What GPA do I need for the top award?

A 3.6 GPA earns the $6,000 Full Tuition Academic Scholarship; 3.5 earns $4,400, 3.20 earns $3,000, and 2.70 earns $2,000 (all partial tuition below the top tier).

Do I have to live on campus?

Yes for most awards — eligibility generally requires residency in on-campus housing and full-time enrollment (12+ credit hours).

Peru State· Renewal Rules

Keeping Peru State’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.

Verified Jun 20268 days ago· COWORK

At a glance

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

Renewal risk profile

Peru State'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.

Academic Scholarships (GPA grid): See notes
Board of Trustees Scholarship: See notes
No Boundaries Scholarship: See notes
Nebraska Career Scholarships: See notes
Cooperating Schools Scholarship: See notes
Renewable Transfer Scholarships (Chancellors / Presidents / Deans / TJ Majors Transfer): See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Scholarships (GPA grid)
$2,000-$6,000
Entry requirements: 2.70 minimum (3.6 for top tier / Full Tuition) GPA · Test-optional; submitting scores encouraged ACT
To keep it: Renewable tuition award (page presents it as a renewable scholarship); specific renewal GPA/credit terms not stated on this page.
Source: https://www.peru.edu/financial-fit/scholarships/
Board of Trustees Scholarship
Full tuition
Entry requirements: Minimum of a 3.6 GPA GPA · Optional (submit if taken) ACT
To keep it: Tuition waiver scholarship; renewal terms not stated on this page.
Source: https://www.peru.edu/financial-fit/scholarships/
No Boundaries Scholarship
Full tuition
Entry requirements: Minimum of a 3.6 GPA GPA · Optional (submit if taken) ACT
To keep it: Tuition waiver scholarship; renewal terms not stated on this page.
Source: https://www.peru.edu/financial-fit/scholarships/
Nebraska Career Scholarships
$8,500
Entry requirements: Minimum GPA 3.0 GPA · Minimum ACT of 18 ACT
To keep it: Renewal terms not stated on this page.
Source: https://www.peru.edu/financial-fit/scholarships/
Cooperating Schools Scholarship
Half on-campus tuition waiver
Entry requirements: GPA of 2.5 or higher GPA · ACT score of 14 or higher ACT
To keep it: Half on-campus tuition waiver renewable for four years.
Source: https://www.peru.edu/financial-fit/scholarships/
Renewable Transfer Scholarships (Chancellors / Presidents / Deans / TJ Majors Transfer)
$1,000-$3,000
Entry requirements: 2.5 (TJ Majors) up to 3.75 (Chancellors), cumulative college GPA GPA
To keep it: Award available for 2 years / 4 semesters; on-campus students only.
Source: https://www.peru.edu/financial-fit/scholarships/

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA do I need for the top award?: A 3.6 GPA earns the $6,000 Full Tuition Academic Scholarship; 3.5 earns $4,400, 3.20 earns $3,000, and 2.70 earns $2,000 (all partial tuition below the top tier).
Do I have to live on campus?: Yes for most awards — eligibility generally requires residency in on-campus housing and full-time enrollment (12+ credit hours).

How Peru State compares across our verified dataset

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