What GPA do I need to keep my Eckerd scholarship?

Eckerd College merit awards and grants are renewable for up to four years as long as you maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA (and meet the 67% completion ratio for federal aid).

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Keeping Eckerd’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 2026today· COWORK

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 5 of 6
One-time tiers: 1
Tiers with published renewal terms: 4
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Eckerd'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.

Academic Achievement Scholarship (First-Year): 2.0 GPA
Transfer Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
Sunshine City Scholarship: See notes
Artistic Achievement Award: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Achievement Scholarship (First-Year)
$18,000-$27,000 per year
Entry requirements: Based on internally calculated high-school GPA GPA
To keep it: Renewable for up to four years; students must maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA (and 67% completion ratio for federal SAP).
Source: https://www.eckerd.edu/admissions/financial-aid/types/
Transfer Scholarship
$11,000-$18,000 per year (GPA grid)
Entry requirements: 3.5-4.0 = $18,000; 3.0-3.49 = $16,000; 2.75-2.99 = $11,000 (cumulative GPA of all previous college work) GPA
To keep it: Available for up to four years; 2.0 cumulative GPA to renew (Eckerd merit awards renew at 2.0).
Source: https://www.eckerd.edu/admissions/financial-aid/types/
Sunshine City Scholarship
Tuition + mandatory fees + standard double housing + meal charges (in combination with institutional, federal and state aid), up to four years
To keep it: Up to four years.
Source: https://www.eckerd.edu/admissions/financial-aid/types/
Artistic Achievement Award
$1,000 per year
To keep it: To receive in subsequent years, recipients must meet with faculty in their discipline for specific renewal criteria.
Source: https://www.eckerd.edu/admissions/financial-aid/types/

How families lose this aid

Letting your GPA dip below 2.0
Eckerd College merit awards and grants are 'Renewable for up to four years. Students must maintain a 2.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average,' and falling below 2.0 also makes you ineligible for institutional and state aid.

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA do I need to keep my Eckerd scholarship?: Eckerd College merit awards and grants are renewable for up to four years as long as you maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA (and meet the 67% completion ratio for federal aid).

How Eckerd compares across our verified dataset

247 of 272 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Eckerd is one of them. The cohort minority (25 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 Eckerd’s own published materials.