How much are the merit scholarships?

Wofford Merit $15,000-$25,000/yr; Old Main $27,000-$30,000/yr; First Generation $25,000/yr (15 awards); Citizen Scholars $20,000-$25,000/yr; Palmetto Boys'/Girls' State $25,000/yr ($100,000 over four years); plus Tuition Exchange and 100% Tuition Remission for employee dependents.

How long do scholarships last?

Up to eight semesters (renewable for three years after the first year), provided you meet the renewal criteria on your financial aid award letter.

Wofford· Renewal Rules

Keeping Wofford’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: low

Renewal risk profile

Wofford'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.

Wofford Merit Scholarship: See notes
Old Main Scholarship: See notes
First Generation Scholarship: See notes
Citizen Scholars Scholarship: See notes
Palmetto Boys State Scholarship: See notes
Palmetto Girls State Scholarship: See notes
Tuition Exchange Scholarship: See notes
Tuition Remission Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Wofford Merit Scholarship
$15,000-$25,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for up to three years after your first year (four years total / eight semesters), if eligibility requirements in the student's financial aid award letter are met.
Source: https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships
Old Main Scholarship
$27,000-$30,000 per year
To keep it: Renewable for up to three years after your first year, if eligibility requirements in the financial aid award letter are met.
Source: https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships
First Generation Scholarship
$25,000 per year
To keep it: Not separately stated; subject to general renewal (eight-semester) criteria.
Source: https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships
Citizen Scholars Scholarship
$25,000/year (Palmetto Fellow recipients) / $20,000/year (Life Scholarship recipients)
To keep it: Stated as four-year values ($100,000 / $80,000).
Source: https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships
Palmetto Boys State Scholarship
$100,000 total ($25,000 per year)
To keep it: Payable at $25,000/year, renewable for three years (four years total).
Source: https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships
Palmetto Girls State Scholarship
$100,000 total ($25,000 per year)
To keep it: Payable at $25,000/year, renewable for three years (four years total).
Source: https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships
Tuition Exchange Scholarship
Tuition or the set rate (predetermined by the TE program annually)
To keep it: Subject to continued TE eligibility.
Source: https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships
Tuition Remission Scholarship
100% tuition remission (first undergraduate degree)
To keep it: Maximum of eight semesters (including summer school); 12 credits per term or 24 hours cumulative; must continue to meet eligibility.
Source: https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships

How families lose this aid

Assuming merit lasts five years.
Wofford merit scholarships are renewable only 'up to three years after your first year' (four years / eight semesters total), and renewal depends on the criteria in your financial aid award letter.

Renewal questions families ask

How much are the merit scholarships?: Wofford Merit $15,000-$25,000/yr; Old Main $27,000-$30,000/yr; First Generation $25,000/yr (15 awards); Citizen Scholars $20,000-$25,000/yr; Palmetto Boys'/Girls' State $25,000/yr ($100,000 over four years); plus Tuition Exchange and 100% Tuition Remission for employee dependents.
How long do scholarships last?: Up to eight semesters (renewable for three years after the first year), provided you meet the renewal criteria on your financial aid award letter.

How Wofford compares across our verified dataset

247 of 272 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Wofford 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 Wofford’s own published materials.

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