- 1.8 or higher with up to 30 credits attempted
- 1.9 or higher with 31 to 45 credits attempted
- 2.0 with greater than 45 credits.
- Graduate students are expected to maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0
The SAP Policy at Eastern Connecticut State University applies to financial aid recipients only. The policy is based on federal guidelines that require each college and university to ensure that student aid recipients are progressing through their academic programs at an acceptable pace while maintaining an acceptable cumulative grade point average. This policy is separate and apart from other academic policies at the university.
The SAP Policy includes three standards that must be met in order for a student to receive aid from the financial aid programs listed below. Students failing one or more of the standards receive one warning term before their aid is suspended.
Undergraduate and graduate students are expected to successfully complete at least 67% of the credits attempted from term to term. This percentage can be negatively affected by incompletes, withdrawals, and repetition of credits.
*Transfer credits accepted toward an Eastern degree will count as both attempted and earned credits in calculating this completion rate.*
While a four-year time frame for degree completion should be the goal, undergraduate students are required to have completed a bachelor's degree from Eastern within six years or once they have attempted 180 credits (includes transfer credits and represents 150% of bachelor's degree 120 credit hour requirement).
*Graduate students are required to have completed a master's degree within three (3) years or once they have attempted 150% of the credits (includes transfer credits) required for their academic program. **
Federal Pell Grant**Federal SEOGFederal Perkins LoanFederal Direct Stafford Loan (subsidized and unsubsidized)Federal Direct PLUS LoanFederal Direct Grad PLUS LoanFederal TEACH GrantFederal Work StudyFederal Veterans Educational Benefits+Scholarships and GrantsDesignated Alternative/Private Loan Programs |
CT Aid to Public College Students GrantCT Capitol ScholarshipCT GEAR UP ScholarshipCT GEAR UP II ScholarshipGovernor's Scholarship Program ScholarshipGovernor's Scholarship Program Grant |
**As of July 1, 2012, first-time Federal Pell Grant recipients are limited to 12 semesters of scheduled awards. Awards received will be tracked by the US Department of Education and students are required to meet the financial aid SAP standards to receive other awards regardless of whether they have received the maximum number of scheduled Pell Grant awards.
+Eastern reports failure to achieve SAP to the Veterans Administration (VA), but the VA determines whether Veterans' Benefits will be withheld.
If a student fails to meet Satisfactory Progress after a term on Warning, they will be required to Submit an Appeal in order to received any further financial aid. This appeal would describe the circumstances of the student's failure to meet one or all of the SAP Standards.
*Examples of these circumstances might include, but are not limited to: a divorce in the family, unexpected death or major hospitalization of an immediate family member, extended hospitalization or medical condition of the student, the student being victimized in a violent crime or difficulty balancing the demands of college, work, and family.
The appeal must address, and document where appropriate, these extenuating circumstances, describing:
Why the student failed to achieve Satisfactory Progress.
What has changed that will allow the student to achieve SAP during the next academic term.
The appeal form is available on the Financial Aid Website and must be submitted to the Financial Aid Office of failure to achieve SAP standards. All responses to appeals will be made via the student's Eastern email account as soon as possible after appeal and documentation are submitted.