Satisfactory Academic Progress

For Financial Aid Applicants and Recipients
Financial Aid recipients must be making Satisfactory Academic Progress toward a degree objective in order to be eligible to receive financial aid through Purdue University North Central. The Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy at Purdue University North Central is based on standards established by Federal Regulations governing student financial aid. These standards are cumulative and include all periods of a student's enrollment, including periods in which the student did not receive student financial aid.

Students are considered to be meeting the Satisfactory Academic Progress standards if the following requirements (standards) are met.

GPA Requirement. Undergraduate students whose attempted credit hours are greater than 24 hours must maintain a minimum graduation index based on their current grade classification as outlined below. Graduate students whose attempted credit hours are greater than 15 credit hours must maintain a minimum graduation index of 3.00.

Current Grade  Classification	Minimum Required Graduation Index
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M or B	1.50 1.60 1.70 1.80 1.90 2.00 2.00 2.00 3.00

Completion Rate Requirement. The average length of an undergraduate program of study at Purdue University North Central is 126 credit hours. An undergraduate student is eligible to receive financial aid for a maximum of 186 attempted credit hours at Purdue University North Central. Graduate students may receive financial aid for a maximum of 90 attempted credit hours. In order to show progression toward completion of their program of study, a student's overall total number of earned (completed) credit hours must be equal to or greater than 67% of the overall total number of their attempted credit hours.

Student is meeting the Completion Rate Requirement if:

Overall Earned Credit Hours >= 67% of Overall Attempted Credit Hours

Example:
Student's Overall Earned Credit Hours is 127
Student's Overall Attempted Credit Hours is 136
136 x .67 = 91 (minimum number of Overall Earned Credit Hours the student must have)

As the Student's Overall Earned Credit Hours (127) is greater than 67% of the Students Overall Attempted Credit Hours (136 x .67 or 91), the student is meeting the Completion Rate Requirement.

General Information

•  Transfer credit hours are included in determining attempted quantitative credit hours (quantitative).

•  Withdrawals, grades of “F”, grades of “incomplete”, courses that are repeated, and non-credit courses are included in determining a student's Satisfactory Academic Progress status.

Probationary Status
Students failing to meet the GPA or Completion Rate requirements as outlined are placed on Financial Aid Probation for one semester. While on Financial Aid Probation the student is eligible to receive student financial aid. Students failing to meet the GPA or Completion Rate requirements by the end of their Probationary period automatically become ineligible to receive financial aid. Note: Students who fail to complete any of their attempted credit hours during any one semester or session will at the least be placed on Financial Aid Probation, with the possibility of becoming ineligible for financial aid based on academic performance in that semester as well as previous (if applicable) academic performance at PNC.

Ineligible Status
Students with an ineligible status are not eligible to receive student financial aid at Purdue University North Central. A student's eligibility for financial aid may be reinstated once they again meet the GPA and Completion Rate requirements. A student must submit a written request for this review to be completed after they have again met the above outlined GPA and/or Completion Rate requirements.

Appeal Process
An ineligible status can be appealed if the student has had mitigating circumstances such as personal illness or injury, or the death of an immediate family member. Students may contact the Office of Financial Aid to request a Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeal form. Note: A probationary status cannot be appealed.

Payment after Reinstatement
A student may be paid Pell Grant and campus-based funds, state funds, and/or FFELP Student Loan funds for the payment period in which the student is again meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress standards, but cannot be paid for any payment period during which time the student was in an ineligible status.