Lafayette· Renewal Rules
Keeping Lafayette’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.
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
Marquis Fellowship
Full tuitionEntry requirements: 3.00 minimum for renewal GPA
To keep it: Renewable annually for up to 8 semesters of full-time study with cumulative 3.00 GPA
Source: https://admissions.lafayette.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/lafayette-scholarships/
Marquis Scholarship
Half tuitionEntry requirements: 3.00 minimum for renewal GPA
To keep it: Renewable annually for up to 8 semesters of full-time study with cumulative 3.00 GPA
Source: https://admissions.lafayette.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/lafayette-scholarships/
Cur Non Scholarship
$17,500 - $31,500 per yearTo keep it: Renewable annually for up to 8 semesters of full-time study; specific GPA contract not published — confirm renewal terms in writing.
Source: https://admissions.lafayette.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/lafayette-scholarships/
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
- 133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Lafayette is one of them. The cohort minority (17 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.
More on Lafayette merit aid
- Lafayette merit aid overviewFull tier ladder, named scholarships, departmental awards, and how families decide.
- Lafayette scholarship stackingWhether outside awards land as upside or quietly displace institutional aid.
- Does Lafayette displace outside scholarships?The dollar math on a $5,000 outside award, plus peer schools that handle it differently.