Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements
For Federal Financial Aid Recipients

All students at The University of Alabama who receive federal financial aid must make satisfactory academic progress toward completion of their degrees within a reasonable period of time. The University's standing committee on financial aid has approved the following standards defining satisfactory progress, in accordance with regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education.

Undergraduate Students

An undergraduate student is considered to be making satisfactory progress if he or she:

is admitted and enrolled as a degree student
meets the minimum scholastic measures required for financial aid recipients
maintains measurable progress toward the completion of the degree
completes degree requirements within a reasonable length of time

Minimum Scholastic Requirements

In order to maintain the minimum scholastic requirements, the student must maintain the minimum GPA indicated below according to the number of credit hours earned (including transfer credit).

Credit Hours Earned	Required University of Alabama GPA
0-30	1.5
31-60	1.7
61-90	1.9
91 or more	2.0

Measurable Progress Requirement

In order to maintain measurable progress toward the completion of their degrees, students must successfully complete 67 percent of all University of Alabama credit hours attempted. (Hours attempted include repeated courses, dropped courses, withdrawals, and incomplete courses.) This measure becomes effective when a student has attempted 24 University of Alabama credit hours.

Reasonable Length of the Requirement

At The University of Alabama, a reasonable length of time for the completion of a degree program is generally defined as no more than 150 percent of the normal time required to complete a degree program. Coursework that transfers into a degree program will adjust the time frame accordingly. A student who is working toward a degree level he or she has already completed or exceeded (i.e., second bachelor's degree) will have his or her reasonable length of time established at no more than 100 percent of the normal length of the program minus any coursework that transfers into the program.

Graduate and Law Students

Graduate and law students are considered to be making satisfactory progress if they comply with the academic regulations and time frames described in the UA Graduate School catalog or the UA School of Law catalog, respectively.

Process for Appealing Denial of Financial Aid

Admissions do not constitute reinstatement of financial aid eligibility.