How much merit aid do freshmen get?

Newberry does not publish a freshman merit grid on its website. Merit amounts appear in each admitted student's financial aid estimate. Contact the Office of Financial Aid (finaid@newberry.edu) for your specific figure and the renewal requirements.

What does Newberry cost for 2026-2027?

Published direct costs: tuition $29,400, Academic Commons Fee $4,300 (includes $300/semester for books), technology fee $200, basic double room $7,300, basic board $7,000 — a published subtotal of $48,200, excluding course/program/athletic fees and indirect costs.

What merit aid do transfer students get?

Transfer scholarships range from $9,000 to $15,000 per year based on cumulative credit and GPA, with a 2.0 cumulative transfer GPA to qualify and a 2.0 GPA to renew.

Newberry· Renewal Rules

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

Renewal risk profile

Newberry'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.

Transfer Merit-Based Institutional Scholarships: 2.0 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

Transfer Merit-Based Institutional Scholarships
$9,000-$15,000
Entry requirements: 2.0 cumulative transfer GPA minimum; amount based upon cumulative credit and GPA GPA
To keep it: 2.0 GPA required to renew scholarship.
Source: https://www.newberry.edu/admission/transfer-students

How families lose this aid

Expecting to find a published freshman merit scholarship grid.
Newberry's Tuition and Financial Aid page contains the aid process, costs, and refund policies but NO first-year merit table, named scholarships, or GPA/test cutoffs (retrieved 2026-06-07). Families cannot price-compare in advance — the merit number arrives in the individualized aid estimate, so ask admissions for your specific merit award and its renewal conditions in writing.
Transfers assuming any GPA keeps the scholarship.
The transfer scholarship requires a 2.0 cumulative GPA to receive AND a '2.0 GPA required to renew scholarship' — falling below it forfeits $9,000-$15,000 per year.

Renewal questions families ask

How much merit aid do freshmen get?: Newberry does not publish a freshman merit grid on its website. Merit amounts appear in each admitted student's financial aid estimate. Contact the Office of Financial Aid (finaid@newberry.edu) for your specific figure and the renewal requirements.
What does Newberry cost for 2026-2027?: Published direct costs: tuition $29,400, Academic Commons Fee $4,300 (includes $300/semester for books), technology fee $200, basic double room $7,300, basic board $7,000 — a published subtotal of $48,200, excluding course/program/athletic fees and indirect costs.
What merit aid do transfer students get?: Transfer scholarships range from $9,000 to $15,000 per year based on cumulative credit and GPA, with a 2.0 cumulative transfer GPA to qualify and a 2.0 GPA to renew.

How Newberry compares across our verified dataset

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

tierTransfer Merit-Based Institutional Scholarships