Managing Aid

Reviewed annually in May, winter flex grades are reviewed as part of the spring term.

• All undergraduate, graduate and professional students must maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average.

Learn more about the Purdue University academic grading system.

Reviewed annually in May, winter flex courses are reviewed as part of the spring term.

• Purdue students must complete at least 67% (two-thirds) of the institution’s total cumulative credit hours attempted, including:
  • Any accepted transfer hours
  • Repeat courses, regardless of whether they were previously passed
  • Courses that were withdrawn from or incomplete

For example, a student who has attempted a cumulative total of 60 credit hours must have successfully completed at least 40 credit hours to meet the requirement (60 x .67 = 40.20; round decimals to whole numbers).

Note: Repeating courses that have already been passed with a grade of D or better will decrease the credit completion rate. A review of the credit completion rate is conducted at the end of the spring semester.

Reviewed annually in May, except when approaching maximum time frame, then reviewed each semester. Winter flex courses are reviewed as part of the spring term.

• Students may not exceed a maximum time frame that is equal to 150% of the credits needed to graduate from their primary degree program. (See examples in Table A).
• Once the maximum attempted credit hours are reached, or it becomes mathematically impossible for the student to finish the degree objective in the remaining hours, financial aid eligibility is denied for the subsequent credit hours of enrollment. All attempted credits are counted, including:
  • Any accepted transfer hours
  • Repeat courses, regardless of whether they were previously passed
  • Courses that were withdrawn from or incomplete
• Students are notified as they approach the maximum time frame requirement.

TABLE A

Maximum Time Frame Examples

All transfer credits, courses attempted toward a minor or second major and courses attempted prior to a change in major, which appears on the Purdue academic record, are counted in the calculation of cumulative attempted hours.

• Students seeking a second degree at the same level as their first degree must complete the subsequent degree within the same maximum time frame as the first degree.
• If a student is seeking a second degree and the prior degree is from Purdue University, the 30 Purdue core credits will be applied to the second-degree program, therefore counting as both attempted and earned credits in the SAP calculation.
• A student seeking multiple majors may not receive financial aid to complete additional majors once all requirements to obtain their primary degree have been met.

• All coursework attempted, including repeated, reprieved, English as a second language (ESL) courses, remedial courses or withdrawals recorded on the academic record at the time of the progress check, are considered when determining if the student meets satisfactory academic progress standards.
• Transfer, incomplete and withdrawal credits on the student’s academic record are considered for the maximum time frame and credit completion rate.
• Courses that are retaken to improve a grade are counted as attempted hours when calculating credit completion and maximum timeframe. However, only one passing grade of the repeated course will count toward the completed hours used in the credit completion calculation.
  • Credit completion calculation can be found by taking your completed hours divided by attempted hours.
• Courses that have been “red-lined” in the academic record are counted in attempted hours but not completed hours.

Successful Grades

• Grades of “A+-,” “B+-,” “C+-,” “D+-,” “S” or “P” are considered successful completion of a course.

Unsuccessful Grades

• Grades of “E,” “F,” “WF,” “IF,” “I,” “PI,” “SI,” “U,” “W,” “WN,” “WU,” “IN,” “IU” and “N”, are not considered successful completion. Courses with a status of “NS” or “AU” are not considered successfully completed.
• Students taking Indiana College Network Distance Education courses receive grades that are considered in determining satisfactory academic progress standing (including “I” grades if coursework is not completed).

Note: Audit courses are not counted in the total hours attempted or as successful completion of a course. Correspondence courses may count toward the successful completion of hours attempted if they are completed and posted to the academic record by the last day of the semester.