Is the academic scholarship automatic?

Yes. Drury's academic scholarship is 'an auto-renewable award based on a combination of GPA and pathway score (test or essay)' and 'No additional paperwork is necessary.' For 2026-2027 it ranges from $18,000 to $24,000, with IB diploma candidates getting the top $24,000 tier.

How is my scholarship renewed?

It auto-renews if you maintain satisfactory academic progress and carry a full load each semester (minimum 12 hours), for up to 4 years (5 for architecture & accounting majors) or until you finish your bachelor's degree. The FAQ adds that Day School scholarships renew at the same amount each year as long as you stay in good academic standing (not on probation or suspension).

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Keeping Drury’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.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 10 of 10
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 10
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Drury's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

Academic Scholarship (auto-renewable merit award): See notes
IB Diploma Scholarship (top academic tier): See notes
Transfer Presidential Scholarship: See notes
Transfer Provost Scholarship: See notes
Transfer Deans Scholarship: See notes
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship (transfer): See notes
Drury Springfield Promise (DSP) Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
Legacy Scholarship: See notes
Dual Credit Scholarship: See notes
Meador Center Study Abroad Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Scholarship (auto-renewable merit award)
$18,000 to $24,000 per year
Entry requirements: Awarded on a combination of GPA and pathway score (test or essay); specific GPA cutoffs for each dollar tier are not published on the page GPA · Optional 'pathway score' (test or essay); no minimum SAT published for the freshman award SAT · Optional 'pathway score' (test or essay); no minimum ACT published for the freshman award ACT
To keep it: Auto-renewable. Renews if the student maintains satisfactory academic progress as defined by the U.S. Federal Government each year and has carried a full load each semester (minimum of 12 hours), for a maximum of 4 years (or 5 years for architecture & accounting majors) or upon completion of the bachelor's degree, whichever is first. The FAQ adds that Day School scholarships are automatically renewed at the same amount each year as long as the student maintains good academic standing.
Source: https://www.drury.edu/financial-aid/scholarship-information/
IB Diploma Scholarship (top academic tier)
$24,000 per year
To keep it: Auto-renewable on the same satisfactory-academic-progress / full-load terms as the academic scholarship.
Source: https://www.drury.edu/financial-aid/scholarship-information/
Transfer Presidential Scholarship
$22,000/ year
Entry requirements: Transfer GPA 3.6+ GPA
To keep it: Auto-renewable on the standard satisfactory-academic-progress / full-load (12+ hours) terms.
Source: https://www.drury.edu/financial-aid/scholarship-information/
Transfer Provost Scholarship
$20,000/ year
Entry requirements: Transfer GPA 3.3-3.59 GPA
To keep it: Auto-renewable on the standard satisfactory-academic-progress / full-load (12+ hours) terms.
Source: https://www.drury.edu/financial-aid/scholarship-information/
Transfer Deans Scholarship
$17,000/ year
Entry requirements: Transfer GPA 3.0-3.29 GPA
To keep it: Auto-renewable on the standard satisfactory-academic-progress / full-load (12+ hours) terms.
Source: https://www.drury.edu/financial-aid/scholarship-information/
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship (transfer)
$1,000
Entry requirements: Minimum 3.5 GPA GPA
To keep it: Renewal terms not stated on the page.
Source: https://www.drury.edu/financial-aid/scholarship-information/
Drury Springfield Promise (DSP) Scholarship
$2,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable if the student maintains Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) and remains enrolled full-time (12+ credit hours each semester).
Source: https://www.drury.edu/springfieldpromise/
Legacy Scholarship
$1000
To keep it: Renewal terms not stated.
Source: https://www.drury.edu/financial-aid/scholarship-information/
Dual Credit Scholarship
$1,000
To keep it: Renewal terms not stated.
Source: https://www.drury.edu/financial-aid/scholarship-information/
Meador Center Study Abroad Scholarship
$1,000-$2,000
To keep it: Renewal terms not stated.
Source: https://www.drury.edu/financial-aid/scholarship-information/

How families lose this aid

Assuming you have to apply for the academic scholarship.
The $18,000-$24,000 academic scholarship is automatic and auto-renewable — 'No additional paperwork is necessary.' Your admission counselor tells you the amount after you are admitted; you don't fill out a scholarship form for it.
Missing the January 15 deadlines on the stackable awards.
Several stackable awards (Music/Marching Band/Theatre/Color Guard auditions, Meador Local Community Engagement, Meador Pre-Law, Meador Study Abroad) carry a January 15 deadline. Miss it and you lose the add-on even though your base academic scholarship is automatic.

Renewal questions families ask

Is the academic scholarship automatic?: Yes. Drury's academic scholarship is 'an auto-renewable award based on a combination of GPA and pathway score (test or essay)' and 'No additional paperwork is necessary.' For 2026-2027 it ranges from $18,000 to $24,000, with IB diploma candidates getting the top $24,000 tier.
How is my scholarship renewed?: It auto-renews if you maintain satisfactory academic progress and carry a full load each semester (minimum 12 hours), for up to 4 years (5 for architecture & accounting majors) or until you finish your bachelor's degree. The FAQ adds that Day School scholarships renew at the same amount each year as long as you stay in good academic standing (not on probation or suspension).

Rules that bite at Drury

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

renewalDrury Springfield Promise (DSP) Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable if the student maintains Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) and remains enrolled full-time (12+ credit hours each semester). A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Drury compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Drury is one of them. The cohort minority (82 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 Drury’s own published materials.