Lipscomb· Renewal Rules
Keeping Lipscomb’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
- 5 of 7
- One-time tiers
- 2
- Tiers with published renewal terms
- 5
- Renewal risk profile
- low
Renewal risk profile
Lipscomb'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.
- Community College Transfer Scholarship: See notes
- Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship: See notes
- Scout Award: See notes
- Transfer Pathways Scholarship: 2.5 GPA
- Christian Education Scholarship: See notes
Renewal terms by tier
Community College Transfer Scholarship
$2,000Entry requirements: 2 GPA
To keep it: Maintain 2 GPA
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship
$3,500To keep it: Maintain 3 GPA
Scout Award
$2,500To keep it: Maintain 3 GPA
Transfer Pathways Scholarship
$14,000+Entry requirements: 2.5 GPA
To keep it: Maintain 2.5 GPA
Christian Education Scholarship
$5,000To keep it: Maintain 2 GPA
Renewal questions families ask
- What is the deadline for Transfer Trustee Scholarship Deadline Fall2026?
- The Fall 2026 Transfer Trustee Scholarship application opens November 1, 2025 and closes March 1, 2026. Students must be admitted prior to applying.
How Lipscomb compares across our verified dataset
- 178 of 203 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Lipscomb is one of them. The cohort minority (25 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 Lipscomb’s own published materials.
More on Lipscomb merit aid
- Lipscomb merit aid overviewFull tier ladder, named scholarships, departmental awards, and how families decide.
- Lipscomb scholarship stackingWhether outside awards land as upside or quietly displace institutional aid.
- Does Lipscomb displace outside scholarships?The dollar math on a $5,000 outside award, plus peer schools that handle it differently.