Acceptable Academic Standing & Academic Progress In order to receive federal student aid in subsequent years, including the Stafford and PLUS loans, students are required to complete a specified number of new credits over a specified amount of time, depending on their enrollment status. Your academic progress will be reviewed after the completion of the spring term.
*Full-time students must complete 24 credits over two terms or 12 credits in one term.*Part-time students must complete the number of credits attempted each term.
If you drop credits, withdraw from classes, withdraw from the semester, unsuccessfully complete credits, receive “G” grades, enroll in audit, or repeat classes, you may fall below the minimum requirements for satisfactory academic progress. The minimum QPA requirements are determined by the total number of post-secondary credits that you have attempted, as well as any credits that have transferred into UPJ.
UPJ will generally provide up to 12 full-time semesters of financial aid, provided you are making satisfactory academic progress and are in acceptable academic standing.
Examples Failure to Achieve 24 Credits A student attempts 15 credits during the fall semester, but he withdraws from a 4 credit class. During the spring semester, he attempts and completes 12 credits. Because he attempted 27 credits, his progress needs to be checked. The student has completed a total of 23 credits (11 from the fall semester and 12 from the spring). Failure to complete 24 credits places the student in poor progress.
Failure to Achieve Minimum QPA Requirements A student transfers 30 credits from another college to UPJ. While at UPJ, she passes 12 credits during the fall semester. In the spring, she attempts 15 credits but passes only 12 credits. Her overall QPA is 1.60. Since the student has attempted 27 credits, her progress needs to be checked. Although she has completed 24 credits, she will be placed in academic progress because she does not meet the minimum QPA requirements. She has a total of 57 credits (30 transfer credits and 27 attempted at UPJ); therefore, she needs an overall QPA of at least 2.0.
Achieving Satisfactory Academic Progress A freshman attempts 12 credits in the fall, but she withdraws from a 3 credit class. During the spring semester, the freshman attempts and passes 15 credits. Her overall QPA is 1.70. She attempted 27 credits and passed 24 credits.
