Is the Academic Scholarship automatic?

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.

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.

William Jewell· Renewal Rules

Keeping William Jewell’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: 8 of 8
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 8
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

William Jewell'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.

First-Year Academic Scholarship (Jewell / Trustee / Presidential Scholar): 2.00 GPA
Achiever Scholarship (test-score award): 2.0 GPA
Transfer Academic Scholarship (Jewell / Trustee / Presidential Scholar): 2.00 GPA
A+ Scholarship (Missouri A+ Program): See notes
Heritage (Alumni Legacy) Scholarship: 2.0 GPA
Marionetta Snyder Scholarship: See notes
First-Generation Scholarship: See notes
Military Recognition Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

First-Year Academic Scholarship (Jewell / Trustee / Presidential Scholar)
$3,000-$5,000 per year
Entry requirements: Minimum 3.25 cumulative HS GPA. Jewell Scholar 3.25-3.49 = $3,000; Trustee Scholar 3.50-3.74 = $4,000; Presidential Scholar 3.75 and above = $5,000. GPA
To keep it: 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.
Source: https://www.jewell.edu/afford/scholarships
Achiever Scholarship (test-score award)
$1,000-$2,000 per year
Entry requirements: SAT 1160-1290 = $1,000; SAT 1300+ = $2,000 SAT · ACT 24-27 = $1,000; ACT 28+ = $2,000 ACT
To keep it: 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.
Source: https://www.jewell.edu/afford/scholarships
Transfer Academic Scholarship (Jewell / Trustee / Presidential Scholar)
$2,000-$4,000 per year
Entry requirements: Minimum 3.25 cumulative college GPA. Jewell Scholar 3.25-3.49 = $2,000; Trustee Scholar 3.50-3.74 = $3,000; Presidential Scholar 3.75 and above = $4,000. GPA
To keep it: 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.
Source: https://www.jewell.edu/afford/scholarships
A+ Scholarship (Missouri A+ Program)
$3,000 per year
Entry requirements: Cumulative unweighted high school GPA of 3.0 or higher on the 6th or 7th semester transcript GPA
To keep it: Replaces an equal-or-lesser first-year Academic Scholarship; renewal not separately stated on the page.
Source: https://www.jewell.edu/afford/scholarships/specialized-and-partner-scholarships
Heritage (Alumni Legacy) Scholarship
$3,000 per year
To keep it: Awarded per year; subject to the standard institutional 12-credit-hour / 2.0 cumulative GPA renewal rule.
Source: https://www.jewell.edu/afford/scholarships/specialized-and-partner-scholarships
Marionetta Snyder Scholarship
$2,500 per academic year
To keep it: One scholarship per academic year; multi-year renewal not stated on the page.
Source: https://www.jewell.edu/afford/scholarships/specialized-and-partner-scholarships
First-Generation Scholarship
$1,000 per year
To keep it: Awarded per year; multi-year renewal not separately stated. Subject to standard institutional renewal rule.
Source: https://www.jewell.edu/afford/scholarships/specialized-and-partner-scholarships
Military Recognition Scholarship
$1,000 per year
To keep it: Awarded per year; subject to standard institutional renewal rule.
Source: https://www.jewell.edu/afford/scholarships/specialized-and-partner-scholarships

How families lose this aid

Expecting big-name merit dollars like a flagship.
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.
Assuming the test-score Achiever award is automatic without sending scores by the deadline.
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.

Renewal questions families ask

Is the Academic Scholarship automatic?: 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.
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.

Rules that bite at William Jewell

The renewal trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook, derived from William Jewell's own tier rules and 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.

How William Jewell compares across our verified dataset

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 renewal claim is checked against William Jewell’s own published materials.