Do I need the FAFSA to get the Provost Award or President's Scholarship?

No. These admission awards are based on your application and do not require the FAFSA to qualify or renew (though the FAFSA is required for need-based scholarships and the Mines Promise).

What GPA do I need to renew?

Provost Award: 2.000 cumulative GPA plus passing 67% of attempted credits. President's Scholarship: 2.500 cumulative GPA.

Colorado Mines· Renewal Rules

Keeping Colorado Mines’s Merit Aid for Four Years

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 7 of 7
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 7
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Colorado Mines'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.

President's Scholarship: See notes
Provost Award: See notes
Harvey Scholarship Program (PASCAL): See notes
Grewcock Presidential Scholars Program (PASCAL): See notes
Starzer Service Scholarship Program (PASCAL): See notes
Bliss Scholarship Program (PASCAL, first-generation): See notes
Mines Promise Program: SAP standards

Renewal terms by tier

President's Scholarship
Resident $2,500-$7,000; Non-resident $12,000-$16,000
To keep it: Renewable for 8 consecutive semesters (4 years) of fall/spring; maintain a minimum 2.500 cumulative GPA; reviewed at the end of spring. FAFSA not required to renew. Tuition and fees only; not summer.
Source: https://finaid.mines.edu/scholarships/
Provost Award
Resident $1,000-$2,000; Non-resident $6,000-$10,000
To keep it: Renewable for 8 consecutive semesters (4 years) of fall/spring; pass a minimum of 67% of attempted credits and maintain a 2.000 cumulative GPA; reviewed each semester. FAFSA not required. Tuition and fees only; not summer.
Source: https://finaid.mines.edu/scholarships/
Harvey Scholarship Program (PASCAL)
Tuition and mandatory fees (after COF for CO residents)
To keep it: Renewable for eight semesters, with an additional award for one summer of Field Session.
Source: https://finaid.mines.edu/scholarships/
Grewcock Presidential Scholars Program (PASCAL)
Tuition and mandatory fees (after COF for CO residents)
To keep it: Renewable for eight semesters; also funds extracurricular learning and leadership programming.
Source: https://finaid.mines.edu/scholarships/
Starzer Service Scholarship Program (PASCAL)
$5,000-$10,000
To keep it: Per academic year; renewal terms in the scholarship portal.
Source: https://finaid.mines.edu/scholarships/
Bliss Scholarship Program (PASCAL, first-generation)
$5,000
To keep it: $5,000 annually, renewable up to four years (fall/spring only).
Source: https://finaid.mines.edu/scholarships/
Mines Promise Program
Full-time tuition and mandatory fees (after COF, Mines award, Pell, and/or Colorado Grant)
To keep it: Renew by completing FAFSA/CASFA each year by April 1, remaining full-Pell-eligible (SAI -1,500 to 0), and meeting SAP.
Source: https://finaid.mines.edu/scholarships/

How families lose this aid

Enrolling in fewer than 15 credits and expecting the full scholarship.
Tuition scholarships are based on 15-19 credits; below 15 credits the award is adjusted to actual tuition charges, and your semester award can never exceed your tuition/fee charges.
Letting GPA fall below the renewal threshold.
The Provost Award requires a 2.000 cumulative GPA and passing 67% of attempted credits (reviewed each semester); the President's Scholarship requires a 2.500 cumulative GPA (reviewed at the end of spring). Summer credits don't count toward renewal.

Renewal questions families ask

Do I need the FAFSA to get the Provost Award or President's Scholarship?: No. These admission awards are based on your application and do not require the FAFSA to qualify or renew (though the FAFSA is required for need-based scholarships and the Mines Promise).
What GPA do I need to renew?: Provost Award: 2.000 cumulative GPA plus passing 67% of attempted credits. President's Scholarship: 2.500 cumulative GPA.

How Colorado Mines compares across our verified dataset

247 of 272 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Colorado Mines 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 Colorado Mines’s own published materials.