a 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA, enrolled full-time (12-18 credit hours) each fall and spring.

    Source: https://www.coastal.edu/meritawards/

  • President's Scholar Award

    $5,000 per year (in-state) / $13,000 per year (out-of-state)

    Entry requirements: minimum 3.5 CORE GPA GPA · 1300+ SAT · 28+ ACT

    To keep it: Renewable up to four continuous years (eight semesters); 30 credits and 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA per year, full-time enrollment required.

    Source: https://www.coastal.edu/meritawards/

  • Provost's Scholar Award

    $4,000 per year (in-state) / $10,000 per year (out-of-state)

    Entry requirements: minimum 3.5 CORE GPA GPA · 1230+ SAT · 26+ ACT

    To keep it: Renewable up to four continuous years (eight semesters); 30 credits and 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA per year, full-time enrollment required.

    Source: https://www.coastal.edu/meritawards/

  • Coastal Scholar Award

    $3,000 per year (in-state) / $7,500 per year (out-of-state)

    Entry requirements: minimum 3.5+ CORE GPA GPA · 1160+ SAT · 24+ ACT

    To keep it: Renewable up to four continuous years (eight semesters); 30 credits and 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA per year, full-time enrollment required.

    Source: https://www.coastal.edu/meritawards/

  • Teal Scholar Award

    $2,000 per year (in-state) / $4,500 per year (out-of-state)

    Entry requirements: minimum 3.3+ CORE GPA GPA · 1060+ SAT · 21+ ACT

    To keep it: Renewable up to four continuous years (eight semesters); 30 credits and 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA per year, full-time enrollment required.

    Source: https://www.coastal.edu/meritawards/

  • South Carolina Scholar Award

    $1,000 per year (in-state only)

    To keep it: Renewable up to four continuous years (eight semesters); 30 credits and 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA per year, full-time enrollment required.

    Source: https://www.coastal.edu/meritawards/

  • Visual and Performing Arts Award

    $3,000 per year (in-state) / $7,500 per year (out-of-state)

    To keep it: Renewable up to four continuous years (eight semesters); 30 credits and 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA per year, full-time enrollment required.

    Source: https://www.coastal.edu/meritawards/

  • PGA Golf Management Trustee Award

    $5,000 per year (in-state) / $13,000 per year (out-of-state)

    To keep it: Renewable up to four continuous years (eight semesters); 30 credits and 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA per year, full-time enrollment required.

    Source: https://www.coastal.edu/meritawards/

  • PGA Golf Management University Award

    $4,000 per year (in-state) / $10,000 per year (out-of-state)

    To keep it: Renewable up to four continuous years (eight semesters); 30 credits and 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA per year, full-time enrollment required.

    Source: https://www.coastal.edu/meritawards/

  • PGA Golf Management Wall Award

    $3,000 per year (in-state) / $7,500 per year (out-of-state)

    To keep it: Renewable up to four continuous years (eight semesters); 30 credits and 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA per year, full-time enrollment required.

    Source: https://www.coastal.edu/meritawards/

How families lose this aid

  • Treating the merit profile thresholds (GPA/SAT/ACT) as a strict automatic formula.

    CCU uses a holistic review of weighted and unweighted HS GPA plus an institutionally calculated 'core' GPA and a Rigor Score. The published profiles (e.g., 3.75 CORE GPA / 1390 SAT for Presidential) are guidelines; your exact tier is set by that review, not a single number.

Renewal questions families ask

How do I keep my merit award each year?
Meet the annual renewal requirements — 30 credits and a 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA — while enrolled full-time (12-18 credit hours) each fall and spring. Freshman awards renew for up to four continuous years (eight semesters).

Rules that bite at Coastal Carolina

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

  • renewalPresidential Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Renewable up to four continuous years of enrollment (a total of eight semesters); recipients must meet annual renewal requirements defined as 30 credits and a 3.0 CCU cumulative GPA, enrolled full-time (12-18 credit hours) each fall and spring. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Coastal Carolina compares across our verified dataset

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

    Coastal Carolina 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 Coastal Carolina’s own published materials.

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