How much is the core merit scholarship?

Earlham does not publish the amount — the achievement-based Merit Scholarship is determined by the Office of Admissions from your application and 'amounts vary.' It renews for four years with a 2.0 cumulative GPA and full-time enrollment.

Earlham award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Earlham?

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

11 of 11 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

Find the award name in the full research below. Save its grade, credit, and deadline rules with your college plan.

See every award rule, common mistake, and source

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 11 of 11
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 7
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Earlham'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.

Merit Scholarships (core, achievement-based): 2.0 GPA
INspire Earlham Program: See notes
Honors Scholarship: 3.4 GPA
Quaker Fellows Scholarship: See notes
Heartland Region Scholarship: See notes
Community Scholars Program: See notes
Elizabeth Thompson Jewish Studies Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Merit Scholarships (core, achievement-based)
Amount not published
To keep it: Renewable for four years; renewal requires a 2.0 cumulative GPA and full-time enrollment.
Source: https://earlham.edu/cost-affordability/types-of-aid/scholarships/
INspire Earlham Program
Free tuition
To keep it: Must remain eligible for state (21st Century Scholars, Frank O'Bannon) and federal (Pell) aid.
Source: https://earlham.edu/cost-affordability/types-of-aid/scholarships/
Honors Scholarship
$1,000
Entry requirements: 3.4 (renewal) GPA
To keep it: To remain eligible, participate in the first-year Honors seminar (HONR 150) in the fall and maintain a 3.4 GPA.
Source: https://earlham.edu/cost-affordability/types-of-aid/scholarships/honors-scholarship/
Quaker Fellows Scholarship
$2,500
To keep it: Requires re-enrollment each year based on academic standing; sustained active interest in the Religious Society of Friends.
Source: https://earlham.edu/cost-affordability/types-of-aid/scholarships/
Heartland Region Scholarship
$2,000 (=$8,000 over 4 years)
To keep it: $2,000 each year for up to four years.
Source: https://earlham.edu/cost-affordability/types-of-aid/scholarships/
Community Scholars Program
$2,000-$5,000
To keep it: Four-year, service-based program.
Source: https://earlham.edu/cost-affordability/types-of-aid/scholarships/
Elizabeth Thompson Jewish Studies Scholarship
$1,500
To keep it: Renewable up to 4 years.
Source: https://earlham.edu/cost-affordability/types-of-aid/scholarships/

How families lose this aid

Overlooking the Honors Scholarship renewal cliff
The Honors Scholarship ($1,000) renews only if you take the first-year Honors seminar (HONR 150) in the fall AND maintain a 3.4 GPA — a higher bar than the 2.0 GPA used for the core merit scholarship.

Renewal questions families ask

How much is the core merit scholarship?: Earlham does not publish the amount — the achievement-based Merit Scholarship is determined by the Office of Admissions from your application and 'amounts vary.' It renews for four years with a 2.0 cumulative GPA and full-time enrollment.

Rules that bite at Earlham

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

Renewal ruleMerit Scholarships (core, achievement-based): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable for four years; renewal requires a 2.0 cumulative GPA and full-time enrollment. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Earlham compares across our verified dataset

665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Earlham 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 Earlham’s own published materials.

Policy pageEarlham stacking policy
Cost of attendanceEarlham cost-of-attendance worksheet
Merit tiersHonors Scholarship