State University of New York College at Brockport · New York
SUNY Brockport Merit Aid
Brockport's Extraordinary Academic Scholarship Program awards published, automatic-on-admission merit scholarships from $1,500/yr (Collegiate) up to $6,000/yr (Honors/Prometheus), with no separate application — but every award is a room/non-tuition waiver that requires living on campus.
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Merit tiers98 automatic on stats
Last verifiedJun 2026Analyst CC
Rules that bite at SUNY Brockport
The trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook. Each is derived from SUNY Brockport's own published policy, not generic advice.
renewalGold Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable for four years (freshmen only) by maintaining full-time status, a minimum 3.25 institutional GPA, and the campus residency requirement. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.
Common merit-aid mistakes at SUNY Brockport
Every Extraordinary Academic Scholarship (Gold, Green, Prometheus, Eagle, Empire) is a WAIVER applied to ROOM / non-tuition charges. If you commute or live off campus you lose the award entirely, and even on campus the credit offsets housing — not tuition.
Per the first-year terms, these scholarships 'cannot be combined with one another, nor can they be combined with the Honors College (Prometheus) Scholarship.' Out-of-state students CAN add Empire on top of one of them, and Eagle/Residential Scholars stack with Gold/Prometheus — but you only ever receive one of Gold/Green/Prometheus.
Scholarship students (Empire, Recognition, Residential, Green, Gold, Prometheus) who live in the Student Townhomes or Eagle Hall receive only a $1,000 credit ($500/semester) against room and owe the balance.
First-year merit awards renew only by maintaining full-time status, the on-campus residency requirement, and a minimum 3.25 institutional GPA. Drop below 3.25 (or move off campus, or drop below full-time) and you lose the scholarship for the current and all subsequent semesters.
FBWS is need-based, restricted to six western-NY counties and low-income students with demonstrated need — it is not awarded on GPA/test merit and is a separate application/selection process.
Who this school is for
In-state and out-of-state students with strong high-school GPAs (roughly 85-96+) who plan to live on campus and want a predictable, automatic merit award at a low-cost SUNY; the awards offset housing/room cost rather than tuition, so commuters and off-campus students benefit far less.
Institutional merit aid tiers
Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.
$4,500/year
Gold Scholarship
AutomaticRenewable
GPA
Typically 93+ high school average (not a strict cutoff; holistic review of GPA, rigor, engagement)
Requirements & details+
Eligibility
First-time freshman entering directly from high school; must live on campus; FAFSA and/or TAP required
Renewal terms
Renewable for four years (freshmen only) by maintaining full-time status, a minimum 3.25 institutional GPA, and the campus residency requirement.
Notes
Automatically granted at the time of admission — no separate application or essay. Award is a waiver applied to room/non-tuition charges, so on-campus residency is mandatory. Cannot be combined with Green or Prometheus. Can be combined with Eagle and (for out-of-state students) the Empire Scholarship.
Typically 88+ high school average (not a strict cutoff; holistic review)
Requirements & details+
Eligibility
First-time freshman entering directly from high school; must live on campus; FAFSA and/or TAP required
Renewal terms
Renewable for four years (freshmen only) by maintaining full-time status, a minimum 3.25 institutional GPA, and the campus residency requirement.
Notes
Automatically granted at admission — no application. Waiver applied to room/non-tuition charges; on-campus residency required. Cannot be combined with Gold or Prometheus.
Typically 85-88 high school average (not a strict cutoff; holistic review)
Requirements & details+
Eligibility
First-time freshman entering directly from high school; must live on campus
Renewal terms
First-year scholarships are renewable for four years (unless otherwise specified) by maintaining full-time status, a minimum 3.25 GPA, and housing requirements. Specific Collegiate renewal terms are not separately listed beyond the general first-year terms.
Notes
Automatically granted at admission — no application. Listed on the main First-Year & Transfer Scholarships page; like the other first-year awards it is a room/non-tuition waiver requiring on-campus residency.
Honors College admission decision considers HS GPA, Regents scores, and advanced coursework
Requirements & details+
Eligibility
Must be admitted into the Honors College (fall start only); separate Honors application required; must live on campus; includes a campus parking pass
Renewal terms
Renewable up to four years by completing 24 credits per academic year and maintaining a minimum cumulative/institutional GPA of 3.25. Reviewed annually after the spring semester.
Notes
Awarded with admission to the Honors College — not automatic on stats alone. The $6,000 is a waiver applied to room expenses (a non-tuition award). Cannot be combined with Gold or Green. CAN be combined with Empire (out-of-state) and Eagle. If a Prometheus student lives in townhomes/Eagle Hall they receive only a $1,000 credit ($500/semester) toward room and owe the balance.
Typically 88+ high school average on a 100-point scale (or appropriate equivalent); holistic review
Requirements & details+
Eligibility
Non-NYS resident; must live on campus
Renewal terms
Renewable for three additional years (four total) by maintaining on-campus residency, full-time status (30 credits per year), and a 3.25 institutional GPA.
