Enrollment Standards for Financial Aid During Fall/Spring Changing for Graduates & Professionals

The definition of half-time status for graduate/professional students for financial aid purposes is changing to align with the enrollment standards of the Office of the University Registrar for consistency across campus.  During the fall and spring semesters for graduate/professional students, one-to-four credit hours will be considered less than half-time enrollment, five credit hours will be half-time enrollment, six-to-eight hours will be three-quarters time, and nine hours will remain full-time.  Graduate/professional students will need to be enrolled in at least five credit hours during fall and spring semesters for federal loan eligibility.

The current definition of half-time status for financial aid purposes for graduate/professional students is four credit hours during fall and spring.  This change will not impact half-time enrollment during summer semesters for graduate/professional students (three credit hours) or undergraduate enrollment standards.  Visit the Financial Aid website for a full table of enrollment status information.