How much is each SLU merit tier per year?

SLU lists the amounts per semester. At the top end, that's up to $19,500 (Vice Presidents'), $17,500 (University), $16,500 (Ignatian), and $15,500 (Billiken). Doubled to a full academic year, those tiers run up to roughly $39,000, $35,000, $33,000, and $31,000 respectively. All renew for 10 semesters at a 2.0 GPA.

How easy is it to keep SLU's merit money for four years?

The four automatic tiers renew for 10 consecutive fall/spring semesters as long as the student maintains at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. That's one of the lowest renewal floors at any generous-merit private — most peer Jesuit schools require 2.8 to 3.0.

Saint Louis U· Renewal Rules

Keeping Saint Louis U’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.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 7 of 7
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 5
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Saint Louis U'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.

Vice Presidents' Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
University Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
Ignatian Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
Billiken Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
Presidential Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Vice Presidents' Scholarship
Up to $19,500 per semester (up to ~$39,000 per year, up to $195,000 over 10 semesters)
To keep it: Renewable for 10 consecutive full-time fall and spring semesters as long as the recipient maintains a 2.0 GPA.
Source: https://www.slu.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships.php
University Scholarship
Up to $17,500 per semester (up to ~$35,000 per year)
To keep it: Renewable for 10 semesters at a 2.0 GPA.
Source: https://www.slu.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships.php
Ignatian Scholarship
Up to $16,500 per semester (up to ~$33,000 per year)
To keep it: Renewable for 10 semesters at a 2.0 GPA.
Source: https://www.slu.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships.php
Billiken Scholarship
Up to $15,500 per semester (up to ~$31,000 per year)
To keep it: Renewable for 10 semesters at a 2.0 GPA.
Source: https://www.slu.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships.php
Presidential Scholarship
Full tuition for 10 consecutive fall/spring semesters
Entry requirements: 3.85+ high school GPA GPA
To keep it: Renewable for 10 semesters subject to program requirements.
Source: https://www.slu.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships.php

How families lose this aid

Reading the SLU scholarship table as per-year amounts when they're listed per semester.
The Vice Presidents' tier is 'Up to $19,500 per semester (up to 10 semesters)' — that's up to ~$39,000 per year, not $19,500 per year. Families who model SLU at the per-semester number understate their merit value by half.
Missing the December 1 priority deadline.
SLU's automatic merit tiers — and the competitive Presidential Scholarship — are tied to a December 1 priority deadline. Applications submitted later may still be reviewed but lose access to the top tiers or to the Presidential interview pool.

Renewal questions families ask

How much is each SLU merit tier per year?: SLU lists the amounts per semester. At the top end, that's up to $19,500 (Vice Presidents'), $17,500 (University), $16,500 (Ignatian), and $15,500 (Billiken). Doubled to a full academic year, those tiers run up to roughly $39,000, $35,000, $33,000, and $31,000 respectively. All renew for 10 semesters at a 2.0 GPA.
How easy is it to keep SLU's merit money for four years?: The four automatic tiers renew for 10 consecutive fall/spring semesters as long as the student maintains at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. That's one of the lowest renewal floors at any generous-merit private — most peer Jesuit schools require 2.8 to 3.0.

Rules that bite at Saint Louis U

The renewal trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook, derived from Saint Louis U's own tier rules and not generic advice.

renewalVice Presidents' Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable for 10 consecutive full-time fall and spring semesters as long as the recipient maintains a 2.0 GPA. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Saint Louis U compares across our verified dataset

133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Saint Louis U is one of them. The cohort minority (17 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
50 of 150 verified schools publish a dedicated National Merit Finalist package.
Saint Louis U is one of them. NMF packages typically carry their own stacking and renewal carve-outs separate from the standard automatic merit ladder; confirm those before assuming the headline NMF value is final.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against Saint Louis U’s own published materials.