Quantitative and Maximum Time Frame

Regulations allow a student to maintain financial aid eligibility for attempting credit hours that are within 150% of the credit hours (maximum time frame) required to receive a degree, diploma, or certificate. In order to meet this quantitative standard, students must successfully complete at least 67% of all courses attempted. Courses earned include grades of A, B, C, or D. Courses attempted include any course in which grades of A, B, C, D, F, W, WF, or I are given. The 67% criteria will be checked at the end of each term.

If a student has not maintained a cumulative 2.0 and/or has not completed 67% of the cumulative attempted and/or has exceeded maximum time frame (150%) at the time academic standing is checked, the student is placed on SAP warning. During the SAP warning period, the student may continue to receive financial aid for one term only. If, at the end of that term, the student has raised his/her cumulative GPA to at least a 2.0 and a 67% cumulative completion rate, the student is placed in good standing. If the student is still not making SAP by the end of that term, the student’s financial aid will be suspended.

Maximum Time Frame
Maximum time frame is 150% x total number of hours required to complete their degree program. Students must complete their respective program within the following number of attempted credits:
   Certificate Programs  = 59 credit maximum
   Diploma Programs    = 89 credit maximum
   Associate Programs  = 110 credit maximum
All courses including transfer courses, repeated courses, remedial courses, incomplete courses and withdrawn courses are included in this calculation. The maximum time frame criteria will be checked at the end of each term.