Satisfactory Academic Progress

SAP must be maintained by meeting two component standards; "qualitative" and quantitative." Qualitative is defined as maintaining a 2.0 cumulative G.P.A. Quantitative is defined as earning a required number of hours in a maximum amount of attempts. A student would be suspended from further financial aid if he or she earned:

1. Less than 24 hours and has attempted 24-47 hours

2. Less than 48 hours and has attempted 48-71 hours

3. Less than 72 hours an has attempted 72-95 hours

4. Less than 96 hours and has attempted 96-128 hours

5. Has not earned a degree and has attempted 128-192 hours

The maximum allowable number of hours attempted is 192. This is the federally mandated 150% limitation and can be exceeded only under extreme documented circumstances.

Probation

Students will be placed on probation if their attempts are less than 24 hours and they have earned less than 12 hours and less than a 2.0 cumulative G.P.A. Continued probation if a student maintains a semester G.P.A. of 2.0 or better and at least 12 hours earned.

Any student who is admitted on provisional or probationary status and is limited as to the number of hours they may enroll for, is not by definition a regular admitted student, and is therefore not eligible to receive Title IV financial aid. Graduate academic progress is determined by Graduate Admissions status.

Only regularly admitted or continued regular status students are eligible to receive federal aid.

Appeal Process

Students may appeal their suspension of financial aid to the Student Financial Aid Appeals Committee. A student may re-establish the nonprobationary satisfactory academic progress by completing all attempted courses with at least a 2.0 semester G.P.A.

Non-Credit Course

Students will not receive credit hours earned for courses that are audits, incompletes, and repetitions of already earned hours. Withdrawals, will obviously have a negative affect on a students' SAP.