PLU award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at PLU?

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

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At a glance

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

Renewal risk profile

PLU'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.

PLU Academic Scholarships: See notes
Presidential Scholarships: See notes
253 PLU Bound Scholarship: See notes
Artistic Achievement Awards: See notes
Housing Grant: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

PLU Academic Scholarships
$8,000-$32,000
Entry requirements: Awarded on the basis of academic merit, primarily high school GPA (no published GPA grid) GPA
To keep it: Renewable for an additional three years of undergraduate study; renewal conditions not stated on the page.
Source: https://www.plu.edu/admission-first-year/financial-aid/scholarships/
Presidential Scholarships
Amount not published
Entry requirements: 3.8 cumulative (weighted) GPA
To keep it: Renewal terms not stated on the page.
Source: https://www.plu.edu/admission-first-year/financial-aid/scholarships/
253 PLU Bound Scholarship
Full tuition
Entry requirements: 3.0 or higher weighted cumulative GPA GPA
To keep it: Renewable for up to an additional three years as long as the student remains College Bound eligible and maintains satisfactory academic progress.
Source: https://www.plu.edu/admission-first-year/financial-aid/scholarships/
Artistic Achievement Awards
$1,000-$7,500
To keep it: Renewable for up to an additional three years of undergraduate study.
Source: https://www.plu.edu/admission-first-year/financial-aid/scholarships/
Housing Grant
$2,500
To keep it: Renewable for every year while living on campus (up to an additional three years).
Source: https://www.plu.edu/admission-first-year/financial-aid/scholarships/

How families lose this aid

Missing the December 1 deadline for Presidential Scholarship consideration.
Presidential Scholarships require applying for admission 'by the December 1 Early Action II deadline' — applying later forfeits PLU's top stackable leadership award even with a 3.8+ GPA.
Losing 253 PLU Bound renewal by dropping College Bound eligibility or satisfactory academic progress.
Renewal requires the student 'remains College Bound eligible and maintains satisfactory academic progress while at PLU.'
Moving off campus and expecting to keep the Housing Grant.
The grant is 'renewable for every year while living on campus' — it ends when the student moves off campus.

How PLU compares across our verified dataset

665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
PLU 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 PLU’s own published materials.

Policy pagePLU stacking policy
Cost of attendancePLU cost-of-attendance worksheet
Merit tiersPLU Academic Scholarships