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UNE (Maine) award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at UNE (Maine)?

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

4 of 5 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

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At a glance

Renewable tiers
4 of 5
One-time tiers
1
Tiers with published renewal terms
4
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

UNE (Maine)'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.

  • Merit Scholarship — Incoming First-Year Students: Full-time enrollment
  • Merit Scholarship — Incoming Transfer Students: 2.5 GPA
  • Merit Scholarship — Incoming Pharmacy Students: See notes
  • UNE Tuition-Free Program (TFP): Full-time enrollment

Renewal terms by tier

  • Merit Scholarship — Incoming First-Year Students

    $13,000-$28,000

    Entry requirements: Based on GPA and academic achievement before enrolling; the page does not publish a GPA-to-amount grid GPA

    To keep it: Merit Scholarships renew for four years of undergraduate study at UNE as long as you maintain full-time enrollment (12+ credits) in eligible coursework with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above.

    Source: https://www.une.edu/sfs/undergraduate/financing-your-education/grants-and-scholarships

  • Merit Scholarship — Incoming Transfer Students

    $9,000-$24,000

    Entry requirements: Based on academic achievement before enrolling; no published grid GPA

    To keep it: Renewable Merit Scholarship for full-time enrollment in an on-campus undergraduate program; institutional renewal terms (12+ credits, 2.5 cumulative GPA) apply per the same page.

    Source: https://www.une.edu/sfs/undergraduate/financing-your-education/grants-and-scholarships

  • Merit Scholarship — Incoming Pharmacy Students

    $13,000-$28,000 first two years | $7,000-$18,000 final four years

    Entry requirements: Based on academic achievement before enrolling; no published grid GPA

    To keep it: Renewable scholarships are awarded for the first two years of study and then for the final four years; the award range DROPS for the final four years.

    Source: https://www.une.edu/sfs/undergraduate/financing-your-education/grants-and-scholarships

  • UNE Tuition-Free Program (TFP)

    Full tuition

    Entry requirements: 3.85 or greater unweighted high school GPA GPA

    To keep it: Renewable up to four years of undergraduate study; students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5, full-time enrollment, and live on campus. Falling below 3.5, dropping below full-time, withdrawing, or extending beyond four years ends eligibility.

    Source: https://www.une.edu/sfs/undergraduate/financing-your-education/grants-and-scholarships

How families lose this aid

  • Assuming a 3.85 GPA alone qualifies you for the Tuition-Free Program.

    The TFP also requires AGI under $100,000, a Student Aid Index of 0, dependent status, first-time first-year status (no transfers or international students), living on campus, filing the FAFSA, and accepting all federal/state grant aid. High-income high-GPA students do not qualify — they get the regular merit scholarship instead.

  • Letting your cumulative GPA slip below the renewal cliffs.

    The regular Merit Scholarship requires a 2.5 cumulative GPA to renew, but the Tuition-Free Program has a much higher 3.5 cumulative GPA cliff — fall below 3.5 even once (e.g., after failing a course) and 'they will not be eligible for the TFP.'

  • Dropping below 12 credits while holding any UNE scholarship.

    The page states: 'full-time enrollment (defined as 12 or more credits) must be maintained to be eligible for all institutional funds, including merit scholarships.' Part-time students are not eligible for UNE gift aid at all, and a TFP student who drops below full-time permanently loses the TFP.

  • Taking five years (or a leave of absence) on the Tuition-Free Program.

    TFP eligibility is capped at four years of undergraduate study; extending enrollment beyond four years, withdrawing, or taking a leave of absence ends it. It also excludes summer terms and course overloads above the published full-time tuition.

  • Pharmacy families budgeting the year-1 merit number for all six years.

    The Pharm.D. merit award drops from $13,000–$28,000 in the first two years to $7,000–$18,000 in the final four years — a built-in decrease the page states explicitly.

Renewal questions families ask

Is there a separate scholarship application or deadline at UNE?
No separate application or deadline for the Merit Scholarship — it is awarded automatically at the time of admission based on your GPA and academic record. The Tuition-Free Program also has no application ('There is no application or request process... regardless of when you apply') but requires a FAFSA on file. The Maine State Grant (Maine residents) has a May 1 priority deadline.
How much merit money will I get?
Every incoming full-time first-year student gets $13,000–$28,000 per year; transfers get $9,000–$24,000. UNE does not publish a grid mapping a specific GPA to a specific amount — the exact figure comes with your admission offer.
What GPA do I need to keep my scholarship?
A 2.5 cumulative GPA plus full-time enrollment (12+ credits) renews the Merit Scholarship for four years. The Tuition-Free Program requires a 3.5 cumulative GPA.

Rules that bite at UNE (Maine)

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

  • Renewal ruleMerit Scholarship — Incoming First-Year Students: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Merit Scholarships renew for four years of undergraduate study at UNE as long as you maintain full-time enrollment (12+ credits) in eligible coursework with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How UNE (Maine) compares across our verified dataset

  • 69 of 749 verified schools publish a top renewal tier requiring 3.5+ GPA or major-GPA gating.

    UNE (Maine) is one of them. Calibrate year-one academic load against the renewal floor, not just freshman survival.

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    UNE (Maine) 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 UNE (Maine)’s own published materials.

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