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Academic Standards for Federal Programs

Full-time Graduate Students
Master’s Candidates
Allowable Program Length – 4.5 Years
Half-Yearly Increments
Year Equivalents
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
# Credits per Half Year
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
Cumulative Credits
4
8
12
16
21
26
31
36

Graduate students in the School of Business and Public Administration and Information Sciences must maintain a 2.5 grade point average, all other students who are not in these majors and who have earned fewer than 13 credits must maintain a 2.5 grade point average; all other students who have 13 or more credits must maintain a 3.0 grade point average. Students in the graduate phase Pharm.D. Program should refer to the chart designated for that specific program.

Addendum for Charts:

  1) Title IV probation status will be considered in the following manner:
    a) A review is made at the end of each semester to determine if a student’s average is
satisfactory.
    b) A review is made at the end of the Spring semester of each year for determination of work completed.
   

c) If a student has failed to meet the minimum requirements, the student is placed on probation for the following year.
    d) At the end of the following year (after the Spring semester), a determination is made, and if progress (as defined below) toward minimum standards has still not been made, the
student will lose eligibility for the third year.
   

e) Progress toward the minimum standards is defined as: 1) completing the minimum number of credits required for that year or cumulative increment or, 2) showing improvement in the grade point average.
     
  2) The Dean will review P grades for grade point average requirements.
  3) U, F, W, WF, INC, ABS, UW, NGR, and AUD grades do not count toward successful completion requirements. Repeated courses count only once toward credits earned.
  4) Part-time students should simply prorate the requirements that appear on the full-time chart.


A student financial aid recipient must meet these standards of good academic standing. The records of a student on probation or who fails to make adequate progress toward his or her degree are subject to review for mitigating circumstances based upon professional judgment. A student remains in good standing and eligible to receive Title IV funds until he or she is declared ineligible. The determination will be made at least at the end of each academic year.

The Office of Student Financial Services will contact students who fail to meet the above academic standards, and will advise them of the appeals process to help regain eligibility. The office of the Academic Dean of the student’s major conducts academic reviews and plays a pivotal role in determining probationary status of a student.