What GPA do I need to keep my Stevens scholarship?

It depends on the award. The Presidential Achievement and Ann P. Neupauer scholarships require a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA; the Clark Scholarship requires 2.8; and all other merit scholarships require a 2.0 cumulative GPA, measured at the end of the spring semester. Awards renew for up to eight full-time semesters.

Stevens award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Stevens?

We pulled the school’s grade, credit, and time limits into one place so you can see what it takes to keep the award.

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The short answer

2 of 2 published awards are listed as renewable.

The exact rule can change by award. Check the award your student may receive before you count on the same amount every year.

What to do

Find the award name in the full research below. Save its grade, credit, and deadline rules with your college plan.

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At a glance

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

Renewal risk profile

Stevens'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.

Stevens Merit Scholarships (automatic academic merit): 2.0 GPA
Presidential Achievement Scholarship: 3.2 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

Stevens Merit Scholarships (automatic academic merit)
$2,000 to full tuition per year
To keep it: Renewable for up to eight full-time undergraduate semesters. Most merit scholarships require a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA (calculated at the end of the spring semester) plus satisfactory academic progress.
Source: https://www.stevens.edu/admissions/tuition-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships-aid/stevens-scholarships
Presidential Achievement Scholarship
Top merit tier (within the $2,000-to-full-tuition range; specific amount not published)
To keep it: Requires a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA and satisfactory academic progress, renewable for up to eight full-time undergraduate semesters.
Source: https://www.stevens.edu/page-chapter/terms-and-conditions

How families lose this aid

Treating a high renewal GPA as the rule for all Stevens merit aid.
Only the top awards (Presidential Achievement and Ann P. Neupauer) require a 3.2 cumulative GPA. The Clark Scholarship requires 2.8, and all other Stevens merit scholarships require only a 2.0 cumulative GPA, calculated at the end of the spring semester.

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA do I need to keep my Stevens scholarship?: It depends on the award. The Presidential Achievement and Ann P. Neupauer scholarships require a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA; the Clark Scholarship requires 2.8; and all other merit scholarships require a 2.0 cumulative GPA, measured at the end of the spring semester. Awards renew for up to eight full-time semesters.

Rules that bite at Stevens

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

Renewal ruleStevens Merit Scholarships (automatic academic merit): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable for up to eight full-time undergraduate semesters. Most merit scholarships require a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA (calculated at the end of the spring semester) plus satisfactory academic progress. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Stevens compares across our verified dataset

665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Stevens 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 renewal claim is checked against Stevens’s own published materials.

Policy pageStevens stacking policy
Cost of attendanceStevens cost-of-attendance worksheet
Merit tiersStevens Merit Scholarships (automatic academic merit)