Occidental College· Renewal Rules
Keeping Occidental College’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.
At a glance
- Renewable tiers
- 9 of 9
- One-time tiers
- 0
- Tiers with published renewal terms
- 5
- Renewal risk profile
- low
Renewal risk profile
Occidental College'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.
- Presidents Scholarships: See notes
- Community Impact Scholarships: See notes
- Trustee Scholarships: See notes
- Margaret Bundy Scott Scholarships: See notes
- Deans Scholarships: See notes
Renewal terms by tier
Presidents Scholarships
$20,000To keep it: Maintain 2 GPA
Source: https://www.oxy.edu/financial-aid/how-financial-aid-works/grants-scholarships
Community Impact Scholarships
$20,000To keep it: Maintain 2 GPA
Source: https://www.oxy.edu/financial-aid/how-financial-aid-works/grants-scholarships
Trustee Scholarships
$30,000To keep it: Maintain 2 GPA
Source: https://www.oxy.edu/financial-aid/how-financial-aid-works/grants-scholarships
Margaret Bundy Scott Scholarships
Up to $40,000To keep it: Maintain 2 GPA
Source: https://www.oxy.edu/financial-aid/how-financial-aid-works/grants-scholarships
Deans Scholarships
$25,000To keep it: Maintain 2 GPA
Source: https://www.oxy.edu/financial-aid/how-financial-aid-works/grants-scholarships
How Occidental College compares across our verified dataset
- 669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Occidental College 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.
- 133 of 751 verified schools publish a dedicated National Merit Finalist package.
Occidental College 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 Occidental College’s own published materials.