Satisfactory Progress

Undergraduate Students

For full-time matriculated students, satisfactory progress toward a degree is defined as successful completion of 24 credits applicable to that degree program during an academic year.  This should include registration for at least 12 credits per semester and successful completion of at least nine credits per semester.  Completion is defined as the receipt of a final letter grade (A+ to F), but not the receipt of a Withdrawal (W), Did Not Attend (DNA), or an Incomplete (INC).  Successful completion is defined as the receipt of a passing letter grade (A+ to D-).

Students are required to maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average in accordance with the following scale:

Cumulative grade point average of 1.75 for 3 to 27 credits attempted;
Cumulative grade point average of 1.85 for 28 to 57 credits attempted;
Cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for 58 or more credits attempted.

A minimum QPR of 2.0 is required in the major, in a minor, or in any undergraduate certificate program in order to graduate with that credential.

In addition, financial aid eligibility is limited to accumulated attempted credit hours totaling no more than 150% of the published credit hours required to receive an undergraduate degree. For example, a program that requires 120 credit hours x 1.5 = 180 maximum allowable credit hours attempted for financial aid eligibility. Every semester that you are enrolled in school will be counted, even the semesters when you do not receive financial aid. Transfer credits accepted by the University from other institutions will count towards the maximum credit hour limit.