Southern Utah· Renewal Rules

Keeping Southern Utah’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 Jun 2026today· HX-AUTO

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 14 of 14
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 14
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Southern Utah's renewal bar is achievable for steady students but isn't generous. Most awards require a cumulative GPA in the 3.0–3.4 band plus full-time enrollment. Audit the strictest tier on this school's list before assuming the four-year value is locked in.

Resident Fellows Scholarship: 3.3 GPA
Non Resident Centurium Scholarship: See notes
Non Resident Wue Scholarship: See notes
Resident Centurium Scholarship: See notes
Non Resident Founders Scholarship: See notes
Transfer Non Resident Founders Scholarship: 3.3 GPA
Transfer Non Resident Achievement Scholarship: See notes
Snow Transfer Non Resident Achievement Scholarship: See notes
Non Resident Merit Scholarship: See notes
Snow Transfer Resident Fellows Scholarship: 3.5 GPA
Snow Transfer Resident Centurium Scholarship: See notes
Snow Transfer Resident Deans Scholarship: See notes
Snow Transfer Non Resident Wue Scholarship: See notes
Resident Founders Scholarship: 3.3 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

Resident Fellows Scholarship
$2,228
To keep it: Maintain 3.3 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Non Resident Centurium Scholarship
$6,000
To keep it: Maintain 3 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Non Resident Wue Scholarship
$6,000
To keep it: Maintain 2 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Resident Centurium Scholarship
$500
To keep it: Maintain 3 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Non Resident Founders Scholarship
$7,400
To keep it: Maintain 3 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Transfer Non Resident Founders Scholarship
$7,400
To keep it: Maintain 3.3 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Transfer Non Resident Achievement Scholarship
$2,750
To keep it: Maintain 3 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Snow Transfer Non Resident Achievement Scholarship
$2,750
To keep it: Maintain 3 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Non Resident Merit Scholarship
$3,000
To keep it: Maintain 2 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Snow Transfer Resident Fellows Scholarship
$2,500
To keep it: Maintain 3.5 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Snow Transfer Resident Centurium Scholarship
$750
To keep it: Maintain 3 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Snow Transfer Resident Deans Scholarship
$1,250
To keep it: Maintain 3 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Snow Transfer Non Resident Wue Scholarship
$6,000
To keep it: Maintain 2 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html
Resident Founders Scholarship
$1,615
To keep it: Maintain 3.3 GPA
Source: https://www.suu.edu/finaid/scholarshipguidelines.html

Rules that bite at Southern Utah

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

renewalSnow Transfer Resident Fellows Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Maintain 3.5 GPA A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Southern Utah compares across our verified dataset

17 of 291 verified schools publish a top renewal tier requiring 3.5+ GPA or major-GPA gating.
Southern Utah is one of them. Calibrate year-one academic load against the renewal floor, not just freshman survival.
259 of 291 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Southern Utah is one of them. The cohort minority (32 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 Southern Utah’s own published materials.