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ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ expects all students to maintain an acceptable level of academic progress, therefore this policy applies to all matriculated students. At the close of each semester, once grades post, all students’ records will be concurrently assessed for academic and student aid SAP. All students earning a cumulative GPA of less than 2.000 will be reviewed, as well as those who have not met the quantitative measure outlined below. These standards have been developed in accordance with federal, state, and institutional regulations that govern financial aid programs.  

There are three distinct dimensions to the satisfactory academic progress standards: 

• completing the degree requirements within an established timeframe. 
• maintaining the minimum required grade point average (GPA). 
• achieving a minimum rate of academic progression each year. 

These standards include an opportunity to appeal the denial of financial aid if the student has faced unusual circumstances which prevented the student from attaining the minimum standards.

It is important to note that the College’s overall Satisfactory Academic Progress policy and the College’s financial aid SAP policy necessarily share regulations. While these policies share details, they are implemented separately from one another to maintain the integrity of each process. The Office of Student Aid, the Office of the Registrar, and the Office of the Dean of Students will coordinate to ensure that student communication is coordinated through any warning and appeal processes. 

More information regarding the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) for Academics can be found here.

• Federal Pell Grant 
• Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant 
• Federal Work-Study Program 
• Federal William D. Ford Direct Loans (including the subsidized and unsubsidized student loans, Federal Parent Loan (PLUS) and Federal Grad PLUS) 
• State Grants and Scholarships  
• ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Institutional Grant Aid 

For student aid, all students must maintain at least a cumulative GPA of 2.000. The College’s minimum GPA for Academic Standing status and graduation is a minimum 2.000 cumulative GPA.   

Respective to the two separate policies, students are placed on academic and aid probation, suspension, or academically dismissed according to the criteria below. The GPAs outlined below also prompt student aid action.  

Students who have not met the minimum SAP requirement for aid will be notified by the Director of Student Aid.  

For the purposes of determining internal academic standing only, the computation of required GPA for upperclass students omits first-semester grades if, and only if, this is advantageous to the student. The calculation is described above; SAP calculations for student aid always includes all semesters enrolled, as required by law.  

For students in good academic standing: 

• Academic Dismissal:
  • If the cumulative GPA is 1.000 or lower or the student meets the conditions for a second academic suspension. 

• Academic Suspension:
  • If the cumulative GPA is 1.001 – 1.499, or the semester GPA is 1.000 or lower. 

• Academic Probation:
  • If the cumulative GPA is 1.500-1.999, or the semester GPA is 1.001 – 1.999. 

• Good Standing:
  • If the cumulative GPA is greater than or equal to 2.000 and none of the other standards outlined above are met. 

For students on academic probation:

• Academic Dismissal:
  • If cumulative or semester GPA is 1.000 or lower or the student meets the conditions of a second academic suspension.

• Academic Suspension:
  • If cumulative and semester GPA are 1.001-1.999. 

• Academic Probation:
  • If cumulative or semester GPA are 1.001-1.999. 

• Good Standing:
  • If cumulative GPA is greater than or equal to 2.0 and none of the other standards outlined above are met.

More information regarding the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) for Academics can be found here.

The quantitative standard or pace is equivalent to the number of credits the students has successfully completed divided by the number of credits the student attempted. 

Students are expected to make normal progress toward the degree, defined as passing the equivalent of four full-credit courses each semester.  All courses, whether or not they are successfully completed, count in calculating a student’s academic progress for aid eligibility purposes; this includes individual courses for which a student received a W and medical leaves, which generally result in an entire terms’ courses being recorded with a W. Any student who fails to register for a minimum of 3 credits and attend classes prior to the end of the first week of the term may be withdrawn from the College, and this will count towards the student’s eight semesters in their aid calculation.  Transfer credit and pre-matriculation credits count in this calculation for academic and aid pace. (See the "Additional Course and Grading Details" section at the bottom of this page for more details.)

To comply with the satisfactory academic progress policy, each candidate in the four-year program must successfully complete the following minimum number of course and unit credits: