How do I apply?Financial Aid Eligibility
You may be eligible for financial aid IF you meet all of the following conditions:
You have been admitted to an eligible degree or certificate program.*
You are a U.S. Citizen or eligible non-citizen. --Generally, you are an eligible non-citizen if you are:
If you are in the U.S. on an F1 or F2 student student visa, or a J1 or J2 exchange visitor visa, or a G series visa (pertaining to international organizations), you are not an eligible non-citizen for the purposes of Title IV federal financial programs.(a.) U.S. permanent resident and you have an Alien Registration Receipt Card (I-551);
(b.) a conditional permanent resident (I-551C); or
(c.) an other eligible non-citizen with an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service showing any one of the following designations: "Refugee," "Asylum Granted," "Indefinite Parole, " "Humanitarian Parole," or " Cuban-Hatian Entrant."
Other Conditions:
You are making satisfactory academic progress.
You are not in default on a loan at any school.
You do not owe a refund on a grant on any school.
You are registered with Selective Service, if required.
You are registered for at least six load hours of course work.**
You are a high school graduate or have a GED prior to the beginning of the semester, or you demonstrate ability to benefit on an approved test.
You are not currently a high school student.
* Students with prior four-year degrees cannot receive Federal Pell Grant and Federal Supplemental Grant funds.
** Student taking less than six credits may be eligible for Pell Grant assistance.
Attendance
Students who receive financial aid must attend their classes. Passing grades in classes are proof of attendance. Students who withdraw from all of their classes or fail all of their classes, and do not have any passing mid-term grades, must submit proof of attendance to the Office of Student Financial Aid. A written statement from all instructors that semester certifying attendance or copies of dated, graded class tests or papers are required. If the financial aid office cannot document student attendance for the semester, all financial aid for that semester will be canceled and these students will owe a bill to the college. Financial aid will be canceled within 60 days of the end of the semester unless attendance documentation is provided. The canceled aid usually cannot be reinstated at a later date.