How do I keep my scholarship?

Maintain a 3.0 overall GPA, complete 12 credit hours each fall and spring plus 30 TAMU-CC credit hours each academic year, file the FAFSA by March 1, and have no break in enrollment — renewable up to eight semesters.

TAMU-Corpus Christi· Renewal Rules

Keeping TAMU-Corpus Christi’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.

Verified Jun 20268 days ago· COWORK

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

TAMU-Corpus Christi'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.

2026-2027 Institutional Scholarships (Presidential, Achieve, Islander): See notes
Morris L. Lichtenstein Jr. Endowed Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

2026-2027 Institutional Scholarships (Presidential, Achieve, Islander)
$1,500-$4,000
Entry requirements: 3.25-4.00 weighted (tiered) GPA · SAT 1160-1300+ (alternative path) SAT · ACT 24-28+ (alternative path) ACT
To keep it: Maintain at least a 3.0 overall GPA at end of each academic year; complete 12 credit hours each Fall and Spring AND 30 TAMU-CC credit hours each academic year (fall, spring, summer); no break in enrollment; up to eight consecutive (fall/spring) semesters.
Source: https://www.tamucc.edu/cost-and-aid/scholarships/incoming-freshmen.php
Morris L. Lichtenstein Jr. Endowed Scholarship
$12,750
Entry requirements: SAT 1390 and up SAT · ACT 32 and up ACT
To keep it: Maintain at least a 3.0 overall GPA each academic year; complete 12 credit hours each Fall/Spring and 30 credit hours each academic year; FAFSA annually by March 1.
Source: https://www.tamucc.edu/cost-and-aid/scholarships/incoming-freshmen.php

How families lose this aid

Underestimating the renewal credit-hour requirement
Renewal requires a 3.0 GPA AND completing 30 TAMU-CC credit hours each academic year (fall, spring, summer), not just full-time fall/spring enrollment.

Renewal questions families ask

How do I keep my scholarship?: Maintain a 3.0 overall GPA, complete 12 credit hours each fall and spring plus 30 TAMU-CC credit hours each academic year, file the FAFSA by March 1, and have no break in enrollment — renewable up to eight semesters.

How TAMU-Corpus Christi compares across our verified dataset

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