How much merit aid does the University of Oregon give?

UO publishes parallel resident and non-resident automatic merit ladders. Non-residents: UO Excellence $20,000/yr (highly selective), Summit $12,500/yr (3.90+ HS GPA), Apex $10,000/yr. Oregon residents: Staton $6,000/yr, Summit $5,000/yr (3.90+ HS GPA), Apex $2,000/yr, plus full-tuition PathwayOregon for Pell-eligible residents. Separate-application awards include the Stamps Scholarship (UO's most generous), Presidential ($9,000), Duck Excellence ($7,500), and Home Flight.

Oregon· Renewal Rules

Keeping Oregon’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 May 20268 days ago· CB-1

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 8 of 8
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 5
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Oregon'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.

Summit Scholarship (Oregon Resident): See notes
Summit Scholarship (Non-Resident): See notes
UO Excellence Scholarship (Non-Resident only): See notes
Apex Scholarship (Non-Resident): See notes
Apex Scholarship (Oregon Resident): Full-time enrollment

Renewal terms by tier

Summit Scholarship (Oregon Resident)
$5,000 per year ($20,000 over 4 years)
Entry requirements: Minimum 3.90 high school GPA on a 4.00 scale GPA
To keep it: Renewable for up to 12 academic terms (excluding summer) within 5 years; 15 terms within 6 years for BLA, BIARC, BARCH. Renewal requires 3.00 cumulative UO GPA + 12 UO credits per term.
Source: https://financialaid.uoregon.edu/summit
Summit Scholarship (Non-Resident)
$12,500 per year ($50,000 over 4 years)
Entry requirements: Minimum 3.90 high school GPA on a 4.00 scale GPA
To keep it: Renewable for up to 12 academic terms (15 for BLA/BIARC/BARCH); 3.00 cumulative UO GPA + 12 UO credits per term. If residency status changes to in-state, award reduces to the $5,000 resident Summit amount.
Source: https://financialaid.uoregon.edu/summit
UO Excellence Scholarship (Non-Resident only)
$20,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for 12 academic terms (15 for approved 5-year programs) within 5 years of initial enrollment. If residency status changes to in-state, award becomes the Oregon-resident Summit at $5,000/yr.
Source: https://financialaid.uoregon.edu/uo-excellence-scholarship/faqs
Apex Scholarship (Non-Resident)
$10,000 per year
To keep it: 12 academic terms (15 for 5-yr programs) within 5 years. Maintain honorable grades. Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships monitors continued eligibility.
Source: https://admissions.uoregon.edu/apex-scholarship-2025-faq
Apex Scholarship (Oregon Resident)
$2,000 per year
To keep it: 12 academic terms within 5 years; maintain honorable grades and full-time enrollment.
Source: https://financialaid.uoregon.edu/scholarships_freshmen

Renewal questions families ask

How much merit aid does the University of Oregon give?: UO publishes parallel resident and non-resident automatic merit ladders. Non-residents: UO Excellence $20,000/yr (highly selective), Summit $12,500/yr (3.90+ HS GPA), Apex $10,000/yr. Oregon residents: Staton $6,000/yr, Summit $5,000/yr (3.90+ HS GPA), Apex $2,000/yr, plus full-tuition PathwayOregon for Pell-eligible residents. Separate-application awards include the Stamps Scholarship (UO's most generous), Presidential ($9,000), Duck Excellence ($7,500), and Home Flight.

Rules that bite at Oregon

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

renewalApex Scholarship (Oregon Resident): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
12 academic terms within 5 years; maintain honorable grades and full-time enrollment. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Oregon compares across our verified dataset

133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Oregon is one of them. The cohort minority (17 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 Oregon’s own published materials.