What are the scholarship deadlines?

The first-year GPA grid is automatic with your admission application (no deadline beyond admission). Premier Scholarship competition: Saturday, January 31, 2026. Charles Sumner Harrison statement: March 15, 2026. McDonough Leadership: program acceptance by January 10, 2026. Choose Ohio First: priority February 1, 2026; secondary March 1, 2026 (applications through March 1 accepted as 'priority' per the page).

How long does my merit scholarship last, and what renews it?

Grid scholarships are 'Automatically renewed for a total of four years'; you must remain enrolled full-time in your first bachelor's degree program. No renewal GPA is stated on the page.

Is there a full-ride path?

The McCoy Premier Scholarship equals full tuition + mandatory fees + standard room + 14 meal plan (competition on January 31, 2026; 4.0 GPA invite; on-campus residency required). Pell-eligible students can also reach tuition-free via the Marietta Promise Award.

Marietta· Renewal Rules

Keeping Marietta’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 Jun 20264 days ago· COWORK

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 7 of 7
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 3
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Marietta'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.

First-Year Scholarships, Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 (1835 Founders / Marietta Distinction / Compass / Riverside / Pioneer): Full-time enrollment
International Scholarships, Fall 2026 and Spring 2027: See notes
Marietta Promise Award: Full-time enrollment

Renewal terms by tier

First-Year Scholarships, Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 (1835 Founders / Marietta Distinction / Compass / Riverside / Pioneer)
$14,000-$26,000
Entry requirements: 1835 Founders: 4.00 ($26,000); Marietta Distinction: 3.60-3.99 ($25,000); Compass: 3.30-3.59 ($23,000); Riverside: 2.95-3.29 ($19,000); Pioneer: 2.94 or lower ($14,000) GPA
To keep it: Automatically renewed for a total of four years (per the grid footnote). Must enroll full-time in first bachelor's degree program.
Source: https://www.marietta.edu/scholarships
International Scholarships, Fall 2026 and Spring 2027
$14,000-$26,000
Entry requirements: International 1835 Founders: 4.0 ($26,000); International Marietta Distinction: 3.60-3.99 ($25,000); International Compass: 3.30-3.59 ($23,000); International Riverside: 2.95-3.29 ($19,000); International Pioneer: 2.94 or lower ($14,000); transfer variants $14,000-$24,000 GPA
To keep it: Automatically renewed for a total of four years
Source: https://www.marietta.edu/scholarships
Marietta Promise Award
Full tuition (covers 100% of remaining tuition and mandatory fees after other aid)
To keep it: Renewable provided you remain enrolled full-time, live on campus, stay in good academic standing, and make satisfactory progress toward your degree.
Source: https://www.marietta.edu/tuition-financial-aid

How families lose this aid

Missing the competition calendar.
Premier Scholars Day is January 31, 2026 (invitation, 4.0 GPA); the Harrison full-tuition statement is due March 15, 2026; McDonough requires program acceptance by January 10, 2026; Choose Ohio First priority is February 1, 2026 (extended to March 1, 2026 'as priority' per the page).
Moving off campus with the Marietta College Grant, Marietta Promise, or a Premier/Harrison scholarship.
The Marietta College Grant is for on-campus residents only ('Students approved to live off campus are not eligible'); Marietta Promise renewal requires living on campus; Premier and Harrison recipients are 'required to live on campus.'

Renewal questions families ask

What are the scholarship deadlines?: The first-year GPA grid is automatic with your admission application (no deadline beyond admission). Premier Scholarship competition: Saturday, January 31, 2026. Charles Sumner Harrison statement: March 15, 2026. McDonough Leadership: program acceptance by January 10, 2026. Choose Ohio First: priority February 1, 2026; secondary March 1, 2026 (applications through March 1 accepted as 'priority' per the page).
How long does my merit scholarship last, and what renews it?: Grid scholarships are 'Automatically renewed for a total of four years'; you must remain enrolled full-time in your first bachelor's degree program. No renewal GPA is stated on the page.
Is there a full-ride path?: The McCoy Premier Scholarship equals full tuition + mandatory fees + standard room + 14 meal plan (competition on January 31, 2026; 4.0 GPA invite; on-campus residency required). Pell-eligible students can also reach tuition-free via the Marietta Promise Award.

Rules that bite at Marietta

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

renewalFirst-Year Scholarships, Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 (1835 Founders / Marietta Distinction / Compass / Riverside / Pioneer): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Automatically renewed for a total of four years (per the grid footnote). Must enroll full-time in first bachelor's degree program. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Marietta compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Marietta 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 Marietta’s own published materials.

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