Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy

The Satisfactory Academic Progress policy is comprised of three elements: Quantitative, Qualitative and Maximum Time Frame

1. Qualitative—evaluation based on grade point average (GPA)
2. Quantitative—evaluation based on completion rate toward educational objective
3. Maximum Time Frame—evaluation based on total number of credit hours attempted.
   1. Undergraduate students will be eligible for financial aid for a maximum of 180 attempted credit hours (150% of the 120 credit hours required for all degree programs). Transfer hours are included in the total number of credit hours attempted.
   2. Graduate students will be eligible for financial aid for a maximum of 150% of the total credits hours required of their program. Transfer hours are included in the total number of hours attempted.
   3. Part-time attendance counts toward hours attempted in the maximum time frame calculation.
   4. Attempted hours are counted for all terms, even those for which the student did not receive financial aid, transfer hours, and hours usually waived under academic amnesty policies.

Students are not packaged for financial aid nor can disbursement of any federal or state aid occur while a student is considered as NOT MEETING Satisfactory Academic Progress. As permitted by regulation, students who are not meeting but are in a FINANCIAL AID WARNING or FINANCIAL AID PROBATION status may be awarded and disbursed federal and state aid.

In order to re-establish eligibility, a student must be placed on probation through the evaluation and approval of an appeal or reevaluated after a term and meet all of the above stated criteria or be placed on probation after making an appeal for consideration.

The requirement that a student complete a number of credits or enroll for a number of academic periods without receiving federal student aid funds, or that he or she interrupt attendance for one or more academic periods, may be part of the appeal of decisions by the Financial Aid Office. However, neither paying for one’s classes nor sitting out for a term affects a student’s academic progress standing, so neither is sufficient to re-establish aid eligibility.