Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid
Academic Progress Policy
Academic progress toward a program of study is required for all graduate students receiving financial aid from federal and state sources. Students must meet both a qualitative and quantitative standard to maintain eligibility for financial aid. In general, graduate students are required to maintain a 3.0 grade point average and complete at least 66.67% of attempted credits each semester. Additionally, students may continue to receive financial aid if their total attempted credit hours do not exceed 150% of the credits needed to complete their program of study; for example: if a program of study requires 36 credits for completion, a student may attempt up to 54 credits to meet the requirement. The entire Satisfactory Academic Progress policy is available on the Office of Financial Aid website.
Students classified as not making satisfactory academic progress for a given semester will be notified and be given the opportunity to appeal the decision with the Financial Aid Appeals Committee, for consideration of any extenuating circumstances that affected their academic progress.
Help is available every step of the way in the aid process. Please contact the office with any questions by calling , e-mailing finaid@kean.edu or visiting the website: http://www.kean.edu/offices/financial-aid.