How much is DePaul's academic merit aid?

DePaul publishes an annual range of '$14,000 to $33,000' for the four academic scholarships, and says freshman award packages can reach 'up to $38,400 annually' once other aid is included. It does not publish a GPA-to-dollar grid.

What keeps the academic scholarship for four years?

DePaul renews academic scholarships 'for up to four consecutive years (12 quarters) of undergraduate study if you maintain good academic standing,' provided you stay enrolled full time each quarter and complete at least 36 quarter hours across Fall, Winter, and Spring.

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Keeping DePaul’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 May 20268 days ago· B2-2

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 1 of 1
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 1
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

DePaul'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.

Academic Scholarships (Presidential / Deans' / DePaul Scholars' / St. Vincent DePaul): Full-time enrollment

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Scholarships (Presidential / Deans' / DePaul Scholars' / St. Vincent DePaul)
$14,000–$33,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for up to four consecutive years (12 quarters) of undergraduate study with good academic standing; must enroll full time each quarter and complete a minimum of 36 quarter hours across Fall, Winter, and Spring.
Source: https://www.depaul.edu/tuition-and-aid/scholarships

How families lose this aid

Treating renewal as automatic regardless of course load.
DePaul renews academic scholarships for up to 12 quarters only if you 'maintain good academic standing,' are 'enrolled full time each quarter,' and 'complete a minimum of 36 quarter hours for the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters.' Dropping below the full-time quarter pace can put the award at risk.
Reading a forum 'GPA = scholarship tier' chart as DePaul policy.
DePaul does not publish a stat-banded ladder mapping a GPA or test score to the Presidential vs. Deans' vs. Scholars' tier. Placement within the $14,000–$33,000 range is decided inside admission, so do not budget off an unofficial cutoff table.

Renewal questions families ask

How much is DePaul's academic merit aid?: DePaul publishes an annual range of '$14,000 to $33,000' for the four academic scholarships, and says freshman award packages can reach 'up to $38,400 annually' once other aid is included. It does not publish a GPA-to-dollar grid.
What keeps the academic scholarship for four years?: DePaul renews academic scholarships 'for up to four consecutive years (12 quarters) of undergraduate study if you maintain good academic standing,' provided you stay enrolled full time each quarter and complete at least 36 quarter hours across Fall, Winter, and Spring.

Rules that bite at DePaul

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

renewalAcademic Scholarships (Presidential / Deans' / DePaul Scholars' / St. Vincent DePaul): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable for up to four consecutive years (12 quarters) of undergraduate study with good academic standing; must enroll full time each quarter and complete a minimum of 36 quarter hours across Fall, Winter, and Spring. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How DePaul compares across our verified dataset

178 of 203 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
DePaul 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 DePaul’s own published materials.