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Edward G Rector Scholarship
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Maintain 3 GPA
DePauw University · Indiana
DePauw scholarships and merit aid
DePauw offers selective merit awards for accomplished students across academics, arts, ethics, and community leadership.
Verified Jun 20263 months ago
The short answer
Is DePauw worth a closer look?
DePauw is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 9 published awards, and 2 are based on those numbers.
Merit tiers92 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJun 2026By our research team
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Published scholarships
These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.
Amount not published
Prindle Institute For Ethics Scholarship
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How to keep it
Maintain 2.75 GPA
Percentage of cost of attendance…Percentage of cost of attendance (see source)
Depauw Distinguished Scholarship
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Maintain 2.75 GPA
Percentage of cost of attendance…Percentage of cost of attendance (see source)
Presidential Award Of Excellence
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How to keep it
Maintain 2.75 GPA
Amount not published
Frank W Braden Scholarship
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Full tuition
Ronald Lee Copeland Award
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Full tuition
Lilly Endowment Community Scholars
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Amount not published
Vernon E Jordan Jr Scholarship For Public Service And Community Leadership
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How to keep it
Maintain 2.75 GPA
Amount not published
Sanger Leadership Award
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Maintain 2.75 GPA
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Straight from the aid office
What DePauw's aid office says
Per the DePauw Financial Aid Office, DePauw University, August 2026. How we verify
- GPA/credit requirements for Room and Board scholarship
What GPA or credit-load requirements must a Lilly Scholar meet for DePauw's Room and Board scholarship to renew?
DePauw has no GPA or credit load requirements for its Room and Board scholarship for Lilly scholars.
“We do not have a GPA or credit loan requirements for DePauw's Room and Board scholarship for Lilly scholars.”
- Continued eligibility condition
What determines whether a Lilly Scholar keeps receiving the DePauw room and board funds?
As long as the student remains eligible for the Lilly Scholarship from ICI, they will continue to receive the room and board funds from DePauw.
“As long as the student is still eligible for the Lilly Scholarship from ICI, they will still receive the room and board funds from DePauw.”
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Who this school may work for
Look here if you excel academically and also have demonstrated talent in music, a commitment to ethics, or a passion for community service.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $83,690 for 2026-2027. Source
Cost and graduation facts
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at DePauw, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
| Family income | Average net price paid |
|---|---|
| $0–$30,000 | $11,820 |
| $30,001–$48,000 | $13,957 |
| $48,001–$75,000 | $12,979 |
| $75,001–$110,000 | $21,774 |
| $110,001+ | $31,225 |
| All income levels (average) | $22,264 |
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
- Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
- $59,070
- Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
- $22,264
That works out to roughly a 70% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $74,320 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
Outcomes for students who enrolled here
- Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
- 75%
- First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
- 89%
- Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
- $27,000 (~$286/mo on a 10-yr plan)
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
- $70,527
- Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
- 17%
- Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
- 28%
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Other DePauw scholarships worth checking
These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.
Amount$1,100EligibilityStudents who complete the music audition will also be considered for an Applied Lessons Fee Waiver of $1,100.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityMusic Performance Awards are merit awards for students who commit to participating in an auditioned large ensemble and demonstrate exceptional talent and potential; amounts vary, awards may be combined with University Merit Awards, and they are limited to tuition expenses only.
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How DePauw compares
- 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
DePauw is one of them. The cohort minority (84 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 claim is checked against DePauw’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
- Cost of attendanceDePauw cost-of-attendance worksheet
- Merit tiersEdward G Rector Scholarship
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Keep exploring DePauw merit aid
- DePauw four-year renewal rules. GPA floors, credit-hour pace, and the renewal cliffs that knock awards out by sophomore year.