How much merit aid do freshmen get?

Academic awards 'range from $23,000 up to full tuition for most majors,' assigned holistically from SAT/ACT (if submitted), class rank, and GPA — no fixed grid is published.

What GPA renews my scholarship?

By award: National Honors 3.25; Regents/Presidents/Stanley Black & Decker 3.0; HAS Artistic Merit 3.0; Hartt Performing Arts 2.75 overall or 3.0 in-major; Founders/Hawk Achievement list full-time enrollment and SAP. Renewal runs up to 8 semesters, and a forfeited award is never reinstated.

Is there transfer merit aid?

Yes — up to $30,000 at admission (timeliness and funds-dependent), plus President to President ($3,000/yr, CT/MA community-college grads, 3.3 GPA) and Phi Theta Kappa ($2,500/yr, 3.5 GPA, May 1 nomination).

UHart· Renewal Rules

Keeping UHart’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: 10 of 11
One-time tiers: 1
Tiers with published renewal terms: 9
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

UHart'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.

Academic Scholarships (National Honors, Regents, Presidents, Stanley Black & Decker Scholar of Excellence, Founders, Hawk Achievement, Hartt Academic): Full-time enrollment
Artistic Merit Scholarships (Hartford Art School): 3.0 GPA
Hartt Performing Arts Scholarships: See notes
Hartford Scholars: Full-time enrollment
Bloomfield Scholars: Full-time enrollment
President to President Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship: 3.0 GPA
FIRST Robotics Scholarship: See notes
ACE Mentor Program Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Scholarships (National Honors, Regents, Presidents, Stanley Black & Decker Scholar of Excellence, Founders, Hawk Achievement, Hartt Academic)
$23,000-Full tuition
To keep it: Renewable up to eight semesters / four years with continuous full-time enrollment, SAP, and minimum cumulative GPA by award: National Honors 3.25; Regents/Presidents/Stanley Black & Decker 3.0; Founders/Hawk Achievement and Hartt Academic list full-time + SAP only. Forfeited scholarships are never reinstated.
Source: https://www.hartford.edu/admission/scholarships/default.aspx
Artistic Merit Scholarships (Hartford Art School)
Up to full tuition
To keep it: Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA; renewable up to four years on the Dean's recommendation.
Source: https://www.hartford.edu/admission/scholarships/default.aspx
Hartt Performing Arts Scholarships
Up to full tuition
To keep it: Renewable up to four years (five for double majors/five-year programs) on annual evaluation; 2.75 cumulative UHart GPA or 3.0 in Hartt major field(s) plus quantitative progress.
Source: https://www.hartford.edu/admission/scholarships/default.aspx
Hartford Scholars
Top-up to half tuition (or +$1,000)
To keep it: Renewable with full-time status, continued Hartford residency, and SAP.
Source: https://www.hartford.edu/admission/scholarships/default.aspx
Bloomfield Scholars
Top-up to half tuition (or +$1,000)
To keep it: Renewable with full-time status, continued Bloomfield residency, and SAP.
Source: https://www.hartford.edu/admission/scholarships/default.aspx
President to President Scholarship
$3,000
Entry requirements: 3.3 cumulative (45+ credit hours) GPA
To keep it: Renewable up to two years with SAP, full-time status, and 3.0 cumulative GPA; fall and spring only.
Source: https://www.hartford.edu/admission/scholarships/default.aspx
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship
$2,500
Entry requirements: 3.5 cumulative at Associate's completion GPA
To keep it: Renewable with SAP, full-time status, and 3.0 cumulative GPA; up to two years (guidelines also reference four years — flagged in Section C).
Source: https://www.hartford.edu/admission/scholarships/default.aspx
FIRST Robotics Scholarship
$2,000
To keep it: Renewable annually for a maximum of four years per the academic scholarship policies in the Undergraduate Bulletin.
Source: https://www.hartford.edu/admission/scholarships/default.aspx
ACE Mentor Program Scholarship
$5,000
To keep it: Renewable annually for a maximum of four years per the academic scholarship policies in the Undergraduate Bulletin.
Source: https://www.hartford.edu/admission/scholarships/default.aspx

How families lose this aid

Assuming a lost scholarship can be earned back.
'Students who do not meet the renewal criteria will forfeit the scholarship for the remainder of their enrollment... The scholarship will not be reinstated should the student regain the required cumulative GPA at a later date.'
Accelerated-program students budgeting merit aid into graduate coursework.
'Students in accelerated undergraduate programs may forfeit their award at the completion of their undergraduate degree. Awards are not renewed for graduate level coursework.'
Dropping below the award-specific renewal GPA.
National Honors requires a 3.25 CGPA; Regents/Presidents/Stanley Black & Decker require 3.0; HAS artistic awards require 3.0; Hartt performing awards require 2.75 (or 3.0 in-major) — all with full-time enrollment and SAP.

Renewal questions families ask

How much merit aid do freshmen get?: Academic awards 'range from $23,000 up to full tuition for most majors,' assigned holistically from SAT/ACT (if submitted), class rank, and GPA — no fixed grid is published.
What GPA renews my scholarship?: By award: National Honors 3.25; Regents/Presidents/Stanley Black & Decker 3.0; HAS Artistic Merit 3.0; Hartt Performing Arts 2.75 overall or 3.0 in-major; Founders/Hawk Achievement list full-time enrollment and SAP. Renewal runs up to 8 semesters, and a forfeited award is never reinstated.
Is there transfer merit aid?: Yes — up to $30,000 at admission (timeliness and funds-dependent), plus President to President ($3,000/yr, CT/MA community-college grads, 3.3 GPA) and Phi Theta Kappa ($2,500/yr, 3.5 GPA, May 1 nomination).

Rules that bite at UHart

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

renewalAcademic Scholarships (National Honors, Regents, Presidents, Stanley Black & Decker Scholar of Excellence, Founders, Hawk Achievement, Hartt Academic): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable up to eight semesters / four years with continuous full-time enrollment, SAP, and minimum cumulative GPA by award: National Honors 3.25; Regents/Presidents/Stanley Black & Decker 3.0; Founders/Hawk Achievement and Hartt Academic list full-time + SAP only. Forfeited scholarships are never reinstated. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How UHart compares across our verified dataset

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

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