Financial Aid

To be eligible for Federal financial aid including Federal Stafford loans, PLUS loans and all supplemental loans (with the exception of TERI Loans) students must be in good academic standing and be making satisfactory academic progress.

Students who do not meet the levels of progress indicated in our Qualitative measures and Quantitative Progress sections will be placed on Financial Aid Probation according to the following guidelines:

Credits Attempted	GPA	Percentage Completed
1 – 15	1.3	64%
16 – 29	1.7	64%
30 – 59	1.9	67%

After three consecutive semesters of Financial Aid probation a student will not be eligible to receive financial aid in subsequent semesters. Students can regain good standing in subsequent semesters by raising their GPA and/or percentage of courses completed up to or above these limits.

Students who do not meet the following qualitative or quantitative measures will become ineligible for financial aid for the following semester.

Students who fail to maintain the following cumulative GPA based on the number of credit hours attempted as listed below, will lose their eligibility for Financial Aid:

1 to 15 credits attempted - 1.00

16 to 29 credits attempted - 1.50

30 to 59 credits attempted - 1.75

60 to 180 credits attempted - 2.00

Students who fail to complete the following percentage of credits attempted will lose their eligibility for Financial Aid:

1 to15 credits 60% completion rate

16 to 29 credits 62% completion rate

30 to 59 credits 65% completion rate

60 to 180 credits 67% completion rate

Graduate Students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 in order to remain eligible for financial aid. Graduate Students who receive three or more grades of C+ or lower will lose their eligibility for aid.

If a student withdraws before the end of the add/drop period, the courses will not be counted as attempted. Any courses dropped after the add/drop period will be counted as attempted.

A grade of incomplete will count as attempted credit hours but not completed credit hours. Once the course work is completed and a grade is determined, the credit hours will be accepted.

A student may repeat a course twice in which a low grade was earned and still be eligible to receive financial aid.

Non-credit remedial courses are not counted as credit hours attempted or credit hours earned.

If students have circumstances beyond their control that contributed to poor academic performance, they may submit an appeal to their financial aid counselor in order to preserve financial aid eligibility. The appeal must be made in writing and submitted to the Financial Aid Office within two weeks of notification of unsatisfactory progress and must include supporting documentation. The student will receive a written response to the appeal. A satisfactory academic progress waiver may be granted based on the circumstances of the appeal.

The Financial Aid Office will reinstate the students eligibility for financial aid at the time the student regains satisfactory academic progress or when a waiver is granted.