Federal Pell Grant

Students must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program and cannot have already earned a bachelors degree.  The Federal Pell Grant Scheduled Award is determined by the Cost of Attendance (COA) and the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) as calculated by the U.S. Department of Education through the financial aid Application Process. Awards for part-time students (enrolled in fewer than 12 credit hours) are prorated based on the students' enollment status.  Your enrollment status for Pell Grant purposes is determined by the number of credit hours in which you are enrolled as of the end of the scheduled Drop/Add period for the term or the date you completed the Application Process, which ever is later:

• If you are enrolled full time (twelve or more credit hours), you receive your full eligibility for the term.
• If you are enrolled nine to eleven credit hours, you receive three-fourths of your eligibility for the term.
• If you are enrolled six to eight credit hours, you receive one-half of your eligibility for the term.
• If you are enrolled in fewer than six credit hours, you receive one-fourth of your eligibility for the term.
• a student cannot receive a Federal Pell Grant from more than one school for the same period of time.
• We must received your electronic Student Aid Report (SAR) from the U.S. Dept. of Ed. with a Pell eligible EFC before the end of your last term of attendance for the financial aid award year in order for you to be considered for the Federal Pell Grant.

If you enroll full-time Fall and Spring terms, you will receive your full Schedule Pell Grant award and no Pell eligibility will remain for Summer.