William Jewell awards an automatic GPA-based Academic Scholarship of $3,000-$5,000/year to first-year students with a 3.25+ HS GPA, with a stackable test-score Achiever award of $1,000-$2,000/year for an ACT 24+/SAT 1160+ — small dollar amounts, but on a low private-college sticker (~$22K tuition) after Jewell's 2021 tuition reset.
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Rules that bite at William Jewell
The trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook. Each is derived from William Jewell's own published policy, not generic advice.
renewalFirst-Year Academic Scholarship (Jewell / Trustee / Presidential Scholar): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable for four years (eight full-time semesters). Recipients must maintain a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA in order to renew, and complete a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.
capHard $36,982 cost-of-attendance ceiling
Institutional aid at William Jewell cannot push the package past $36,982. Big outside wins can mathematically reduce institutional grant once the ceiling is reached.
Common merit-aid mistakes at William Jewell
After Jewell's 2021 ~45% tuition reset, both sticker tuition (~$22,160 for 2026-27) and the merit awards were scaled down. The top automatic Academic Scholarship is $5,000/year (Presidential, 3.75+ GPA) plus up to $2,000/year for test scores — modest in dollars, but against a low private-college price.
Feb. 1 is the last day to provide test scores for Achiever Scholarships. Miss it and you keep the GPA-based Academic Scholarship but forfeit the $1,000-$2,000/year test-score add-on.
Academic awards 'cannot be combined with athletic grants and scholarships.' Recruited athletes have to choose the larger of the two paths, not add them.
The A+ Scholarship 'replaces any equal or lesser value first-year Academic Scholarship award' — it raises a low award to $3,000 but does not stack on a higher one.
The $5,000/year PTK award 'may not be combined with a merit scholarship,' so a transfer takes whichever single award is larger.
Jewell's Oxbridge Honors Program page states it is 'not accepting new Oxbridge Honors students for fall 2025.' Older figures (e.g., $26,000/year) circulating online come from a 2020 student-newspaper article, not a current official aid page.
Who this school is for
Cost-conscious students with a 3.25+ high school GPA (ideally with an ACT 24+/SAT 1160+) who want a predictable, automatic merit award at a small, historically Baptist-affiliated liberal-arts college near Kansas City; transfer students with a 3.25+ GPA also qualify for an automatic award.
Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $36,982 for 2026-2027. Source
Institutional merit aid tiers
Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.
Entering from high school. Most awards available to applicants admitted before Dec. 1; funds may become limited due to demand.
Renewal terms
Renewable for four years (eight full-time semesters). Recipients must maintain a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA in order to renew, and complete a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester.
Notes
Awarded automatically based on the cumulative high school GPA grid. Cannot be combined with athletic grants and scholarships. A strong ACT/SAT adds a separate stackable Achiever award (see next tier).
Test scores must be provided by Feb. 1 (last day to provide test scores for Achiever Scholarships).
Renewal terms
Listed among institutional scholarships requiring a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 to renew; same 12-credit-hour / 2.0 cumulative GPA renewal rule as other institutional aid.
Notes
Stacks on top of the GPA-based Academic Scholarship ('Your test score can take your total award to the next level'). The page presents this as a separate test-score award alongside the First-Year Academic Scholarship grid. Test-score awards begin at a 24 ACT / 1170 SAT in the eligibility paragraph; the published grid rows read ACT 24-27 / SAT 1160-1290 = $1,000 and ACT 28+ / SAT 1300+ = $2,000 (a minor 1160 vs 1170 SAT-floor discrepancy on the same page — see Section C).
Students transferring from another college or university.
Renewal terms
Transfer Academic Scholarships are renewable for two years (four full-time semesters). Recipients must maintain a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA in order to renew.
Notes
Automatic on transfer GPA. Cannot be combined with athletic grants and scholarships. (Phi Theta Kappa transfers can instead take a $5,000/yr award, but it may not be combined with a merit scholarship — see lesser-known scholarships.)
