Drew award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Drew?

We pulled the school’s grade, credit, and time limits into one place so you can see what it takes to keep the award.

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The short answer

6 of 6 published awards are listed as renewable.

The exact rule can change by award. Check the award your student may receive before you count on the same amount every year.

What to do

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 6 of 6
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 6
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Drew'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.

Named Academic Scholarships (Francis Asbury, Presidential, Dean's, Drew): Full-time enrollment
Transfer Scholarship: SAP standards
Baldwin Honors Scholarship: See notes
Drew Action Scholars: See notes
Drew Scholarship in the Arts: See notes
BA/MD Combined Degree Program Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Named Academic Scholarships (Francis Asbury, Presidential, Dean's, Drew)
$15,000-$27,000 per year
Entry requirements: Based on previous academic achievement; no public GPA grid published (needs confirmation) GPA
To keep it: Renewable at the initial amount awarded, assuming no major changes in college tuition charges, contingent on satisfactory academic progress and continued full-time enrollment (flat — no escalation).
Source: https://drew.edu/admissions-and-aid/student-financial-services/financial-aid-scholarships/grants-scholarships/
Transfer Scholarship
$15,000-$23,000 per year
Entry requirements: Based on academic achievement; no public grid GPA
To keep it: Renewable for up to two additional years at the initial amount, assuming no major change in tuition charges and contingent on SAP.
Source: https://drew.edu/admissions-and-aid/student-financial-services/financial-aid-scholarships/grants-scholarships/
Baldwin Honors Scholarship
$3,000 per year
Entry requirements: 3.5 to retain GPA
To keep it: Retained by maintaining a GPA of 3.5 or higher and remaining active in the Baldwin Honors curriculum.
Source: https://drew.edu/admissions-and-aid/student-financial-services/financial-aid-scholarships/grants-scholarships/
Drew Action Scholars
$10,000 total ($2,500 per year over four years)
To keep it: Four-year scholarship tied to completing the two-year Action Scholars program.
Source: https://drew.edu/admissions-and-aid/student-financial-services/financial-aid-scholarships/grants-scholarships/
Drew Scholarship in the Arts
$1,500 per year ($6,000 over four years)
To keep it: Must remain in good academic standing, enrolled in 12+ credits/semester, and continue active participation in the arts.
Source: https://drew.edu/admissions-and-aid/student-financial-services/financial-aid-scholarships/grants-scholarships/
BA/MD Combined Degree Program Scholarship
$35,000 per year for three years
To keep it: For the three years at Drew in the seven-year combined-degree program.
Source: https://drew.edu/admissions-and-aid/student-financial-services/financial-aid-scholarships/grants-scholarships/

How families lose this aid

Trying to predict which named scholarship (and amount) you'll get
Drew awards 'one of four major scholarships' ranging $15,000-$27,000 based on 'previous academic achievement,' but publishes NO GPA/test cutoff grid — the actual amount is not predictable from the website and must be confirmed with admissions.
Assuming the Baldwin Honors $3,000 is guaranteed for four years
It is retained only by maintaining a GPA of 3.5 or higher AND remaining active in the Baldwin Honors curriculum — a real GPA cliff on the add-on.
Missing the NJ TAG state-aid deadlines
NJ Tuition Aid Grant deadlines: returning students April 15 (miss it and you lose grant eligibility for BOTH fall and spring), new fall/spring students September 15, new spring-only February 15.
Expecting your scholarship to grow with tuition increases
Named scholarships are 'renewable at the initial amount awarded' — they are flat and do not escalate when tuition rises.

Rules that bite at Drew

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

Renewal ruleNamed Academic Scholarships (Francis Asbury, Presidential, Dean's, Drew): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable at the initial amount awarded, assuming no major changes in college tuition charges, contingent on satisfactory academic progress and continued full-time enrollment (flat — no escalation). A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Drew compares across our verified dataset

69 of 749 verified schools publish a top renewal tier requiring 3.5+ GPA or major-GPA gating.
Drew is one of them. Calibrate year-one academic load against the renewal floor, not just freshman survival.
665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Drew 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 renewal claim is checked against Drew’s own published materials.

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