Students must be enrolled half-time (6 credit hours) to receive Federal Stafford Loans or Federal PLUS loans.
Students must be enrolled full-time (12 credit hours, or 9 hours for graduate assistants) through the end of the tuition refund period (fourth week) to receive TAP.
Federal Pell Grants are prorated based on the number of credit hours a student is enrolled. The corresponding credit loads are full-time (12 or more credits), 3/4 time (9 - 11.5 credits), half-time (6 - 8.5 credits), or less than half-time (0.5 - 5.5 credits). Awards will be adjusted up or down to reflect changes in enrollment status through the end of the tuition refund period (fourth week) even if the grant has been disbursed. After the fourth week changes up or down will not change the award amount unless a student withdraws from all classes.
Students must be enrolled full-time (12 credit hours) through the end of the tuition refund period (fourth week) to receive the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) or SMART Grant.
APTS is for students enrolled 3 - 11.5 credit hours.
