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Keeping Eastern Kentucky University’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 Jun 20268 days ago· CC

At a glance

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

Renewal risk profile

Eastern Kentucky University'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.

  • Regent's Award (Eastern Experience): Full-time enrollment
  • President's Award (Eastern Experience): Full-time enrollment
  • One Eastern Award (Eastern Experience): Full-time enrollment
  • Excellence Award (Eastern Experience): Full-time enrollment
  • Promise Award (Eastern Experience): Full-time enrollment
  • Colonel PLUS (Transfer Merit): Full-time enrollment
  • Colonel (Transfer Merit): Full-time enrollment
  • Maroon PLUS (Transfer Merit): Full-time enrollment
  • Maroon (Transfer Merit): Full-time enrollment
  • Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

  • Regent's Award (Eastern Experience)

    $9,000

    Entry requirements: 3.8+ unweighted GPA · 1310+ SAT · 28+ (or 1310+ SAT) ACT

    To keep it: Renews with a 3.2 EKU GPA, 24 earned EKU hours, full-time enrollment. Awarded for 8 continuous semesters.

    Source: https://www.eku.edu/tuition-and-aid/merit-scholarships/

  • President's Award (Eastern Experience)

    $7,000

    Entry requirements: 3.8 – 4.0 unweighted GPA · None required ACT

    To keep it: Renews with a 3.2 EKU GPA, 24 earned EKU hours, full-time enrollment. Awarded for 8 continuous semesters.

    Source: https://www.eku.edu/tuition-and-aid/merit-scholarships/

  • One Eastern Award (Eastern Experience)

    $5,000

    Entry requirements: 3.4 – 3.79 unweighted GPA · None required ACT

    To keep it: Renews with a 3.0 EKU GPA, 24 earned EKU hours, full-time enrollment. Awarded for 8 continuous semesters.

    Source: https://www.eku.edu/tuition-and-aid/merit-scholarships/

  • Excellence Award (Eastern Experience)

    $3,000

    Entry requirements: 3.0 – 3.39 unweighted GPA · None required ACT

    To keep it: Renews with a 3.0 EKU GPA, 24 earned EKU hours, full-time enrollment. Awarded for 8 continuous semesters.

    Source: https://www.eku.edu/tuition-and-aid/merit-scholarships/

  • Promise Award (Eastern Experience)

    $1,000

    Entry requirements: 2.0 – 2.99 unweighted GPA · None required ACT

    To keep it: Renews with a 3.0 EKU GPA, 24 earned EKU hours, full-time enrollment. Awarded for 8 continuous semesters.

    Source: https://www.eku.edu/tuition-and-aid/merit-scholarships/

  • Colonel PLUS (Transfer Merit)

    $4,000

    Entry requirements: 3.75+ college GPA GPA

    To keep it: Transfer scholarships are awarded for 6 continuous semesters; renewal requires maintaining the published EKU GPA and full-time enrollment.

    Source: https://www.eku.edu/scholarship-opportunities/

  • Colonel (Transfer Merit)

    $3,000

    Entry requirements: 3.50-3.74 college GPA GPA

    To keep it: Transfer scholarships are awarded for 6 continuous semesters; renewal requires maintaining the published EKU GPA and full-time enrollment.

    Source: https://www.eku.edu/scholarship-opportunities/

  • Maroon PLUS (Transfer Merit)

    $2,000

    Entry requirements: 3.25-3.49 college GPA GPA

    To keep it: Transfer scholarships are awarded for 6 continuous semesters; renewal requires maintaining the published EKU GPA and full-time enrollment.

    Source: https://www.eku.edu/scholarship-opportunities/

  • Maroon (Transfer Merit)

    $1,000

    Entry requirements: 3.0-3.24 college GPA GPA

    To keep it: Transfer scholarships are awarded for 6 continuous semesters; renewal requires maintaining the published EKU GPA and full-time enrollment.

    Source: https://www.eku.edu/scholarship-opportunities/

  • Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Scholarship

    $1,500

    Entry requirements: Cumulative EKU GPA 3.0 to renew GPA

    To keep it: Must maintain a cumulative EKU GPA of 3.0 and complete at least 12 hours each semester to be eligible for renewal.

    Source: https://www.eku.edu/scholarship-opportunities/

How families lose this aid

  • Assuming a 3.8-4.0 GPA alone gets you the headline $9,000 Regent's Award.

    The Regent's Award ($9,000) requires BOTH a 3.8+ GPA AND a 28+ ACT / 1310+ SAT. A 3.8-4.0 GPA student without that test score receives the President's Award at $7,000.

Renewal questions families ask

Do I have to apply separately for EKU merit scholarships?
No. For in-state, on-campus, first-time freshmen, 'merit scholarships will automatically be applied to your account. No application needed!' You just need to apply for admission and be admitted. The award is set by your unweighted high-school GPA (and optional test score for the Regent's Award).
How does the merit scholarship renew?
Awards renew on full-time enrollment, 24 earned EKU hours, and an EKU GPA of 3.2 (Regent's & President's) or 3.0 (One Eastern, Excellence, Promise). Merit scholarships are awarded for 8 continuous semesters; transfer scholarships for 6.

Rules that bite at Eastern Kentucky University

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

  • renewalRegent's Award (Eastern Experience): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Renews with a 3.2 EKU GPA, 24 earned EKU hours, full-time enrollment. Awarded for 8 continuous semesters. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Eastern Kentucky University compares across our verified dataset

  • 669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Eastern Kentucky University 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 Eastern Kentucky University’s own published materials.

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