What does it take to keep a Kenyon merit scholarship?

Renewal is generous: the award renews for up to eight semesters as long as you maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA by the end of your second academic year.

Kenyon award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Kenyon?

We pulled the school’s grade, credit, and time limits into one place so you can see what it takes to keep the award.

Verified Jul 20262 months ago

The short answer

4 of 4 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: 4 of 4
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 4
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Kenyon'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.

Kenyon Merit Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
Writing Scholarship: See notes
Music Scholarship: See notes
Studio Art Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Kenyon Merit Scholarship
$15,000–$35,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for up to eight semesters; recipient must maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA by the end of the second academic year.
Source: https://www.kenyon.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships-grants/
Writing Scholarship
$25,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for all four years.
Source: https://www.kenyon.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships-grants/
Music Scholarship
$25,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for all four years.
Source: https://www.kenyon.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships-grants/
Studio Art Scholarship
$25,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for all four years; recipients are expected to take studio art courses each year.
Source: https://www.kenyon.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships-grants/

How families lose this aid

Treating the STEM Scholarship as extra cash on top of need-based aid.
The STEM Scholarship does not add a flat dollar award; it eliminates the loan and work-study (self-help) portion of an existing need-based package for four years. It improves the composition of your aid, not the headline total.

Renewal questions families ask

What does it take to keep a Kenyon merit scholarship?: Renewal is generous: the award renews for up to eight semesters as long as you maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA by the end of your second academic year.

How Kenyon compares across our verified dataset

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

Policy pageKenyon stacking policy
Cost of attendanceKenyon cost-of-attendance worksheet
Scholarship pageSTEM Scholarship (STEM Scholars Program)