Notes
Automatically granted at admission to qualified out-of-state students. Can be combined with the Gold, Green, or Prometheus Scholarship as long as the student also meets the academic requirements for one of those awards.
First-time freshman (domestic or international); must live on campus
Notes
No separate application. A waiver applied to room or other non-tuition charges to help offset on-campus housing. Stackable with the Extraordinary Academic Scholarships (Gold/Green/Recognition) and/or the Prometheus Scholarship, and with Brockport Foundation scholarships.
Free housing for your first year…Free housing for your first year (a credit combined with the Gold or Prometheus award to equal first-year housing cost)
Residential Scholars Award
Automatic
GPA
Typically 96+ high school average
Requirements & details+
Eligibility
NYS residents only; must live on campus; combined with (stacked on) a Gold or Prometheus award
Notes
No published flat dollar amount — the page describes it as 'free housing for your first year,' delivered by combining the award with the Gold or Prometheus award to equal the cost of housing for the first year. NYS residents only. Stackable specifically with Gold and Prometheus.
Brockport's institutional merit awards stack in defined combinations (e.g., Empire stacks with Gold/Green/Prometheus; Eagle and Residential Scholars stack with Gold/Prometheus), but Gold, Green and Prometheus cannot be combined with each other. Across ALL aid, a student's total aid may not exceed the cost-of-attendance figure; if an overaward occurs, federal self-help (loans/work-study) is reduced FIRST and the institutional scholarship is reduced only if necessary — a coa-cap with self-help-first ordering. The page also states the NYS Excelsior Scholarship and any private scholarship are not impacted by housing choice.
Verbatim coordination rule appears on multiple scholarship terms pages (Eagle, Prometheus). Total aid cannot exceed COA; if federal self-help aid is received, total aid may not exceed documented need. Overawards reduce federal self-help first, then the institutional scholarship. A separate Residential Life note states Excelsior or any private scholarship are not impacted by a student's housing choice.
Named awards that don’t always surface on the main financial aid page. Each one has its own eligibility rules.
AmountVaries (covers out-of-pocket costs such as room-and-board and fees beyond State/Federal aid)EligibilityNEED-BASED. Accepted incoming freshmen with HS GPA 87+, identified as low-income with demonstrated financial need, from Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, Ontario or Wayne counties. ~30 students/year.
Need-based, not merit. Four-year (option of a fifth year) wraparound program supplementing existing State and Federal aid.
Amount$7,500 guaranteed (Empire $5,000 + Green $2,500); Gold $4,500 and Prometheus $6,000 also possibleEligibilityAll accepted first-year international applicants; must live on campus; merit-based, not for athletes.
Empire + Green guaranteed for all admitted first-year international students; automatically considered for Gold/Empire and Honors. Amounts shown are 2025/26.
Do I have to apply for Brockport merit scholarships?
No. The Extraordinary Academic Scholarship Program (Gold, Green, Collegiate, Empire, Eagle, Residential Scholars) is awarded automatically at the time of admission with no separate application or essay — you just complete the Undergraduate Admissions Application. The Prometheus Scholarship requires admission to the Honors College (a separate Honors application).
Are these merit awards automatic on my GPA?
Mostly yes for the Extraordinary awards. The page lists typical GPA thresholds (e.g., Gold 93+, Green 88+, Collegiate 85-88, Eagle 90+, Empire 88+, Residential Scholars 96+) but notes these are 'typical' and not strict cutoffs — the committee uses a holistic review of GPA, rigor and engagement. Prometheus is tied to Honors College admission, not stats alone.
Can I keep my scholarship if I live off campus or commute?
No. On-campus residency is required. The awards are waivers applied to room/non-tuition charges; moving off campus results in immediate and permanent loss of the scholarship. The only off-campus carryover is the Prometheus parking pass for students who stay in the Honors College.
What do I need to renew my scholarship?
Maintain full-time status, the on-campus residency requirement, and a minimum 3.25 institutional GPA. First-year awards renew up to four years (freshmen only); transfer awards renew for up to two consecutive years. Prometheus also requires completing 24 credits per academic year.
Will winning an outside/private scholarship cut my Brockport award?
Total aid can't exceed your cost of attendance, and if you have federal self-help aid it can't exceed your documented need. If an overaward occurs, Brockport reduces federal self-help (loans/work-study) FIRST and only reduces the institutional scholarship if still necessary. Excelsior and private scholarships are not affected by your housing choice. Confirm specifics with the Financial Aid Office (585-395-2501).
How SUNY Brockport compares across our verified dataset
160 of 751 verified schools in our dataset use cost-of-attendance cap displacement.
SUNY Brockport is in a recognizable cluster (160 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
SUNY Brockport 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 claim is checked against SUNY Brockport’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
