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Satisfactory Progress Policy

To be eligible to receive Title IV funds, institutional scholarships and waivers, and state and federal funds, the student must be in good academic standing and must be making satisfactory progress toward the completion of a degree. Exceptions to this include scholarships based on participation in athletics or extracurricular activities such as music. 

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) regulations apply to all semesters and to full and part-time students.  SAP will be evaluated at the end of each semester (fall, spring, and summer).  Students who fail to meet the following minimum standards of satisfactory progress will be ineligible to receive financial aid until eligibility has been reestablished.

 

SAP Standards are evaluated in the following three categories:

1. Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA)

  • Undergraduate students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 and attain at least a 2.00 GPA each semester based on all MSU and transfer undergraduate credits.
  • Graduate students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 at the conclusion of each semester based on all MSU and transfer credits.

All students must attain a minimum 1.00 term GPA or face automatic academic suspension. If reinstated by the Academic Standards Committee, these students will be placed on a financial aid warning or disqualification for one semester.

2. Completion of Attempted Credits
Students must successfully complete a minimum of 66.667% (67%) of the attempted credits cumulatively and per term.

  • Attempted credits include any credits students are enrolled in as of each semester’s census date (the last day to drop a full semester course and receive a 100% refund) and any credits added after the census date. Credits dropped or withdrawn from after the census date and failed credits are considered attempted but not completed.
  • Successfully completed credits include those courses in which a student receives a passing grade (A, B, C, D, P, or S).
  • Credit hours that are not considered successfully completed include all courses with a grade of F (Failed), I (Incomplete), W (Withdrawn or dropped), or U (Unsuccessful). These are counted as attempted but not completed and will be applied toward the maximum number of credits attempted.
  • The percentage is calculated by dividing the total number of successfully completed credits by the total number of credits attempted. 

On a semester basis, ALL students must complete a minimum of 25% of the total hours attempted or face immediate financial aid disqualification for future semesters. The minimum 25% requirement does not include students that have officially withdrawn during the semester.

3. Maximum Time Frame
Students must successfully complete their degree within 150% of the published number of credits needed to complete their program of study.  The maximum number of credits includes all prior credits attempted while attending MSU and any credits attempted at other colleges or universities whether or not federal financial aid was received while completing those credits.  Students who are approaching the maximum attempted credit hour limit will receive a Financial Aid Information Service Indicator on Campus Connection to warn them that they are close to reaching this limit.

ADDITIONAL STANDARDS USED TO EVALUATE SATISFACTORY PROGRESS

All students, including transfer students, enrolling at Mayville State University for the first time will be assumed to be making satisfactory progress.

  • Student must be making satisfactory progress according to the requirements of the policy PRIOR to receiving financial Aid.
  • All consortium and collaborative courses will be included in the evaluation of financial aid satisfactory progress.
  • Courses that are repeated will count in the calculation of hours attempted and completed hours earned.  If a repeated course is taken for a traditional A through F letter grade, the highest grade achieve in the course will be used in calculating the student’s term and cumulative GPA. 
  • Noncredit remedial courses will be included in the satisfactory progress Pace standard and GPA evaluation. Incompletes or grade changes will be considered when evaluating satisfactory progress if notified by student that an update has occurred, or they are actively pursuing the completion of an incomplete course.
  • Courses taken for audit only or life experience credit will not be considered for aid.

 



 

 

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