Creighton· Renewal Rules
Keeping Creighton’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.
At a glance
- Renewable tiers
- 7 of 9
- One-time tiers
- 2
- Tiers with published renewal terms
- 5
- Renewal risk profile
- moderate
Renewal risk profile
Creighton'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.
- Scott Scholarship: See notes
- Next Generation Leaders Scholarship: See notes
- G. Robert Muchemore Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship: 3.30 GPA
- Native American Merit Scholarship: 2.75 GPA
- Ashton Welch History Fellows: 2.75 GPA
Renewal terms by tier
Scott Scholarship
Full tuition, mandatory fees, and on-campus room and board for four yearsEntry requirements: 3.8 or higher cumulative high school GPA GPA · 1300 or higher composite SAT · 28 or higher composite, or ACT
To keep it: Renewable for four years contingent on continued business degree pursuit and good standing
Source: https://www.creighton.edu/cost-aid/types-aid/scholarships
Next Generation Leaders Scholarship
Full tuition for four yearsEntry requirements: 3.8 or higher cumulative high school GPA GPA
To keep it: Renewable for four years with continued academic progress, good conduct standing, and active participation in the Next Generation Leaders Program
Source: https://www.creighton.edu/cost-aid/types-aid/scholarships
G. Robert Muchemore Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship
$32,000 renewable tuition awardEntry requirements: Top 3% of Nebraska high school class is automatically considered GPA
To keep it: Renewal requires a minimum 3.30 cumulative GPA and an annual FAFSA filing
Source: https://www.creighton.edu/cost-aid/types-aid/scholarships
Native American Merit Scholarship
$32,000 renewable tuition scholarshipEntry requirements: 3.3 or higher cumulative high school GPA GPA
To keep it: Renewal requires a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA and an annual FAFSA filing
Source: https://www.creighton.edu/cost-aid/types-aid/scholarships
Ashton Welch History Fellows
$2,500 per year for up to four years ($10,000 total)To keep it: Renewal requires declared History major, minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA, and active department participation
Source: https://www.creighton.edu/cost-aid/types-aid/scholarships
How families lose this aid
- Assuming Creighton publishes a stats-to-dollars table.
Creighton names its automatic merit award (Creighton Merit Scholarships) and confirms it is automatically considered, but it does not publish a public GPA/test-to-amount table the way Alabama or Ole Miss do. Forum-sourced anchors are not a substitute for the actual offer letter; build the budget around a verified worst case until you have the award in hand.
Renewal questions families ask
- Is there a full ride at Creighton?
- Two named awards meet that threshold. The Scott Scholarship covers full tuition, mandatory fees, and on-campus room and board for four years (3.8 GPA, 28 ACT or 1300 SAT, U.S. citizen, business intent, separate application). The Next Generation Leaders Scholarship covers full tuition for four years (3.8 GPA plus two of three criteria: first-generation, financial need, exceptional leadership). Both are highly selective.
- What aid is available specifically for Nebraska residents?
- The G. Robert Muchemore Foundation Scholarship is the most material in-state award: $32,000 renewable tuition, restricted to Nebraska high school graduates, automatically considered for the top 3% academically. Renewal requires a 3.30 cumulative GPA and an annual FAFSA filed by March 1.
How Creighton compares across our verified dataset
- 133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Creighton is one of them. The cohort minority (17 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 Creighton’s own published materials.