Satisfactory Academic Progress
Category: Satisfactory Academic Progress
What is SAP?
Financial aid recipients are required to maintain the following standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress. The entire policy can be found within the Financial Aid Handbook. Some critical parts of the policy include the following.
- Full-time undergraduate students are required to complete 12 or more required credits each semester; three-quarter and half-time students are required to complete 9 and 6 credits, respectively.
- Undergraduate students are expected to maintain a minimum 2.0 semester GPA and are expected to attain a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA after attempting 60 credits. Students receiving scholarships, named scholarships, department awards, and talent awards may be required to maintain a significantly higher GPA, depending on specific criteria.
- Full-time graduate students are required to complete 9 or more credits each semester; half-time students are required to complete 5 credits.
- Graduate students are expected to maintain at a minimum a 3.0 for both their semester and cumulative GPAs.
- Students are expected to complete their degrees within 150% of the maximum number of credits required for the degree.
- All students are expected to maintain a progress pace of at least 67% of their earned credits divided by their attempted credits.
