How long does the merit scholarship last?

Up to eight semesters, not reduced as long as you remain consecutively enrolled full-time, degree-seeking, and making Satisfactory Academic Progress.

St. Thomas (MN)· Renewal Rules

Keeping St. Thomas (MN)’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: 2 of 2
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 2
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

St. Thomas (MN)'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.

St. Thomas Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
Dease Scholarship Program: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

St. Thomas Scholarship
Up to $34,000
To keep it: Not reduced during the undergraduate program for up to eight semesters as long as the student is consecutively enrolled full-time, degree-seeking, making Satisfactory Academic Progress, and total St. Thomas + outside aid does not exceed the cost of attendance.
Source: https://www.stthomas.edu/financial-aid/undergraduate/
Dease Scholarship Program
Full tuition
To keep it: Scholars must participate in program activities for all 4 years and the Emerging Scholars LLC in the first year.
Source: https://www.stthomas.edu/student-affairs/departments/sdis/dease-scholarship-program/index.html

How families lose this aid

Letting the merit award lapse by dropping below full-time.
The scholarship is protected for up to eight semesters only while you are consecutively enrolled full-time, degree-seeking, and making Satisfactory Academic Progress.

Renewal questions families ask

How long does the merit scholarship last?: Up to eight semesters, not reduced as long as you remain consecutively enrolled full-time, degree-seeking, and making Satisfactory Academic Progress.

Rules that bite at St. Thomas (MN)

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

renewalSt. Thomas Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Not reduced during the undergraduate program for up to eight semesters as long as the student is consecutively enrolled full-time, degree-seeking, making Satisfactory Academic Progress, and total St. Thomas + outside aid does not exceed the cost of attendance. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How St. Thomas (MN) compares across our verified dataset

247 of 272 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
St. Thomas (MN) 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 St. Thomas (MN)’s own published materials.