What GPA keeps my scholarship?

Most UNLV institutional awards renew at a cumulative 2.00 GPA with full-time enrollment; the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship requires a 2.75+ semester GPA.

UNLV· Renewal Rules

Keeping UNLV’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 2026today· COWORK

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 5 of 5
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 5
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

UNLV'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 Scholarship: 2.00 GPA
UNLV Signature: 2.00 GPA
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE): 2.00 GPA
Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship (GGMS): SAP standards
Rebel Edge Program (Nevada residents): 2.00 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

President's Scholarship
$10,000
To keep it: Renewable up to 135 attempted credits (incl. transfer) with a cumulative 2.00 GPA; full-time each semester (12+ credits); complete a FAFSA or Institutional Aid Application each year by the priority deadline.
Source: https://www.unlv.edu/finaid/scholarships
UNLV Signature
Varies
To keep it: Renewable up to 135 attempted credits with a cumulative 2.00 GPA; full-time each semester; FAFSA or Institutional Aid Application each year by priority deadline.
Source: https://www.unlv.edu/finaid/scholarships
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)
150% of in-state tuition rate
Entry requirements: First-year: 3.25+ unweighted high school GPA GPA · 1160 SAT · 24 ACT
To keep it: Renewable up to 135 attempted credits with a cumulative 2.00 GPA; full-time each semester.
Source: https://www.unlv.edu/finaid/scholarships
Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship (GGMS)
$960-$1,200 per semester ($80/credit hour, up to $10,000 lifetime)
Entry requirements: Semester GPA 2.75+ to renew GPA
To keep it: Renewable up to $10,000 within six years of high school graduation; enroll and complete a minimum of 12 credits per semester, maintain a semester GPA of 2.75+, and meet SAP. Two-strike policy: a second loss of eligibility = permanent removal.
Source: https://www.unlv.edu/finaid/millennium-scholarship
Rebel Edge Program (Nevada residents)
Free tuition and fees (up to 15 credits) + $1,000 annual book stipend
To keep it: Renewable up to 135 attempted credits with a cumulative 2.00 GPA; full-time each semester; FAFSA or Institutional Aid Application each year; must keep AGI under $68,000. Eligibility reassessed each year (can become eligible in later years).
Source: https://www.unlv.edu/finaid/scholarships

How families lose this aid

Letting the Millennium Scholarship lapse twice.
GGMS requires 12+ credits/semester and a 2.75+ semester GPA; it has a two-strike policy — a second loss of eligibility permanently removes you from the program.
Assuming WUE applies to any out-of-state student.
WUE (150% of in-state tuition) requires residency in a specific list of western states/territories, a 3.25+ unweighted GPA (or 24 ACT/1160 SAT) for first-years, and first-years must live in a UNLV residence hall their first year.

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA keeps my scholarship?: Most UNLV institutional awards renew at a cumulative 2.00 GPA with full-time enrollment; the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship requires a 2.75+ semester GPA.

Rules that bite at UNLV

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

renewalPresident's Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable up to 135 attempted credits (incl. transfer) with a cumulative 2.00 GPA; full-time each semester (12+ credits); complete a FAFSA or Institutional Aid Application each year by the priority deadline. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How UNLV compares across our verified dataset

247 of 272 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
UNLV is one of them. The cohort minority (25 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
75 of 272 verified schools publish a dedicated National Merit Finalist package.
UNLV is one of them. NMF packages typically carry their own stacking and renewal carve-outs separate from the standard automatic merit ladder; confirm those before assuming the headline NMF value is final.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against UNLV’s own published materials.