How much are the merit scholarships?

Five tiers for entering first-year day students: Gateway $15,000/yr (typically 1000 SAT/19 ACT, 2.5–2.9 GPA); Hilltop $16,000 (1070/21, 3.2+); Tower $17,000 (1140/23, 3.25–3.49 recalculated); Founders $18,500 (1180/24, 3.5–3.74); Fellows $20,000 (1300/27, 3.75–4.0). Scholarships cannot be combined or stacked.

What GPA do I need to keep my scholarship?

Gateway and Hilltop renew with a 2.0+ college GPA; Tower, Founders, and Fellows with 2.5+; the Presidential Learning Scholarship with 3.25+.

LaGrange award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at LaGrange?

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

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The short answer

7 of 7 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: 7 of 7
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 7
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

LaGrange'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.

Gateway Scholarship: See notes
Hilltop Scholarship: See notes
Tower Scholarship: See notes
Founders Scholarship: See notes
Fellows Scholarship: See notes
The Presidential Learning Scholarship: See notes
International Presidential Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Gateway Scholarship
$15,000
Entry requirements: Cumulative high school GPA of 2.5–2.9 (typical recipient profile) GPA · 1000 or higher EBRW+Math (typical) SAT · 19 or higher (typical) ACT
To keep it: Renewable with a 2.0 or better college GPA.
Source: https://www.lagrange.edu/ADMISSIONS/cost-and-aid/scholarships.html
Hilltop Scholarship
$16,000
Entry requirements: Cumulative high school GPA of 3.2 or higher (typical) GPA · 1070 or higher EBRW+Math (typical) SAT · 21 or higher (typical) ACT
To keep it: Renewable with 2.0 or better college GPA.
Source: https://www.lagrange.edu/ADMISSIONS/cost-and-aid/scholarships.html
Tower Scholarship
$17,000
Entry requirements: Recalculated high school GPA of 3.25–3.49 (typical; LaGrange recalculates GPA from college-prep subjects, grades 9-12) GPA · 1140 or higher EBRW+Math (typical) SAT · 23 or higher (typical) ACT
To keep it: Renewable with 2.5 or better college GPA.
Source: https://www.lagrange.edu/ADMISSIONS/cost-and-aid/scholarships.html
Founders Scholarship
$18,500
Entry requirements: Recalculated high school GPA of 3.5–3.74 (typical) GPA · 1180 or higher EBRW+Math (typical) SAT · 24 or higher (typical) ACT
To keep it: Renewable with 2.5 or better college GPA.
Source: https://www.lagrange.edu/ADMISSIONS/cost-and-aid/scholarships.html
Fellows Scholarship
$20,000
Entry requirements: Recalculated high school GPA of 3.75–4.0 (typical) GPA · 1300 or higher EBRW+Math (typical) SAT · 27 or higher (typical) ACT
To keep it: Renewable with a 2.5 or better college GPA.
Source: https://www.lagrange.edu/ADMISSIONS/cost-and-aid/scholarships.html
The Presidential Learning Scholarship
Full tuition
Entry requirements: Must qualify for a Founders or Fellows Scholarship to be invited to compete GPA
To keep it: Renewable with a 3.25 or better college GPA. Supersedes all other LaGrange College scholarships and aid.
Source: https://www.lagrange.edu/ADMISSIONS/cost-and-aid/scholarships.html
International Presidential Scholarship
Full tuition, room and board
Entry requirements: Academic GPA equivalent to a 3.64 on a US 4.0 grading scale GPA
To keep it: Renewal terms not stated on the page.
Source: https://www.lagrange.edu/ADMISSIONS/cost-and-aid/scholarships.html

How families lose this aid

Predicting your tier from your school-reported weighted GPA.
For the upper tiers LaGrange recalculates GPA 'based on college prep subjects earned in grades 9 through 12' — electives and weighting are excluded, which can drop students below the 3.5/3.7/3.9 profile lines.
Missing the renewal-GPA differences between tiers.
Gateway and Hilltop renew at a 2.0 college GPA, but Tower, Founders, and Fellows require 2.5, and the Presidential scholarships require 3.25 — the bigger the award, the higher the cliff.
Treating the published GPA/test numbers as guaranteed automatic cutoffs.
Each tier describes what recipients 'typically' have — the page does not promise the award automatically at those stats, and students admitted with academic conditions are excluded entirely.

Renewal questions families ask

How much are the merit scholarships?: Five tiers for entering first-year day students: Gateway $15,000/yr (typically 1000 SAT/19 ACT, 2.5–2.9 GPA); Hilltop $16,000 (1070/21, 3.2+); Tower $17,000 (1140/23, 3.25–3.49 recalculated); Founders $18,500 (1180/24, 3.5–3.74); Fellows $20,000 (1300/27, 3.75–4.0). Scholarships cannot be combined or stacked.
What GPA do I need to keep my scholarship?: Gateway and Hilltop renew with a 2.0+ college GPA; Tower, Founders, and Fellows with 2.5+; the Presidential Learning Scholarship with 3.25+.

How LaGrange compares across our verified dataset

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

Policy pageLaGrange stacking policy
Cost of attendanceLaGrange cost-of-attendance worksheet
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