Providence· Renewal Rules
Keeping Providence’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
- 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 yearEntry 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
- 669 of 750 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Providence is one of them. The cohort minority (81 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.
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