Cumulative unweighted high school GPA of 3.0 or higher on the 6th or 7th semester transcript
Requirements & details+
Eligibility
Eligible Missouri students in the State of Missouri A+ Program who have not yet graduated from high school; confirmed by the school A+ program coordinator to be in good standing. Jewell application by Feb. 1.
Renewal terms
Replaces an equal-or-lesser first-year Academic Scholarship; renewal not separately stated on the page.
Notes
Replaces (does not stack with) any equal or lesser value first-year Academic Scholarship — so it raises the floor for A+ students but does not add to a higher academic award. Missouri-only.
Stacking at Jewell is category-gated, with a full-tuition cap on several awards. Academic awards cannot be combined with athletic grants/scholarships. The test-score Achiever award stacks on the GPA-based Academic Scholarship. The Hispanic Development Fund (HDF) match is applied after academic merit awards but cannot combine with athletic or performing-arts scholarships. Christian Fellows (Faith & Culture) awards cannot stack with another Faith & Culture, talent, or athletic scholarship, but may combine with need-based grants or merit scholarships 'not in excess of full tuition.' Phi Theta Kappa transfer ($5,000) may not be combined with a merit scholarship. No published policy was found describing how third-party OUTSIDE/private scholarships displace institutional aid (the Private Scholarships page only lists outside entities).
Multiple explicit no-combine rules between categories (academic vs. athletic; Faith & Culture vs. talent/athletic; PTK vs. merit), plus an explicit 'not in excess of full tuition' cap on Faith & Culture stacking. Test-score award is additive to academic. Outside/private scholarship displacement is not published; ask the aid office.
Amount$1,000EligibilityRegularly admissible applicants who completed a CAPS Network program in high school, on a Jewell admission counselor recommendation by Feb. 1.
AmountUp to an additional $1,000EligibilityStudents awarded a school-district-based future-teacher / grow-your-own scholarship and/or loan-forgiveness program.
AmountAmount not published on pageEligibilityAdmitted; submit FAFSA or CSS Profile; Christian Fellows application by June 1 (priority by Feb. 15); faith-leader recommendation.
Cannot stack with another Faith & Culture, talent, or athletic scholarship; may combine with need-based grants or merit scholarships but not in excess of full tuition. No dollar figure shown on the page — confirm with the Center for Faith and Culture.
Yes for admitted first-year students with a minimum 3.25 cumulative high school GPA: Jewell Scholar (3.25-3.49) = $3,000, Trustee Scholar (3.50-3.74) = $4,000, Presidential Scholar (3.75+) = $5,000 per year, awarded on the GPA grid. A strong ACT/SAT adds a separate $1,000-$2,000/year Achiever award.
What are the deadlines?
Most awards are available to applicants admitted before Dec. 1 (funds can run limited due to demand). Feb. 1 is the last day to provide test scores for the Achiever Scholarship, and the deadline for several specialized awards (A+, Heritage, CAPS, PLTW).
How do I renew my scholarship?
Complete a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0. First-Year Academic Scholarships renew for four years (eight semesters); Transfer Academic Scholarships renew for two years (four semesters). Renewal is reviewed at the end of the academic year.
Can I combine Jewell scholarships?
Sometimes. The test-score Achiever award stacks on the GPA-based Academic Scholarship. But academic awards cannot combine with athletic aid; Christian Fellows awards cannot combine with another Faith & Culture, talent, or athletic award (and Faith & Culture combined with need/merit cannot exceed full tuition); the Phi Theta Kappa $5,000 transfer award cannot combine with a merit scholarship; and the A+ award replaces rather than adds to an equal-or-lesser academic award.
How William Jewell compares across our verified dataset
160 of 751 verified schools in our dataset use cost-of-attendance cap displacement.
William Jewell is in a recognizable cluster (160 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
William Jewell is one of them. The cohort minority (82 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 claim is checked against William Jewell’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
