How much is the Mitchell merit scholarship?

Amounts are not published. Awards are determined holistically from the high school transcript (core courses, GPA, course selection) or prior college performance for transfers. Contact admissions@mitchell.edu.

What does Mitchell Promise 2.0 actually cover?

A locked total of $30,000/year for four years: tuition and mandatory fees ($20,000) plus on-campus housing and meals ($10,000). The standard 2026-27 direct cost is $39,970 tuition + $3,130 fees + $16,890 housing & food (~$59,990), so the program saves 'more than $120,000' over four years per the page.

Mitchell· Renewal Rules

Keeping Mitchell’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: 3 of 3
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 3
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Mitchell'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.

Mitchell Merit Scholarships: SAP standards
Mitchell Promise 2.0: Full-time enrollment
Mitchell New Haven Promise Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Mitchell Merit Scholarships
Amount not published
To keep it: The College establishes the renewal criteria; per the SAP policy, students must meet Satisfactory Academic Progress to keep receiving 'Mitchell College Need and Merit Aid.'
Source: https://mitchell.edu/cost-and-aid/
Mitchell Promise 2.0
Locked $30,000/yr total cost (vs. ~$59,990 sticker) — not a cash award
Entry requirements: Minimum high school GPA of 3.0 GPA
To keep it: Maintain full-time, continuous enrollment; earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; remain in good judicial and academic standing; actively participate in the Mitchell College community. Price locked for 4 years.
Source: https://mitchell.edu/mitchell-promise/
Mitchell New Haven Promise Scholarship
$19,000 (from Mitchell) + up to $5,000/yr (from New Haven Promise)
To keep it: Four-year program; students must live on campus and actively participate in Mitchell's community outreach throughout their college experience.
Source: https://mitchell.edu/2025/05/01/mitchell-partners-with-new-haven-promise-to-launch-scholarship/

How families lose this aid

Expecting a published merit grid or guaranteed award amount.
Mitchell's merit scholarships are holistic — 'awarded based on a review of high school transcripts concentrating on core courses and GPA, as well as course selection' — with no published amounts or cutoffs. You won't know your merit award until you're admitted.
Missing the Promise 2.0 income and residency gates.
Eligibility requires Connecticut residency AND household income of $150,000 or less AND a 3.0 HS GPA AND a completed FAFSA, as a full-time, first-time bachelor's student. Out-of-state or higher-income families are not eligible.
Letting your GPA slip below 2.5 in the Promise program.
Maintaining eligibility requires a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA, full-time continuous enrollment, good judicial/academic standing, and active community participation — losing it means losing the locked $30,000 rate.
Failing SAP and assuming only loans are at risk.
The SAP policy applies to federal aid 'as well as Mitchell College Need and Merit Aid' — your merit scholarship is suspended along with federal aid after a failed warning semester.

Renewal questions families ask

How much is the Mitchell merit scholarship?: Amounts are not published. Awards are determined holistically from the high school transcript (core courses, GPA, course selection) or prior college performance for transfers. Contact admissions@mitchell.edu.
What does Mitchell Promise 2.0 actually cover?: A locked total of $30,000/year for four years: tuition and mandatory fees ($20,000) plus on-campus housing and meals ($10,000). The standard 2026-27 direct cost is $39,970 tuition + $3,130 fees + $16,890 housing & food (~$59,990), so the program saves 'more than $120,000' over four years per the page.

Rules that bite at Mitchell

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

renewalMitchell Promise 2.0: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Maintain full-time, continuous enrollment; earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; remain in good judicial and academic standing; actively participate in the Mitchell College community. Price locked for 4 years. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Mitchell compares across our verified dataset

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