What GPA does my student need to keep a Fordham merit scholarship?

Presidential, Fordham, Dean's, and Loyola scholarships require a 3.0 cumulative GPA. The Jogues Scholarship requires a 2.75 GPA. The UPS Foundation Scholarship requires a 2.0 GPA. All merit scholarships also require full-time enrollment, annual FAFSA filing, and compliance with the University Code of Conduct. Falling below the threshold results in nonrenewal.

Fordham· Renewal Rules

Keeping Fordham’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 May 20262 months ago· PT

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 5 of 5
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 5
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Fordham'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.

Presidential Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
Fordham Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
Dean's Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
Loyola Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
Jogues Scholarship: 2.75 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

Presidential Scholarship
Full tuition, mandatory fees, average double room, average meal plan, plus up to $20,000 over four years for academic enrichment
To keep it: Renewable for four years (8 semesters). Requires 3.0 cumulative GPA, full-time enrollment, satisfactory academic progress, annual FAFSA filing, and compliance with University Code of Conduct.
Source: https://www.fordham.edu/student-financial-services/types-of-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships-and-grants/
Fordham Scholarship
Full tuition per year (fees not included)
To keep it: Renewable for four years (8 semesters). Requires 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Source: https://www.fordham.edu/student-financial-services/types-of-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships-and-grants/
Dean's Scholarship
Starts at $25,000 per year, increases based on demonstrated financial need via FAFSA and/or CSS Profile
To keep it: Renewable for four years (8 semesters). Requires 3.0 cumulative GPA, full-time enrollment, annual FAFSA filing.
Source: https://www.fordham.edu/student-financial-services/types-of-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships-and-grants/
Loyola Scholarship
$1,000 to $12,500 per year
To keep it: Renewable for four years. Requires 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Source: https://www.fordham.edu/student-financial-services/types-of-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships-and-grants/
Jogues Scholarship
$1,000 to $10,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for four years. Requires 2.75 cumulative GPA (lower threshold than Loyola).
Source: https://www.fordham.edu/student-financial-services/types-of-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships-and-grants/

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA does my student need to keep a Fordham merit scholarship?: Presidential, Fordham, Dean's, and Loyola scholarships require a 3.0 cumulative GPA. The Jogues Scholarship requires a 2.75 GPA. The UPS Foundation Scholarship requires a 2.0 GPA. All merit scholarships also require full-time enrollment, annual FAFSA filing, and compliance with the University Code of Conduct. Falling below the threshold results in nonrenewal.

Rules that bite at Fordham

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

cliffOne ACT point can move the award by +$2,500/yr ($12,500 - $10,000)
Fordham publishes a tier ladder where crossing Jogues ceiling -> Loyola ceiling changes the marginal value by +$2,500/yr ($12,500 - $10,000). Modest step between the two fallback awards; Loyola also carries a higher 3.0 renewal GPA vs Jogues' 2.75.
renewalPresidential Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable for four years (8 semesters). Requires 3.0 cumulative GPA, full-time enrollment, satisfactory academic progress, annual FAFSA filing, and compliance with University Code of Conduct. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Fordham compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Fordham 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.
63 of 751 verified schools publish a marginal-value cliff table we can quantify.
Fordham is one of them. Most schools won't tell families what one ACT point is actually worth. At the schools that do, a strategic retake is sometimes mathematically more valuable than test-optional positioning.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against Fordham’s own published materials.