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Morehouse award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Morehouse?

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

Verified Jul 20262 months ago

The short answer

5 of 5 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.

See every award rule, common mistake, and source

At a glance

Renewable tiers
5 of 5
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
5
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Morehouse'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.

  • Institutional Scholarships (Automatic Scholarship Match for newly admitted students): See notes
  • Morehouse College Academic Award (MCAA): 2.75 GPA
  • Morehouse College Athletic Awards: 2.0 GPA
  • Morehouse College Talent Awards: 2.0 GPA
  • Oprah Winfrey Endowed Scholars Program: 3.0 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

  • Institutional Scholarships (Automatic Scholarship Match for newly admitted students)

    Amount not published

    To keep it: Continued eligibility requires meeting donor criteria, maintaining GPA / community service hours / other conditions, and submitting required documents.

    Source: https://morehouse.edu/aid/financial-aid/scholarships

  • Morehouse College Academic Award (MCAA)

    Amount not published

    Entry requirements: 3.4 minimum high school GPA GPA

    To keep it: Freshmen: cumulative 2.75 GPA at end of first year; upperclassmen: cumulative 3.0 GPA at end of each year. Must earn 28-36 institutional credit hours/year, file FAFSA, maintain continuous full-time Fall+Spring enrollment. Renewable a maximum of 8 semesters; cannot be used for summer courses.

    Source: https://morehouse.edu/aid/financial-aid/institutional-awards

  • Morehouse College Athletic Awards

    Amount not published

    Entry requirements: 2.0 cumulative GPA

    To keep it: Maintain 2.0 cumulative GPA; earn 9 credits/semester or 24/year; file FAFSA; remain NCAA-compliant. Renewed annually; cover up to 36 credit hours/year. May be reduced or cancelled for ineligibility, misconduct, voluntarily quitting the sport, or transfer notification.

    Source: https://morehouse.edu/aid/financial-aid/institutional-awards

  • Morehouse College Talent Awards

    Amount not published

    Entry requirements: 2.0 cumulative GPA

    To keep it: Granted on a semester basis (not summer); maintain 2.0 cumulative GPA; participate in all required rehearsals/practices and assigned performances; must reapply each year. Failure to perform required concerts can cancel the award.

    Source: https://morehouse.edu/aid/financial-aid/institutional-awards

  • Oprah Winfrey Endowed Scholars Program

    Amount not published

    Entry requirements: 3.2 minimum high school GPA (or 3.0 Morehouse GPA) GPA · 1200 SAT · 26 ACT

    To keep it: Maintain cumulative 3.0 GPA, complete 15 credit hours each semester, and fulfill annual service/program participation requirements (mentoring, leadership program implementation).

    Source: https://morehouse.edu/academics/programs/oprah-winfrey-scholars/

How families lose this aid

  • Expecting to see merit dollar amounts before applying

    Morehouse withholds institutional scholarship amounts — newly admitted students are matched automatically from the admission application and notified at admission, and current students apply through the AcademicWorks scholarship portal. There is no published GPA-to-dollar grid, so plan around 'amount not published.'

  • Overlooking the Academic Award renewal cliff

    The MCAA requires a 2.75 cumulative GPA at the end of the first year and a 3.0 cumulative GPA every year thereafter, plus 28-36 earned institutional credits per year and continuous full-time enrollment; it is renewable for a maximum of 8 semesters and cannot pay for summer courses.

  • Assuming the Oprah Winfrey Scholars award is merit-only

    It is a need+merit hybrid with a hard need cap — eligibility requires an Expected Family Contribution of $5,000 or less (plus 3.2 HS GPA, SAT 1200/ACT 26, and demonstrated service), and renewal requires a 3.0 GPA, 15 credits/semester, and completing service requirements.

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA do I need for the Academic Award?
A 3.4 minimum high school GPA plus four distinguished activities and a completed FAFSA. To renew, keep a 2.75 cumulative GPA after year one and a 3.0 every year after.
What are the Oprah Winfrey Scholars eligibility requirements?
A 3.2 high school GPA (or 3.0 at Morehouse), SAT 1200 or ACT 26, demonstrated commitment to service, and an Expected Family Contribution of $5,000 or less.

Rules that bite at Morehouse

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

  • Renewal ruleMorehouse College Academic Award (MCAA): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Freshmen: cumulative 2.75 GPA at end of first year; upperclassmen: cumulative 3.0 GPA at end of each year. Must earn 28-36 institutional credit hours/year, file FAFSA, maintain continuous full-time Fall+Spring enrollment. Renewable a maximum of 8 semesters; cannot be used for summer courses. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Morehouse compares across our verified dataset

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Morehouse 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 Morehouse’s own published materials.

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