What does the Sullivan Leadership Award cover?

The Sullivan covers full tuition, room, board, and academic fees for four years — effectively a full-ride for the on-campus cost of attendance. Two awards are given per year, and only graduates of Jesuit or Catholic high schools may apply.

Seattle U· Renewal Rules

Keeping Seattle 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.

Verified May 20268 days ago· CC-1

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 2 of 2
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 2
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Seattle 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.

Seattle University Merit Award: See notes
Sullivan Leadership Award: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Seattle University Merit Award
$8,000+ per year (automatic minimum)
To keep it: Renewable for up to four years for first-year students; renewal length is shorter for transfers based on credit count.
Source: https://www.seattleu.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid--scholarships/scholarships--grants/undergraduate/
Sullivan Leadership Award
Full tuition, room, board, and academic fees
To keep it: Four-year award with continued service and leadership expectations.
Source: https://www.seattleu.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid--scholarships/scholarships--grants/undergraduate/

Renewal questions families ask

What does the Sullivan Leadership Award cover?: The Sullivan covers full tuition, room, board, and academic fees for four years — effectively a full-ride for the on-campus cost of attendance. Two awards are given per year, and only graduates of Jesuit or Catholic high schools may apply.

How Seattle U compares across our verified dataset

133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Seattle 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.

Sources used on this page

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