The starting point
Widener auto-considers every applicant for merit scholarships that start at $100,000 over four years for freshmen ($20,000+/year for transfers), but the awards are tuition-only, capped at eight semesters, and there is no published GPA/test grid.
Selection beyond grades and scores. These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.
Awards to discuss
First 3 of 11 recorded awards, in chapter display order. This is a selection, not a ranking. Read the full chapter for all awards. Amounts retain the original units and conditions; confirm the entering year with the school.
Academic, Merit Scholarships (first-year students)
$100,000+ over four years · Published award terms
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: Based on academic performance in high school and the strength of the high school's curriculum; open to full-time, undergraduate, day students. Automatic consideration with the admission application — no separate scholarship application. No GPA/test-score grid is published.
Renewal: In order to maintain a merit scholarship, students must progress toward the completion of their program of study at a rate that will ensure graduation is a reasonable length of time, both quantitatively (credit hours) and qualitatively (grades) while maintaining full-time, undergraduate, day status. Limited to eight full-time semesters; reviewed annually.
Other terms: Applicable to tuition charges only. Widener publishes no stat-based award grid, so the exact amount is only known from the admission/aid offer.
https://www.widener.edu/admissions-aid/undergraduate-admissions/tuition-financial-aid/scholarships-grants
Merit Scholarships for Transfer Students
$20,000+ per academic year · Published award terms
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: Based on cumulative college grade point average from all institutions attended. Automatic consideration with the transfer application.
Renewal: Same maintenance terms as other merit scholarships: progress quantitatively (credit hours) and qualitatively (grades) while maintaining full-time, undergraduate, day status; limited to eight full-time semesters total; reviewed annually.
Other terms: Phi Theta Kappa honor society members are eligible for additional scholarship (see separate tier).
https://www.widener.edu/admissions-aid/undergraduate-admissions/tuition-financial-aid/scholarships-grants
Award for Community College Transfers
$30,000 yearly toward tuition · Published coverage or package
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: "Students who meet eligibility requirements" — the eligibility requirements are not published on the page; community college transfer students.
Renewal: Described as a yearly award; specific renewal terms not published on the page.
Other terms: Stated on the Transfer Admissions landing page as a headline figure; the page does not name the award or publish the eligibility criteria. Families should ask admissions exactly which community college transfers qualify.
https://www.widener.edu/admissions-aid/transfer-admissions
