Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy
for Undergraduate Students University of Nebraska at Kearney

The University of Nebraska at Kearney is required to establish minimum academic standards that students must meet to be eligible or maintain eligibility for federal and state financial aid, including grants, loans and college work study.

Students who are receiving financial aid or who seek financial aid in the future are required to meet these minimum standards. Failure to meet these standards for two consecutive semesters (fall, spring, summer) means the student is no longer eligible to receive financial aid.

Students must meet both a qualitative requirement (GPA) and a quantitative requirement (# of hours successfully completed) to maintain eligibility. Additionally undergraduate students are eligible to receive aid for only 187 credit hours - this is referred to as the maximum time frame requirement.

The quantitative requirements for undergraduate students are based upon your enrollment status (full-time, part-time, half-time) at the end of drop and add week at the start of each semester. You must successfully complete the number of hours for which your financial aid was based.

Enrollment status and quantitative progress for undergraduate students is defined as follows:

• Fulltime =12 or more Credit Hours. Minimum required Earned Hours must be 12 credit hours.
• Part-time = 9 to 11 Credit Hours. Minimum required Earned Hours must be 9 credit hours.
• Halftime = 6 to 8 Credit Hours. Minimum required Earned Hours must be 6 credit hours.
• Less than Halftime = 5 or less Credit Hours. Minimum required Earned Hours is 1 credit hour.

The qualitative requirements for undergraduate, second bachelor's degree and initial teaching certificate students are:

• If you have attempted 0-16 UNK credit hours you must have a minimum University GPA of 1.0
• If you have attempted 17-32 UNK credit hours you must have a minimum University GPA of 1.50
• If you have attempted 33-48 UNK credit hours you must have a minimum University GPA of 1.65
• If you have attempted 49-64 UNK credit hours you must have a minimum University GPA of 1.80
• If you have attempted 65-80 UNK credit hours you must have a minimum University GPA of 1.90
• If you have attempted 81 or more UNK credit hours you must have a minimum University GPA of 2.0

Successful Completion of Courses:

To be counted as a successfully completed or earned hours, the student must receive a grade of A, B, C, D or CR. Withdrawals (W), incompletes (I) or failures (F) are counted in the attempted hours but are NOT successfully completed or earned hours.

If a student fails to meet one or both (qualitative or quantitative) of the minimum standards for one semester the student is placed on financial aid probation for the following semester. The student will maintain financial aid eligibility and continue to receive financial aid during the semester of probation. Students are notified in writing when placed on probation.

If the student fails to meet one or both of the standards again in the subsequent semester, the student is placed on financial aid suspension and is not longer eligible for any financial aid.

If the minimum standards are met in the subsequent semester the student is placed back in good standing.

Maximum Time Frame Requirement

Undergraduate students can receive financial aid for up to 187 credit hours. Second bachelor's degree seeking or initial teaching certificate students can receive funding for 45 credits beyond the first bachelor's degree. The credit hours attempted includes transfer hours. It also includes hours in which the student did or did not receive financial aid. Students will be suspended from financial aid eligibility the semester following the semester their attempted hours exceeds 187. There is no probationary semester.

Students on financial aid suspension can enroll for classes without financial aid and meet the minimum standards. The Office of Financial Aid will check academic standing after each semester. The student may also notify the Office of Financial Aid in writing if the minimum standards have now been meant. Students also will be given in their suspension notice the right to appeal. The appeal must be submitted in writing to the Office of Financial Aid by the due date indicating in the notification letter. Students are notified in writing with the decision of the Appeals Committee.