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Lafayette award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Lafayette?

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· CB-1

The short answer

3 of 3 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.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers
3 of 3
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
3
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Lafayette'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.

  • Marquis Fellowship: 3.00 GPA
  • Marquis Scholarship: 3.00 GPA
  • Cur Non Scholarship: Full-time enrollment

Renewal terms by tier

How families lose this aid

  • Assuming Cur Non is a single award level.

    Cur Non Scholarships range from $17,500 to $31,500 per year — a $14,000 spread between the floor and ceiling, or $56,000 over four years. Lafayette does not publish a stat-to-dollar table within the range. Plan the family budget around the Cur Non floor until the actual award arrives.

Renewal questions families ask

How much merit aid does Lafayette give?
Lafayette publishes three named merit awards: the Marquis Fellowship (full tuition), the Marquis Scholarship (half tuition), and the Cur Non Scholarship ($17,500-$31,500 per year). All applicants are automatically considered with no separate application required. All three are renewable for up to 8 semesters with a 3.00 cumulative GPA.

Rules that bite at Lafayette

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

  • renewalMarquis Fellowship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Renewable annually for up to 8 semesters of full-time study with cumulative 3.00 GPA A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Lafayette compares across our verified dataset

  • 667 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Lafayette 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 Lafayette’s own published materials.

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