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Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress

Additional Satisfactory Academic Progress Information for Financial Aid Eligibility
Satisfactory Academic Progress is defined in the academic policy section of this catalog. Students must meet two standards of satisfactory academic progress to continue eligibility for federal student financial aid. They are measurements of quality and quantity.

Quality Standard
A student must maintain the minimum grade point average (GPA) requirement. For undergraduate students, this standard requires that a cumulative GPA of 2.0 must be achieved by the end of the second academic year and must be maintained thereafter. A cumulative GPA less than 2.0 does not meet the quality standard. For graduate students, the standard is a 3.0 gpa.

Quantity Standard
A student must progress toward graduation requirements by satisfactorily completing at least 67 percent of the attempted credit hours and not exceeding 150 percent of the program length. A student who fails to meet these criteria does not meet the quantity standard.

Withdrawals and incompletes are considered attempted hours for financial aid purposes. These hours, as well as credit hours transferred in, are included in the determination of satisfactory academic progress for financial aid eligibility regardless of whether the student received aid while attempting those hours.

Failure to meet either standard could include warning, probation, or revoked status. An appeal process is available for students who can document that extenuating circumstances impacted their ability to meet the standards. Circumstances may include, but are not limited to, external factors that impacted their ability to study, health or family issues. Contact your Student Financial Services counselor for information on the financial aid appeals process.

• SAP Appeal Form