III. Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic

Progress Criteria

In order to meet SAP requirements, financial aid applicants and recipients must meet the qualitative and quantitative measurements outlined below:

Students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for all credit hours attempted.

Students must complete at least 67% of cumulative attempted credit hours.
The completion rate is defined as the percentage of the total number of credit hours completed divided by the total number of credit hours attempted over the entirety of a student's academic record at the college performing the calculation. (Credit hours Completed/Credit hours Attempted) x 100=Completion Rate.
Transfer credit hours on the student's record are included when computing the student's completion rate.
Remedial/ credit hours are included in the calculation of the cumulative completion rate.

Students who have attempted 110% of the number of credit hours required for their degree or eligible certificate program will be sent an Alert notification. This notification will explain to students that they will be Ineligible for Aid when their total attempted credit hours are 150% of their total program credit hours.
Federal regulations allow financial aid recipients to receive financial aid for a maximum number of attempted credit hours. Students attempting credit hours in excess of 150% of the required number of credit hours to complete their program of study will be Ineligible for Aid. If at any point in time it is determined that a student cannot complete their program of study within 150% of the program length, the student will be Ineligible for Aid.
Transfer credit hours are included in the calculation of maximum time frame.
Attempted credit hours under all courses of study are included in the calculation of attempted and earned credit hours.
Up to 30 remedial credit hours may be excluded from the maximum time frame calculation.
ESL courses may be excluded in the maximum time frame calculation.