Is there a full ride at Stetson?

Two named full-tuition-or-better paths exist. The J. Ollie Edmunds Distinguished Scholarship is a nationally competitive four-year package requiring exceptional academic and leadership credentials. The LaValle Creative Arts Scholarship covers full tuition for students devoted to the creative arts (Studio Art, Digital Arts, Museum and Curatorial Studies, Theatre Arts).

What's the renewal GPA for a Stetson scholarship?

Most Stetson institutional scholarships renew with a 2.0 cumulative GPA, full-time enrollment, and up to 8 semesters or graduation, whichever comes first. Donor-funded components within a merit package may carry a higher renewal GPA. A student who falls below the renewal threshold gets one probationary semester before losing the award.

Stetson· Renewal Rules

Keeping Stetson’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: 5 of 5
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 4
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Stetson'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.

Presidential Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
Dean's Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
Faculty-Merit Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
J. Ollie Edmunds Distinguished Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Presidential Scholarship
Up to $35,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for up to eight semesters or until graduation. Most Stetson scholarships require a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA for renewal; donor-funded components may require higher. Full-time enrollment required.
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20251221164315/https://www.stetson.edu/administration/financial-aid/scholarships/
Dean's Scholarship
Up to $29,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for up to eight semesters or until graduation; 2.0 cumulative GPA minimum (donor-funded portions may require higher).
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20251221164315/https://www.stetson.edu/administration/financial-aid/scholarships/
Faculty-Merit Scholarship
Up to $26,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for up to eight semesters or until graduation; 2.0 cumulative GPA minimum (donor-funded portions may require higher).
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20251221164315/https://www.stetson.edu/administration/financial-aid/scholarships/
J. Ollie Edmunds Distinguished Scholarship
Covers four years of expenses at Stetson
To keep it: Full four-year award; renewal contingent on continued academic and leadership performance
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20251221164315/https://www.stetson.edu/administration/financial-aid/scholarships/

How families lose this aid

Assuming the 2.0 GPA SAP floor is the renewal threshold for every Stetson scholarship.
Most Stetson scholarships use the 2.0 cumulative GPA renewal threshold, but donor-funded components may require higher GPAs. A student whose merit package is renamed to include a donor-funded portion (a common Stetson pattern) may face a stricter renewal bar than expected. Check the renewal terms attached to the specific donor fund.

Renewal questions families ask

Is there a full ride at Stetson?: Two named full-tuition-or-better paths exist. The J. Ollie Edmunds Distinguished Scholarship is a nationally competitive four-year package requiring exceptional academic and leadership credentials. The LaValle Creative Arts Scholarship covers full tuition for students devoted to the creative arts (Studio Art, Digital Arts, Museum and Curatorial Studies, Theatre Arts).
What's the renewal GPA for a Stetson scholarship?: Most Stetson institutional scholarships renew with a 2.0 cumulative GPA, full-time enrollment, and up to 8 semesters or graduation, whichever comes first. Donor-funded components within a merit package may carry a higher renewal GPA. A student who falls below the renewal threshold gets one probationary semester before losing the award.

Rules that bite at Stetson

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

renewalPresidential Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable for up to eight semesters or until graduation. Most Stetson scholarships require a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA for renewal; donor-funded components may require higher. 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.

How Stetson compares across our verified dataset

133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Stetson 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 Stetson’s own published materials.

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