Financial Aid - Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements
Federal and state financial aid regulations require that all financial aid recipients maintain satisfactory academic progress in their programs of study. Failure to maintain satisfactory academic progress will result in either financial aid probation or suspension. Students on financial aid probation may continue to receive financial aid. Students on financial aid suspension will not receive financial aid. Below is a brief outline of the standards to achieve satisfactory progress for financial aid recipients at Montana State University - Great Falls College of Technology. For a complete copy of the policy contact the Financial Aid Office.
- Students are required to maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade-point average (C average). Students with less than a 2.0 CGPA, but at least a 1.50 CGPA, at the end of each academic term will be placed on financial aid probation for the next academic term and placed on financial aid suspension at the end of the probation term if the CGPA is not 2.0 or above. If at any time a student’s CGPA is less than a 1.50, and/or the completion ratio is less than 67%, the student will be placed on financial aid suspension;
- Students must complete 67 percent (rounded) of the number of attempted credits as of the end of the add/drop period each term. Students with a completion ratio of less than 67 percent at the end of each term will be placed on financial aid suspension;
- Students have a maximum time frame in which to receive financial aid, which is generally 150 percent of the number of required credits specified for each program of study;
- Students who have been placed on financial aid suspension and bring themselves into good standing may be reinstated for the payment period following the semester in which they regained satisfactory progress status. Students must submit a written request for reinstatement;
- Students will receive written notice when they are placed on financial aid probation or suspension; however, it is the student’s responsibility to know if they are maintaining satisfactory academic progress for financial aid recipients.
Students who have been placed on financial aid suspension because of failure to meet the satisfactory academic progress requirements may appeal in writing to the Financial Aid Office for review of circumstances. Forms to appeal are available online at www.msugf.edu/finaid/Forms.htm#sap or in the Financial Aid Office. Current federal regulations allow only for mitigating circumstances and occurrences beyond the student’s control to constitute an eligible appeal. All appeals must contain documentation to verify the mitigating circumstances listed in the appeal.
Contact the Financial Aid Office for a complete satisfactory academic progress policy for financial aid recipients.
