Enrollment Status Descriptions For Financial Aid

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Enrollment Status Descriptions for Financial Aid

Enrollment statuses are the same for every semester: fall, spring, and summer.

Undergraduate(course level 1000 - 4999)	Graduate/Professional(course level >= 5000)
Full-time: 12 or more undergraduate credit hours. 3/4 time: 9-11 undergraduate credit hours. 1/2 time: 6-8 undergraduate credit hours.	Full-time: 9 or more graduate/professional credit hours. 3/4 time: 7-8 graduate/professional credit hours. 1/2 time: 5-6 graduate/professional credit hours.

Things to be aware of regarding enrollment:

• Must be an active degree seeking student
• Most financial aid awards require at least half-time attendance and many programs require full-time attendance.
• Grants, including Federal Pell Grant, are offered based on full-time enrollment; however, actual amount disbursed is based on enrolled credits at the end of drop/add. Some grants will pay for full-time status only, others will pro-rate for part-time status. Check the minimum credit hours on the Aid Types page.
• USF awards are prorated based upon actual USF hours enrolled.
• Once you have passed a course, you can take the course one more time and it can count in your hours enrolled for receipt of federal aid and USF Grants.
• Courses taken on an audit basis do not count in determining your enrollment status for financial aid.
• If you have both undergraduate and graduate/professional level classes, check the multi-level enrollment page for more information.
• If you will be enrolled at another school as an undergraduate student, review the information here.