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Keeping Drexel’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 Jul 20266 days ago· CA-1

At a glance

Renewable tiers
3 of 3
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
3
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Drexel'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.

  • A.J. Drexel Scholarship (ED/EA round): 2.0 GPA
  • A.J. Drexel Scholarship (Regular Decision round): 2.0 GPA
  • Liberty Scholars Program: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

How families lose this aid

  • Modeling Drexel's $35,000 cap as a four-year $140,000 total.

    Drexel merit scholarships do not pay during co-op terms — 'are registered full-time for classes (not... quarters you are on co-op).' Five-year Drexel students with three co-op cycles spend roughly 12-15 months on paid co-op without merit aid hitting tuition. The four-year scholarship math is not straightforward.

Renewal questions families ask

Does my Drexel merit scholarship pay during co-op?
No. Drexel's terms state merit scholarships are renewable 'as long as you are registered full-time for classes (not... quarters you are on co-op).' Co-op terms are paid through your employer, but tuition is generally not charged for the co-op quarter — the scholarship simply does not apply that term.
How do I keep my merit scholarship for four years?
Maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA and full-time enrollment in non-co-op terms. Special scholarships have their own GPA and enrollment requirements communicated at the time of award. Renewal is checked annually; the dollar amount is set at admission and does not increase.

Rules that bite at Drexel

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

  • renewalA.J. Drexel Scholarship (ED/EA round): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Renewable as long as the student is registered full-time and maintains a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Awards do NOT pay during co-op terms. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Drexel compares across our verified dataset

  • 669 of 750 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Drexel is one of them. The cohort minority (81 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 Drexel’s own published materials.

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