What GPA do I need to keep my scholarship?

Most merit programs require full-time enrollment and a minimum 3.0 GPA (3.2 for Honors College students) plus Satisfactory Academic Progress. The Dean's Scholarship also requires completing the FAFSA.

How much is tuition at NJIT?

For 2025-2026, total tuition and fees are $21,162 for New Jersey residents and $39,912 for non-New Jersey residents (full-time, two semesters).

NJIT· Renewal Rules

Keeping NJIT’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.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 6 of 6
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 6
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

NJIT'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.

Faculty Scholarships: 3.0 GPA
Dean's Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
National Merit Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
Honors Merit Awards: 3.2 GPA
Honors Residential Scholarship: See notes
Architecture Design Competition Scholarships: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Faculty Scholarships
Up to tuition (minus other tuition-based award)
To keep it: Four-year scholarship (three-year for accelerated students; five-year for Architecture students). Renewal requires continuous full-time enrollment, minimum 3.0 GPA (3.2 for Honors students), and Satisfactory Academic Progress. May be reduced when scholarships plus other awards exceed charges on the student bill.
Source: https://www.njit.edu/financialaid/merit-based-scholarships
Dean's Scholarship
Amount not published (a prescribed amount of tuition and fees)
To keep it: Four-year scholarship. Renewal requires continuous full-time enrollment, minimum 3.0 GPA, SAP, adherence to the University Code on Academic Integrity, and completion of the FAFSA. If criteria are not met, only one chance to appeal.
Source: https://www.njit.edu/financialaid/merit-based-scholarships
National Merit Scholarship
Tuition & fees (minus other tuition-based awards)
To keep it: Four-year scholarship. To maintain eligibility, must be enrolled full time and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Source: https://www.njit.edu/financialaid/merit-based-scholarships
Honors Merit Awards
Up to tuition & fees
To keep it: Subject to the general renewal terms (full-time, 3.2 GPA for Honors students, SAP).
Source: https://www.njit.edu/financialaid/merit-based-scholarships
Honors Residential Scholarship
$500-Full housing & food
To keep it: Subject to general Honors renewal terms.
Source: https://www.njit.edu/financialaid/merit-based-scholarships
Architecture Design Competition Scholarships
Half tuition-Full tuition
To keep it: Five-year scholarship for freshmen.
Source: https://www.njit.edu/financialaid/merit-based-scholarships

How families lose this aid

Letting your GPA slip below the renewal threshold.
Most merit programs require full-time enrollment and a minimum 3.0 GPA — and 3.2 for Honors students — plus Satisfactory Academic Progress; the Dean's Scholarship also requires the FAFSA and academic integrity, with only one appeal if you fall short.
Missing the May 1 deposit deadline to lock in your scholarship.
Freshmen offered scholarships must acknowledge acceptance by submitting their tuition deposit by May 1; the renewable award letter follows in June.

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA do I need to keep my scholarship?: Most merit programs require full-time enrollment and a minimum 3.0 GPA (3.2 for Honors College students) plus Satisfactory Academic Progress. The Dean's Scholarship also requires completing the FAFSA.
How much is tuition at NJIT?: For 2025-2026, total tuition and fees are $21,162 for New Jersey residents and $39,912 for non-New Jersey residents (full-time, two semesters).

Rules that bite at NJIT

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

renewalFaculty Scholarships: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Four-year scholarship (three-year for accelerated students; five-year for Architecture students). Renewal requires continuous full-time enrollment, minimum 3.0 GPA (3.2 for Honors students), and Satisfactory Academic Progress. May be reduced when scholarships plus other awards exceed charges on the student bill. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How NJIT compares across our verified dataset

669 of 750 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
NJIT is one of them. The cohort minority (81 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
133 of 750 verified schools publish a dedicated National Merit Finalist package.
NJIT is one of them. NMF packages typically carry their own stacking and renewal carve-outs separate from the standard automatic merit ladder; confirm those before assuming the headline NMF value is final.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against NJIT’s own published materials.

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coaNJIT cost-of-attendance worksheet