SUNY Fredonia award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at SUNY Fredonia?

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

Verified Jul 20262 months ago

The short answer

8 of 9 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: 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.

Renewal ruleYunghans-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

665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
SUNY Fredonia 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 SUNY Fredonia’s own published materials.

Policy pageSUNY Fredonia stacking policy
Cost of attendanceSUNY Fredonia cost-of-attendance worksheet
Merit tiersHonors Program Scholarship
Merit tiersFredonia Transfer Scholar Award
Scholarship pageFredonia College Foundation awards (FREDscholar / Scholarship Universe)
Scholarship pageExcelsior Scholarship (NY State)