Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress

Qualitative Measure GPA (Achievement)

Students receiving financial aid must meet the following cumulative grade point average, based on long terms completed.

1 long term: 1.650 grade average

2 long terms: 1.750 grade average

3 long terms: 1.850 grade average

4 long terms: 1.930 grade average

5 long terms: 1.970 grade average

6 or more long terms: 2.00 grade average

Quantitative Measure (Pace)

Students receiving financial aid must also satisfactorily complete 67% of all hours attempted. All attempted hours will be totaled and multiplied by 67% (.67) to determine the number of credit hours a student must have earned. Grades of U, WU, WP, I, W, AU, NC, and transfer hours are counted as attempted hours and will NOT count as earned hours. Repeated courses will be included in the attempted hours total. Centre College does not offer remedial courses, so they are not included in either the hours attempted or the hours earned.

Maximum Time Frame (Duration)

The maximum time frame in which a student must complete his or her degree cannot exceed more than 150% of the length of their academic program. Centre College requires a minimum of 110 credit hours to complete the degree. Therefore, Centre students can attempt up to 165 hours and still be eligible for aid. Once 165 hours are exceeded, aid would be suspended. All repeated courses, failed courses, withdrawals, courses taken from a change in major and transferred hours will count as credit hours attempted toward the maximum time frame.