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Keeping Huston-Tillotson’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 20264 days ago· COWORK

At a glance

Renewable tiers
2 of 2
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
1
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Huston-Tillotson'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.

  • W.E.B. DuBois Honors Program scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

  • W.E.B. DuBois Honors Program scholarship

    Amount not published

    Entry requirements: 3.5 unweighted (high school) GPA · 1080 (new SAT, Math + Evidence-Based Reading and Writing); 1000 (old SAT, Math + Critical Reading) SAT · 22 ACT

    To keep it: Students who have been accepted as members of the W.E.B. Du Bois Honors Program must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3 to remain in the program. Also, they must take a minimum of 15 credit hours each semester. In addition, Du Bois Scholars may not earn a grade or 'D' or 'F' in any course and remain in the program.

    Source: https://htu.edu/academics/special-programs/dubois-honors-program/

How families lose this aid

  • Expecting an automatic stats-based merit award.

    HT publishes no GPA/test award grid. Scholarships are applied for through the AwardSpring portal, and the school explicitly warns: 'Submitting an application does not guarantee you will receive a scholarship.'

  • Missing the W.E.B. DuBois Honors Program deadlines.

    Priority selection is February 13, 2026 and program selection February 27, 2026; late applicants (March 3 – August 1, 2026) are considered only 'should a spot become available.' The honors scholarship is renewable for four years, so missing the window has a four-year cost.

  • Underestimating the honors renewal cliff.

    Du Bois Scholars must keep a 3.3 cumulative GPA, take at least 15 credit hours every semester, and may not earn ANY grade of 'D' or 'F' in any course — a single D removes a student from the program.

Renewal questions families ask

Is there a separate honors scholarship?
Yes — W.E.B. DuBois Honors Program members receive 'a renewable scholarship for four academic years' (amount not published). Entry requires a 3.5 unweighted HS GPA and 1080 SAT or 22 ACT, plus recommendations, a writing sample, and a telephone interview.

How Huston-Tillotson compares across our verified dataset

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

    Huston-Tillotson 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 Huston-Tillotson’s own published materials.

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