Can I keep the merit scholarship while studying abroad?

Generally yes for affiliated programs like the John Felice Rome Center. For non-affiliated study abroad, Loyola says students 'forfeit scholarship eligibility for the term(s) away.' Check directly with the Financial Aid Office before committing to a non-Loyola program — that semester may cost you a full term of merit aid.

Loyola Chicago· Renewal Rules

Keeping Loyola Chicago’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.

Verified May 20268 days ago· CA-1

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 1 of 1
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 1
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Loyola Chicago'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.

Presidential / Damen / Loyola / Trustee / Dean / Regent's Scholarships: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Presidential / Damen / Loyola / Trustee / Dean / Regent's Scholarships
$14,000–$31,000 per year (Fall 2025 entering class, last verified range); awarded by tier with the tier name announced on the admission letter.
To keep it: Tuition-restricted awards renewable as outlined in the admission letter. Standard renewal contingent on maintaining required GPA each year.
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260201223529/https://www.luc.edu/finaid/scholarships/undergraduate/

Renewal questions families ask

Can I keep the merit scholarship while studying abroad?: Generally yes for affiliated programs like the John Felice Rome Center. For non-affiliated study abroad, Loyola says students 'forfeit scholarship eligibility for the term(s) away.' Check directly with the Financial Aid Office before committing to a non-Loyola program — that semester may cost you a full term of merit aid.

How Loyola Chicago compares across our verified dataset

133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Loyola Chicago 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 Loyola Chicago’s own published materials.