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Regent Online award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Regent Online?

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

2 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.

See every award rule, common mistake, and source

At a glance

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

Renewal risk profile

Regent Online'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.

  • Virginia Community College Award: See notes
  • North Carolina Community College Award: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

How families lose this aid

  • Missing the KEYS orientation window for SuccessPath.

    The $250 book voucher requires completing KEYS Online Orientation BEFORE courses start, and it's limited to one award in your first semester — there's no second chance later.

  • Dropping below half-time with a community-college award.

    Virginia/North Carolina Community College Award disbursement 'requires a minimum of 1/2-time enrollment (6 or more credit hours per semester),' and renewal requires good academic standing.

Renewal questions families ask

Is there a GPA-based automatic merit grid for online students?
Not on the pages reviewed. Online (College of Arts & Sciences) students are pointed to the Virginia/North Carolina Community College Awards, the ROTC Award, and SuccessPath; the larger merit/honors/Freedom/Homeschool/Private School scholarships are presented under incoming freshmen.

How Regent Online compares across our verified dataset

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Regent Online 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 Regent Online’s own published materials.

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