GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) REQUIREMENTS

Students receiving the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG), National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant, TEACH Grant, TEXAS Grant, and/or B-On-Time Loan must meet the Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements stipulated by the federal or state regulatory authority governing the program.  Those requirements may be found in the Grant Programs and/or Loan Programs section(s), respectively, of the

UT Tyler Financial Aid website.

Students receiving aid from the programs listed below (grants, student loans, and/or work study) must maintain the grade point average standards required for enrollment as defined in the current UT Tyler Catalog.

Grant Programs include:

• Federal Pell Grant,
• Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (SEOG),
• Texas Public Education Grant (TPEG),
• Supplemental Educational Assistance Partnership (SLEAP
• Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Grants, and
• Education Affordability Grant

Student Loan Programs include:

• Federal Direct Subsidized Loan
• Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan
• Federal Direct PLUS Loan, and
• Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan

Work Study Programs include:

• Federal Work Study
• Texas Work Study
• Working to Success

COMPLETION OF COURSE (CREDIT HOURS) REQUIREMENTS

Students receiving aid from the programs listed above must successfully complete at least 75% of the hours attempted as of the census date for the term(s) of the increment of assessment.  Courses repeated to meet degree requirements will be in the calculation of attempted and earned hours for assessment of Satisfactory Academic Progress. 

Courses not considered earned to meet completion requirements include:

• Courses taken for audit
• Course with grades of  "F", "I", “W” or “NC”
• Credit hours earned by examination or articulation

Students funded at UT Tyler for concurrent enrollment at another institution (through UT TeleCampus, at an area junior college, or through a study abroad program) must provide proof of successful completion of their coursework to the Financial Aid Office.  Until that documentation is received, the coursework will not be considered in the assessment of satisfactory academic progress.

MAXIMUM TIME LIMIT REQUIREMENTS

A student’s eligibility for financial aid is limited to levels listed below.  Attempted hours include all prior coursework at UT Tyler and/or from transfer, regardless of whether or not financial aid was received.  If a student changes a course of study or pursues an additional credential, the hours attempted under all courses of study are included in the calculation of attempted and earned hours.

UNDERGRADUATE programs of study must be completed within 180 attempted semester credit hours, including transfer coursework and second baccalaureate degrees.

GRADUATE programs of study must be completed within 54 attempted semester credit hours of graduate work.

Students who exceed the maximum time limit requirements can only be funded if they are approved for an appeal.  (See Student Appeal Process below for details)

EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS

Satisfactory academic progress is informally monitored after the summer and fall semesters year.  For financial aid purposes, all summer sessions (Long Summer, Summer I, and Summer II) are considered as one summer term.  Aid recipients will be notified of their status, through their Patriot email account, in an effort to identify potential academic problems and provide time for corrective action. 

Formal evaluation of an aid recipient’s satisfactory academic progress is done annually, after grades are posted for the spring semester.  Students not meeting all three elements (GPA, completion rate, and maximum time frame) for the prior 3 semesters (Summer, Fall, and Spring) will be placed on Financial Aid Suspension.

Financial Aid Suspension will prevent the student from receiving any Title IV (federal), state, or institutional financial assistance for future enrollment, until such time as the student meets all the satisfactory academic progress standards.

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