Financial Aid

The College offers federal financial aid for students who are enrolled at least half-time in the online degree program. Federal aid is awarded for the cost of tuition and books.

• For undergraduate students, aid is available through both the Federal Direct Loan and Federal Pell Grant.
• For graduate students, only the Federal Direct Loan is available.
• Students receiving employee or other reimbursement for tuition and books may not eligible for financial aid.

• Admission to a degree program (students enrolled in our certificate programs are not eligible for aid)
• U.S. citizenship or eligible non-citizen status
• No default on a federal student loan or refund required to a federal grant program
• Registration with Selective Service (if required)
• Valid Social Security number
• High school diploma or GED
• Satisfactory academic progress toward degree, i.e., you must complete 70 percent of the credits you attempt (including all transfer credits) and maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average.
• Half-time enrollment. Please carefully review the enrollment requirements to be eligible for financial aid.
  (These requirements are also used for deferring prior student loans.)