What GPA do I need, and what are the renewal requirements?

Scranton does not publish the qualifying GPA/test thresholds or the renewal terms for its merit scholarships — contact the Financial Aid Office (finaid@scranton.edu) to confirm.

Scranton· Renewal Rules

Keeping Scranton’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: 4 of 4
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 4
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Scranton's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

Presidential Scholarship: See notes
Dean's Scholarship: See notes
Loyola Scholarship: See notes
Faber Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Presidential Scholarship
Full tuition
Entry requirements: Not published GPA · Test optional SAT · Test optional ACT
To keep it: Renewal terms are not published; mark needs_confirmation.
Source: https://www.scranton.edu/financial-aid/merit-based-sch.shtml
Dean's Scholarship
$33,000 average award
Entry requirements: Not published GPA · Test optional SAT · Test optional ACT
To keep it: Renewal terms not published; needs_confirmation.
Source: https://www.scranton.edu/financial-aid/merit-based-sch.shtml
Loyola Scholarship
$31,500 average award
Entry requirements: Not published GPA · Test optional SAT · Test optional ACT
To keep it: Renewal terms not published; needs_confirmation.
Source: https://www.scranton.edu/financial-aid/merit-based-sch.shtml
Faber Scholarship
$28,000 average award
Entry requirements: Not published GPA · Test optional SAT · Test optional ACT
To keep it: Renewal terms not published; needs_confirmation.
Source: https://www.scranton.edu/financial-aid/merit-based-sch.shtml

How families lose this aid

Trying to find the GPA/test cutoff for each scholarship tier
Scranton publishes the award amounts (and 'average' amounts) but NOT the qualifying GPA/test thresholds or renewal terms anywhere public. You can't predict your tier from the website — ask admissions or use the net price calculator.

Renewal questions families ask

What GPA do I need, and what are the renewal requirements?: Scranton does not publish the qualifying GPA/test thresholds or the renewal terms for its merit scholarships — contact the Financial Aid Office (finaid@scranton.edu) to confirm.

How Scranton compares across our verified dataset

247 of 272 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Scranton 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.

Sources used on this page

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