Does the merit scholarship renew, and what GPA do I need?

The awards are described as multi-year (e.g., 'for up to four years'), but Spring Hill's scholarships page does not publish a renewal GPA for the standard academic merit scholarship. The DeWine award explicitly renews at a 2.5 college GPA. Confirm the standard-merit renewal GPA with the financial aid office.

Spring Hill College· Renewal Rules

Keeping Spring Hill College’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: 9 of 9
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 9
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Spring Hill College'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.

Academic Merit Scholarship (automatic): See notes
Magis Scholar Award (Jesuit high school graduates): Full-time enrollment
Legacy Award: See notes
Opportunity Grant: See notes
Visit Grant: See notes
Transfer Academic Scholarship (tuition-only): See notes
DeWine Family Scholarship: 2.5 GPA
Foley Center Service Scholarship: See notes
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship (transfer): See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Merit Scholarship (automatic)
$4,000-$11,500 per year
Entry requirements: Based on the student's high school record; no published numeric GPA/test cutoff grid GPA
To keep it: Described as merit scholarships students are awarded on admission; specific renewal GPA is not stated on the scholarships page (a third-party secondary source cites a renewal GPA, but it is NOT confirmed on an official SHC page — see Section C).
Source: https://www.shc.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/
Magis Scholar Award (Jesuit high school graduates)
$8,000 per year for up to four years
To keep it: Stated as 'for up to four years of full time study.' Specific renewal GPA not stated.
Source: https://www.shc.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/
Legacy Award
$1,000 annually for four years
To keep it: Stated as '$1,000 annually for four year[s].'
Source: https://www.shc.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/
Opportunity Grant
$1,000 annually for four years
To keep it: Stated as '$1,000 annually for four years.'
Source: https://www.shc.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/
Visit Grant
$500 per year (up to $2,000 over four years)
To keep it: Stated as '$500 annual visit grant ... up to $2,000 over four years.'
Source: https://www.shc.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/grants/
Transfer Academic Scholarship (tuition-only)
$6,000-$10,000 annually
To keep it: Renewal GPA not stated on the scholarships page.
Source: https://www.shc.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/
DeWine Family Scholarship
Varies (amount not published)
Entry requirements: Minimum unweighted high school GPA 3.0 GPA · 1030 SAT · 20 ACT
To keep it: Renewable provided the recipient maintains a minimum 2.5 GPA in all college coursework.
Source: https://www.shc.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/
Foley Center Service Scholarship
$1,500 per year (divided in half, applied each semester as a tuition stipend)
To keep it: Not stated.
Source: https://www.shc.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship (transfer)
$1,000 scholarship for up to three years
To keep it: Stated as 'for up to three years.'
Source: https://www.shc.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/

How families lose this aid

Treating the DeWine Family Scholarship as a merit award you can win on stats alone.
It is need-based: you must be Pell-eligible and 'would not otherwise have the financial means to attend,' meet a 3.0 GPA / 20 ACT / 1030 SAT floor, apply separately by March 15, and maintain a 2.5 college GPA to renew.
Expecting a published GPA/test grid to predict your merit amount.
Spring Hill says merit scholarships 'are based on the student's high school record' and range $4,000-$11,500, but it publishes no numeric stat grid — the exact amount comes from a holistic review, so you can't self-calculate it.

Renewal questions families ask

Does the merit scholarship renew, and what GPA do I need?: The awards are described as multi-year (e.g., 'for up to four years'), but Spring Hill's scholarships page does not publish a renewal GPA for the standard academic merit scholarship. The DeWine award explicitly renews at a 2.5 college GPA. Confirm the standard-merit renewal GPA with the financial aid office.

Rules that bite at Spring Hill College

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

renewalMagis Scholar Award (Jesuit high school graduates): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Stated as 'for up to four years of full time study.' Specific renewal GPA not stated. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Spring Hill College compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Spring Hill College is one of them. The cohort minority (82 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 Spring Hill College’s own published materials.