What GPA makes me competitive for a merit scholarship?

Recipients typically have exhausted their school's curriculum and earned close to an A average (about 3.8 unweighted, recalculated). This is a competitive minimum, not a guarantee — only about 30% of admitted students receive merit.

Providence award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Providence?

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

4 of 6 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

Find the award name in the full research below. Save its grade, credit, and deadline rules with your college plan.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 4 of 6
One-time tiers: 2
Tiers with published renewal terms: 3
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Providence'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 Tuition Scholarship: See notes
Roddy Scholarship: See notes
St. Rose of Lima Transfer Tuition Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Tuition Scholarship
Approximately $25,000 per year (average)
Entry requirements: Close to an A average (~3.8/4.0 unweighted, recalculated) and exhausted curriculum available at school GPA
To keep it: Renewable for four years provided students meet the GPA and academic progress requirements (specific renewal GPA not published — needs_confirmation).
Source: https://financial-aid.providence.edu/types-of-assistance/institutional-merit-based/
Roddy Scholarship
Up to tuition, fees, housing and food costs (near-full-cost)
To keep it: Renewal terms not published; needs_confirmation.
Source: https://financial-aid.providence.edu/types-of-assistance/institutional-merit-based/
St. Rose of Lima Transfer Tuition Scholarship
$23,000 per year
Entry requirements: Minimum 3.5 cumulative college GPA (competitive minimum, not a guarantee) GPA
To keep it: Renewable for each year of uninterrupted study but will not extend past the expected graduation year at enrollment.
Source: https://financial-aid.providence.edu/types-of-assistance/institutional-merit-based/

How families lose this aid

Assuming merit is automatic or guaranteed at a given GPA
Merit is competitive — only ~30% of admitted students receive an Academic Tuition Scholarship, and the ~3.8 GPA / exhausted-curriculum profile is described as a competitive minimum, NOT a guarantee.
Expecting a published renewal GPA
Scholarships are 'renewable for four years provided students meet the GPA and academic progress requirements,' but the specific renewal GPA is not published — confirm with the aid office (needs_confirmation).

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA makes me competitive for a merit scholarship?: Recipients typically have exhausted their school's curriculum and earned close to an A average (about 3.8 unweighted, recalculated). This is a competitive minimum, not a guarantee — only about 30% of admitted students receive merit.

How Providence compares across our verified dataset

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

Policy pageProvidence stacking policy
Merit tiersAcademic Tuition Scholarship
Scholarship pageInstitutional Donor/Endowed Scholarships