SUNY Fredonia· Renewal Rules

Keeping SUNY Fredonia’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: 8 of 9
One-time tiers: 1
Tiers with published renewal terms: 8
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

SUNY Fredonia'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.

President's Award of Excellence: 3.0 GPA
Fredonia Scholar Award: 2.8 GPA
True Blue Scholar Award: 2.8 GPA
Yunghans-Mirabelli Science Achievement Award: 3.25 GPA
Kelly Family Scholarship Endowment: 3.25 GPA
James J. Kaminski Scholarship Endowment: 3.25 GPA
Dennis and Jan Hefner Presidential Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
Fredonia Transfer Scholar Award: 2.8 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

President's Award of Excellence
$5,000/year
Entry requirements: 95+ high school average GPA
To keep it: Renewable for up to 4 years; requires a 3.0 GPA for renewal and continued campus residency.
Source: https://www.fredonia.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/first-year-scholarship-opportunities
Fredonia Scholar Award
$4,000/year
Entry requirements: 90-94 high school average GPA
To keep it: Renewable for up to 4 years; requires a 2.8 GPA for renewal and continued campus residency.
Source: https://www.fredonia.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/first-year-scholarship-opportunities
True Blue Scholar Award
$2,000/year
Entry requirements: 80-89 high school average GPA
To keep it: Renewable for up to 4 years; requires a 2.8 GPA for renewal and continued campus residency.
Source: https://www.fredonia.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/first-year-scholarship-opportunities
Yunghans-Mirabelli Science Achievement Award
$10,000/year
Entry requirements: Renewal: 3.25 GPA GPA
To keep it: Renewable up to three additional years for a full-time student maintaining a 3.25 GPA.
Source: https://www.fredonia.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/first-year-scholarship-opportunities
Kelly Family Scholarship Endowment
$5,000
Entry requirements: Renewal: 3.25 GPA GPA
To keep it: May be renewable up to three additional years for a full-time student maintaining a 3.25 GPA.
Source: https://www.fredonia.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/first-year-scholarship-opportunities
James J. Kaminski Scholarship Endowment
$1,000
Entry requirements: Renewal: 3.25 GPA GPA
To keep it: May be renewable up to three additional years for a full-time student maintaining a 3.25 GPA.
Source: https://www.fredonia.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/first-year-scholarship-opportunities
Dennis and Jan Hefner Presidential Scholarship
$5,000
Entry requirements: Renewal: 3.0 GPA GPA
To keep it: Renewable for up to three additional years provided the student remains full-time and maintains at least a 3.0 GPA.
Source: https://www.fredonia.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/first-year-scholarship-opportunities
Fredonia Transfer Scholar Award
$2,000/year
Entry requirements: 3.0 GPA with at least 12 credits from an accredited college GPA
To keep it: Maximum 3 years of eligibility; must maintain a minimum 2.8 GPA to retain the award and continue residing in university housing.
Source: https://www.fredonia.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/transfer-student-scholarship-opportunities

How families lose this aid

Letting your college GPA slip below the renewal line.
Renewal GPAs differ by award: President's Award needs a 3.0, Fredonia Scholar and True Blue need a 2.8, the science awards (Yunghans-Mirabelli, Kelly, Kaminski) need a 3.25, and the Hefner needs a 3.0. The grid is automatic at entry on your high-school average, but renewal is on your college GPA.
Thinking the Honors $1,500 is automatic like the merit grid.
The merit grid is automatic on your high-school average, but the Honors Scholarship requires a separate Honors application with a multimedia response, with a suggested deadline of Feb 17, 2026 — and it's a one-time $1,500 spread over four semesters, not an annual award.

Rules that bite at SUNY Fredonia

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

renewalYunghans-Mirabelli Science Achievement Award: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable up to three additional years for a full-time student maintaining a 3.25 GPA. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How SUNY Fredonia compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
SUNY Fredonia 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 SUNY Fredonia’s own published materials.

policySUNY Fredonia stacking policy
coaSUNY Fredonia cost-of-attendance worksheet
tierHonors Program Scholarship
tierFredonia Transfer Scholar Award
scholarshipFredonia College Foundation awards (FREDscholar / Scholarship Universe)
scholarshipExcelsior Scholarship (NY State)