DRAFT: SEU publishes a fully automatic, test-optional GPA grid for 2026-27 ($6,000-$17,000) with a low 2.0 renewal GPA, plus small stackable add-ons for visiting campus, coming from out of state, and Assemblies of God affiliations.
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The short answer
Is Southeastern (SEU) worth a closer look?
Southeastern (SEU) awards automatic merit on admission. Southeastern (SEU) does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.
Merit tiers51 based on grades or scores
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Published scholarships
These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.
CLT also accepted; Honors and Bright Futures students must still submit test scores
How to keep it
Renewable up to 4 years (up to eight consecutive semesters); renewable by maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA; full-time enrollment required.
Notes
Full 2026-2027 grid copied verbatim in the excerpt. Test-optional: 'Test scores will only be factored in if they help you reach a higher scholarship level.'
Acceptance into the School of Honors (committee review/invitation; GPA, test scores, video/essay requirements); first-year freshmen or transfers with 4+ semesters remaining
How to keep it
Renewable each year a student is in the program and has successfully completed honors course requirements with a minimum B+ grade; must maintain cumulative GPA of at least 3.6.
Notes
Note the separate School of Honors fee of $250 per semester on the tuition page.
Attend an SEU Preview event during senior year of high school (registered attendee, in person, on the registered day); SEU Preview events held after January 1, 2025; traditional undergraduates at the Lakeland main campus
These are the rules we would flag for your family. Each comes from Southeastern (SEU)'s published information.
Renewal ruleAcademic Scholarships for First-Time Freshmen (2026-2027 grid: Chancellor's / President's / Regent's / Southeastern / Founder's): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable up to 4 years (up to eight consecutive semesters); renewable by maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA; full-time enrollment required. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.
Outside awardsNo published displacement order
Southeastern (SEU)'s policy doesn't specify whether outside scholarships hit loans, grants, or only the COA ceiling. Get a written aid-office answer before chasing private awards.
What families often miss
The Bible Quiz Scholarship page states other institutional and tuition grants may be added but 'the total may not exceed the tuition and fees for a given semester' — a hard tuition-and-fees cap.
For AG National Fine Arts Festival scholarships, 'Students can only receive one of the listed awards.'
The grid is GPA-driven, but 'a strong score will benefit your scholarship level' and 'Test scores will only be factored in if they help you reach a higher scholarship level' — submitting a strong SAT/ACT/CLT can only help, never hurt.
The $3,000 Honors Program Scholarship requires maintaining a 3.6 cumulative GPA and a minimum B+ in honors courses — far above the 2.0 renewal bar of the academic grid; and the School of Honors carries a $250/semester fee.
First Generation, Private Christian School, and Dual Enrollment scholarships all carry February 15 deadlines and limited quantities; the endowed-scholarship window is only February 1-March 1.
The $2,000/year Travel Grant requires 'a FAFSA on file by May 1' — no FAFSA, no grant.
SEU's own FAQ: 'There is no Florida Prepaid Plan that covers 100% of tuition and fees'; general student, technology, vehicle, and material fees are not covered, and restricted plans pay only the in-state public per-credit rate.
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Who this school may work for
DRAFT: Every admitted freshman lands somewhere on the automatic grid (even sub-2.93 GPAs get $6,000); high-GPA students (4.25+ weighted) get $17,000 plus possible $3,000 honors money; out-of-state students add $2,000.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $53,552 for not labeled on page (higher of two posted on-campus rate tables, 12-17 credit hours; year ambiguity flagged in Section C). Source
Cost and graduation facts
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Southeastern (SEU), what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
Average annual net price by family income at Southeastern (SEU), academic year 2021-22
Family income
Average net price paid
$0–$30,000
$29,498
$30,001–$48,000
$29,185
$48,001–$75,000
$31,185
$75,001–$110,000
$34,795
$110,001+
$34,482
All income levels (average)
$31,942
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$32,950
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$31,942
That works out to roughly a 35% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $49,329 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
Outcomes for students who enrolled here
Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
43%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
70%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$21,500 (~$228/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$46,744
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
42%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
53%
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If your student brings another scholarship
SEU publishes no general outside-scholarship displacement policy on the scholarships page, but specific caps exist: Bible Quiz Scholarship recipients may add other institutional/tuition grants only up to tuition and fees for a semester, and Fine Arts Festival applicants 'can only receive one of the listed awards.' Treatment of private outside scholarships generally is unstated.
Bible Quiz: 'Recipients may apply for other institutional and tuition grants (the total may not exceed the tuition and fees for a given semester).' Fine Arts: 'Students can only receive one of the listed awards.' No page opened addresses outside/private scholarship displacement for the academic grid awards.
Other Southeastern (SEU) scholarships worth checking
These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.
Amount$2,000 per year (renewable up to 4 years)EligibilityFirst-time freshmen, first in immediate family to attend college; essay; application deadline February 15; awards limited, committee selection; renew at 2.0 GPA
Amount$1,000 per year (renewable up to 4 years)EligibilityFirst-time freshmen with 3.0+ GPA graduating from a private Christian high school; essay; deadline February 15; renewable at 2.5 GPA
Renewal GPA (2.5) is higher than the academic grid's (2.0).
Amount$1,000EligibilityCompleted at least one SEU dual-enrollment class (or Classical Conversations Plus credit); apply by February 15 of senior year; minimum 2.0 GPA; quantities limited
Grid academic scholarships are automatic at admission. For scholarships with applications: 'Unless noted otherwise... the scholarship application deadline for the fall semester is July 1, and the spring semester deadline is December 1.' Several (First Generation, Private Christian School, Dual Enrollment) close February 15; endowed scholarships accept applications February 1-March 1; Travel Grant FAFSA must be on file by May 1; federal-aid priority deadline is April 15.
Is the freshman academic scholarship automatic?
Yes — 'These scholarships are renewable up to 4 years and are automatically applied based on the below criteria,' using weighted high school GPA (tests optional and only counted if they raise the tier).
What GPA keeps the merit scholarship?
A cumulative 2.0: 'Scholarships are renewable by maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA,' for up to eight consecutive semesters with full-time enrollment.
How much does SEU cost?
The tuition page's total estimated cost of attendance (direct + estimated indirect, on-campus, 12-17 credit hours) is $53,552 on the most recent posted table ($52,152 on the other posted table); the tables are not clearly year-labeled.
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How Southeastern (SEU) compares
133 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.
Southeastern (SEU) is in a recognizable cluster (133 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
133 of 749 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.
Southeastern (SEU) is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.
665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Southeastern (SEU) 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 claim is checked against Southeastern (SEU)’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
