Post-Baccalaureate Students
Who is Affected
Federal financial aid regulations require that students receiving financial aid be monitored for satisfactory academic progress towards the completion of their program of study. All applicants for state and federal student financial aid are evaluated. Recipients of some alternative loans and scholarships also must meet these policy requirements.
What is Evaluated
1. Completion Rate
2. Grade Point Average
3. Maximum Enrollment Limit
4. Multiple Withdraws in One Year
Details of each requirement are given below. You must comply with all four elements listed in this section to be placed in Good Standing for financial aid eligibility.
1. Completion Rate
You must have passing grades for at least 67% of your Overall attempted credits.
Overall attempted credits are PSU attempted credits plus all attempted transfer credits which appear on your grade record, with grades of : A, B, C, D, F, I, IP, M, NP, P, W, or X. Passing grades are courses with grades of: A, B, C, D, or P.
2. Cumulative Grade Point Average
You must maintain at least a 2.00 cumulative GPA for Overall Attemped Credits: PSU credits plus all accepted transfer credits
3. Maximum Enrollment Limit
The Maximum Enrollment Limit is 90 attempted credits. This includes all PSU attempted credits plus all accepted transfer attempted credits. You will be immediately placed in Suspended eligibility status if your transcript shows 90 or more attempted credits.
4. Impact of Multiple Withdraws
If you receive federal or state financial aid and then withdraw from all classes within the University’s Add/Drop period two times in an academic year, you will be placed in Suspended eligibility status immediately after the second withdrawal.
When Academic Progress is Evaluated
Your academic record is reviewed at the end of each term of enrollment.
If you do not meet the Completion Rate and/or the Cumulative GPA requirement at the end of fall, winter or spring term, you may continue to receive available financial aid the following term. An advisory notice of your status will be made. You have through the end of summer term to improve your academic record to reach the Completion Rate and GPA requirements.
If you have reached the 90 credit Maximum Enrollment Limit, you will be placed in Suspended eligibility status immediately.
If you have a second term of total withdrawal within the Add/Drop period for the academic year, you will be placed in Suspended eligibility status immediately.
If you do not meet all components of the Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy at the beginning of fall term or your first term of enrollment in the next academic year, you will be placed in Suspended eligibility status.
Suspended Eligibility Status and Appeals
Students placed in Suspended status are not eligible to receive federal or state financial aid. In addition, some alternative loan and scholarship programs require students to be in Good Standing under satisfactory academic progress guidelines.
If you are in Suspended status, you may submit an appeal in writing to the Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships which documents special or unforeseen circumstances that interfered with the completion of your coursework or in meeting any other part of the policy.
Submitting an Appeal
The appeal must include an Academic Plan that will bring you into Good Standing or that will satisfy any remaining requirements to complete your degree.
Appeals must be submitted by the end of the second week of the term. Appeals submitted after the deadline will be reviewed but late petitions may result in the loss of funding for the term.
If an appeal is approved, you will be placed in Probation status and will be eligible to receive financial aid.
You must follow this Academic Plan for each term of Probation status until you reach Good Standing. If you do not pass the credits and/or earn the GPA given in the Academic Plan, you will be placed in Suspended status again.
Review your Satisfactory Academic Progress status at www.my.pdx.edu
• Select the Student Tab
• In the Financial Aid channel select Progress
• Select the aid year
• Make next selection based on your status:
In Suspended Status?
• Click on the link for the Academic Plan Worksheet. Complete and print the Academic Plan
• Go to your Financial Aid Requirements screen and print the petition
• Meet with an academic advisor to discuss your status and Academic Plan
• Submit the completed petition, with documentation, to Financial Aid
In Probation Status?
• You must meet the requirements listed to continue receiving aid
• Check for more details by clicking on your Financial Aid Status and use the link for Active Messages